An Ex Post Facto Evaluation Framework for Place-Based Police Interventions

Evaluation Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-626

  Braga, Anthony A ^a,b   Hureau, David M ^a   Papachristos, Andrew V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime hot spots; police; propensity scores; quasi experimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859369742     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X11433827     Document Type: Article

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