Dallas' disruption unit: Efficacy of hot spots deployment

Policing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 593-614

  Jang, Hyunseok ^a   Lee, Chang Bae ^b   Hoover, Larry T ^c  

^a Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Evaluation; Hierarchical generalized linear modelling; Hot spots policing; Policing; Repeated measures; Residual effect; Rotational deployment; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865129576     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511211250811     Document Type: Article

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