Foot Patrol in Violent Crime Hot Spots: The Longitudinal Impact of Deterrence and Posttreatment Effects of Displacement

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-101

  Sorg, Evan T ^a   Haberman, Cory P ^a   Ratcliffe, Jerry H ^a   Groff, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots policing; Initial deterrence decay; Inverse displacement; Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment; Residual deterrence decay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874135602     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2012.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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