An Integrated Theory of Hot Spots Patrol Strategy: Implementing Prevention by Scaling Up and Feeding Back

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-122

  Sherman, Lawrence W ^a,b   Williams, Stephen ^c   Ariel, Barak ^a,d   Strang, Lucinda R ^e   Wain, Neil ^a   Slothower, Molly ^b   Norton, Andre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Prison Service   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e Cambridge Centre for Evidence Based Policing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displacement; Hotspots; Koper Curve; Patrol Dosage; Residual Deterrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899857785     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986214525082     Document Type: Article

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