How Much Time Should the Police Spend at Crime Hot Spots? Answers from a Police Agency Directed Randomized Field Trial in Sacramento, California

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 905-933

  Telep, Cody W ^a   Mitchell, Renée J ^b   Weisburd, David ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sacramento Police Department (SPD)   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

crime hot spots; hot spots policing; police; randomized experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904356883     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.710645     Document Type: Article

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