The effects of local police surges on crime and arrests in New York city

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  MacDonald, John ^a   Fagan, Jeffrey ^b   Geller, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARREST; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPACT ZONE; LEGAL ASPECT; NEW YORK; POLICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; ARSON; DRUG TRAFFIC; HOMICIDE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MANPOWER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

DRUG TRAFFICKING; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; POLICE; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84976291296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157223     Document Type: Article

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