Evaluation of the Impact of Innovative Policing Programs on Social Disorder in Seven Cities in the United States, 1983-1990
Description
This study was designed to permit a "meta-evaluation" of
the impact of alternative policing programs on social disorder.
Examples of social disorder include bands of teenagers deserting
school and congregating on street corners, solicitation by prostitutes
and panhandlers, public drinking, vandalism, verbal harassment of
women on the street, street violence, and open gambling and drug
use. The data used in this study were taken from studies conducted
between 1983 and 1990 in seven cities. For this collection, a common
set of questions was identified and recoded into a consistent format
across studies. The studies were conducted using similar sampling and
interviewing procedures, and in almost every case used a
quasi-experimental research design. For each target area studied, a
different, matched area was designated as a comparison area where no
new policing programs were begun. Surveys of residents were conducted
in the target and comparison areas before the programs began (Wave I)
and again after they had been in operation for a period ranging from
ten months to two-and-a-half years (Wave II). The data contain
information regarding police visibility and contact, encounters with
police, victimization, fear and worry about crime, household
protection and personal precautions, neighborhood conditions and
problems, and demographic characteristics of respondents including
race, marital status, employment status, education, sex, age, and
income. The policing methods researched included community-oriented
policing and traditional intensive enforcement programs.
Resources
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ICPSR06215.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06215.v1 |
Tags
- police-intervention
- program-evaluation
- fear-of-crime
- neighborhood-conditions
- demographic-characteristics
- victimization
- neighborhoods
- civil-disorders
- police-response