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Deterrent Effect of Curfew Enforcement: Operation Nightwatch in St. Louis, 2003-2005

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Principal Investigator(s): Urban, Lynn S.

Summary: This study was conducted between December 2003 and January 2005, to determine if the curfew check program in St. Louis, Missouri, known as Nightwatch, was meeting its stated goals of reducing recidivism and victimization among juvenile offenders. The study was conducted using a pretest and two post-tests on an experimental group and a comparison group. The pretest (Time 1) was given to 118 juveniles. The first post-test (Time 2) was completed by 78 juveniles and the second post-test (Time 3) was... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04302.v1

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