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Community Policing in Madison, Wisconsin: Evaluation of Implementation and Impact, 1987-1990

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Principal Investigator(s): Wycoff, Mary Ann; Skogan, Wesley G.

Summary: This study sought to evaluate the Madison, Wisconsin, Police Department's creation of a new organizational design (both structural and managerial) that was intended to support community-oriented and problem-oriented policing. One-sixth of the organization serving approximately one-sixth of the community was used as a test site for the new community policing approach. This Experimental Police District (EPD) was charged with implementing "quality policing," which emphasized q... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06480.v1

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