Effects of Foot Patrol Policing in Boston, 1977-1985

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Principal Investigator(s): Bowers, William; Hirsch, Jon; McDevitt, Jack; Pierce, Glenn

Summary: This collection evaluates the impact of a new foot patrol plan, implemented by the Boston Police Department, on incidents of crime and neighborhood disturbances. Part 1 contains information on service calls by types of criminal offenses such as murder, rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, robbery, larceny, burglary, and auto theft. It also contains data on types of community disturbances such as noisy party, gang, or minor disturbance and response priority of the incidents. Re... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09351.v1

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