PROACTIVE-REACTIVE PATROL DEPLOYMENT EXPERIMENT (FROM ISSUES IN POLICE PATROL - A BOOK OF READINGS, 1973 BY T J SWEENEY AND W ELLINGSWORTH - SEE NCJ-25816)

• NCJ Number: 25830
• Author(s): G L KELLING; T J SWEENEY
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Kansas City (MO) Police Dept; Police Foundation
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

OUTLINE AND DESCRIPTION OF A KANSAS CITY (MO) EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PREVENTIVE PATROL THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC ALTERATION OF LEVELS AND TYPES OF PATROL COVERAGE.

Abstract

THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY IS FIRST DESCRIBED. FIFTEEN BEATS WERE COMPUTER MATCHED INTO SIMILAR TRIPLETS ON THE BASIS OF CRIME, CALLS FOR SERVICE ETHNICITY, MEDIAN INCOME AND TRANSCIENCE OF POPULATION. ONE BEAT IN EACH TRIPLET WAS THEN DESIGNATED AS PROACTIVE, ANOTHER REACTIVE, AND THE THIRD AS CONTROL. THE HYPOTHESES TO BE TESTED IN THIS EXPERIMENT ARE LISTED. MEASUREMENT OF OUTCOMES WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN THROUGH A VICTIMIZATION SURVEY, CHANGES IN THE CRIME INDICES, A COMMUNITY SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE, MEASURES OF COMMUNITY FEAR, ARREST AND PROCESSING RATIOS, COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLICE SERVICE, AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND ACCIDENT RATES.