AUTHORS Doyle et al. (2015) STUDY OBJECTIVE Uniformed presence is commonly thought to create feelings of safety in people. However, do differently uniformed people contribute to an equal amount of safety and are there situation-dependent differences? The present study examined the association between various types of uniformed presence and people’s feelings of safety through a questionnaire among 352 respondents (18–86 years) (49.1 % women). The questionnaire contained pictur

AUTHORS Blattman et al. (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to estimate the direct and indirect (spillover) effects of a large-scale hotspot policing intervention and a large-scale municipal services intervention (broken windows treatment), and to identify any interaction between the two. It is our aim to improve the estimation of direct causal and spillover effects and assess whether hotspot policing (direct) or broken windows (indirect) reduce crime in the aggre

AUTHORS Blair, Karim, and Morse (2016 STUDY OBJECTIVE A rigorous impact evaluation of the LNP’s “Confidence Patrol” community policing program, designed to build trust in the police and raise awareness about institutional reforms in the justice and security sectors. TREATMENT 36 communities randomly assigned to undergo the Police Support Unit patrolling program. During the 14-month long program, PSU officers: 1) Distributed informational posters about the Hubs; 2) Exchanged c

AUTHORS Ariel, Weinborn, & Sherman (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE 1) To determine whether crime-reduction effects of increased police patrols in hot spots are dependent on the "hard" threat of immediate physical arrest, or whether "soft" patrols by civilian (but uniformed) police staff with few arrest powers and no weapons can also reduce crime 2) To assess whether the number of discrete patrol visits to a hot spot was more or less important than the total minutes of police presence

AUTHORS Ariel & Partridge (2016) STUDY OBJECTIVE Evidence suggests that hotspot policing is an effective crime prevention strategy. In this paper, we present contradictory evidence of a backfiring effect. Previous studies focused on clusters of addresses or public facilities, with police moving freely and unpredictably within the boundaries of the hotspot, but the patrol areas of officers in this experiment were limited to bus stops so offenders could anticipate their movemen