EARLY-WARNING ROBBERY REDUCTION PROJECTS - AN ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE

• NCJ Number: 32498
• Author(s): W A ELIOT; J R STRACK; A E WITTER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 0 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0076
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Mitre Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

Annotation

RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT POLICE SILENT-ALARM ANTI-ROBBERY PROJECTS ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS POLICE CAN APPREHEND ROBBERY SUSPECTS AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WHERE EARLY-WARNING ALARMS ARE INSTALLED AND THAT UNDER SOME CONDITIONS THIS CAPABILITY IS EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF ROBBERY. HOWEVER, IT ALSO FOUND THAT EXISTING DATA COLLECTED BY PROJECTS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN REGARDING THE DEGREE OF IMPROVED POLICE PERFORMANCE ACHIEVED. A RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PROGRAM TO OBTAIN THE MISSING DATA AND TO DETERMINE THE PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE LEVELS POSSIBLE FOR SUCH PROJECTS IS DESCRIBED FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER PHASE II OF THE LEAA-SPONSORED NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM. SEE NCJ-32499.