RESEARCH ON STREET CRIME CONTROL

• NCJ Number: 9628
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 77 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-021-72
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Maryland
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CRIMINAL JUSTICE MONOGRAPH SERIES - EXTRACTED FROM PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH NATL SYMPOSIUM ON LAW ENF

Annotation

METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF RESEARCH ON STREET CRIME CONTROL, RESULTS OF COMPLETED AND ONGOING RESEARCH, AND THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH IN THIS AREA.

Abstract

THE POTENTIAL AND REALITY OF RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS POLICE STRATEGIES TO CONTROL STREET CRIME ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS MONOGRAPH. THE PUBLICATION IS ONE OF A SERIES OF NINE MONOGRAPHS EXTRACTED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LAW ENFORCEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. TWO OF THE PAPERS COVER SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT TO AID IN CRIME CONTROL - 'LOW LIGHT LEVEL TELEVISION EQUIPPED PATROL VEHICLES FOR USE IN URBAN AREAS' AND 'A COST EFFECTIVENESS MODEL FOR DESIGNING CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS'. THE OTHERS DISCUSS BROADER TOPICS - 'THE CONTROL OF STREET ROBBERY - SOME STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS', 'PROBLEMS IN THE EVALUATION OF MANPOWER EFFECTIVENESS', AND 'TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO STREET CRIME (TASC)'. (SNI ABSTRACT)