NCJ Number
16298
Date Published
1974
Length
226 pages
Annotation
FINDINGS OF AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL MOBILITY AND THE HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS DURING 1972 AND 1973.
Abstract
CRIME AND ARREST DATA WERE COLLECTED FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PLUS THE 93 MUNICIPALITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO EMPIRICALLY TEST THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF A HYPOTHETICAL CRIME DISPLACED SCENARIO. CRIME DATA COLLECTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE AND FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THE BEGINING OF THE IMPACT PROGRAM INDICATED THAT NO SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN CITY-WIDE CRIME OCCURRED IN ST. LOUIS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE IMPACT PROGRAM. SIGNIFICANT CRIME INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY DURING BOTH 1972 AND 1973. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE, (1) NO PERMANENT GEOGRAPHIC CRIME DISPLACEMENT OCCURRED IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY FOLLOWING THE INITIATION OF THE IMPACT PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, (2) A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF BURGLARY DISPLACEMENT INDUCED BY THE ST. LOUIS IMPACT PROGRAM MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF 1972 AND THE FIRST HALF OF 1973, AND (3) A SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL OF 'ATTRACTIVE' CRIME DISPLACEMENT (INCREASED CRIME ATTRACTED TO A JURISDICTION BY CHANGES WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION) APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY DURING 1973. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)