Assignment
Read the following research experiment conducted by the Police Foundation in 1974:
Kelling, G. L., Pate, T., Dieckman, D., & Brown, C. E. (1974). The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment: A summary report. Police Foundation.
Brief summary:
The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment: Police Foundation.
The experiment focused on the following research questions:
· Would citizens notice changes in the level of police patrol?
· Would different levels of visible police patrol affect recorded crime or the outcome of victim surveys?
· Would citizen fear of crime and attendant behavior change as a result of differing patrol levels?
· Would their degree of satisfaction with police change?