CRIME AND THE POLICE A Multivariate Analysis
- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Criminology
- Vol. 12 (2) , 195-213
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1974.tb00631.x
Abstract
In an effort to assess the correlates of the variations in the rate of crime aggregated at a city level, data are analyzed using multiple correlation analysis that includes indicators of socioeconomic and social control (police) characteristics of the cities The results indicate that the rate of police and money budgeted to police contributes little to the explained variation in rates of crime. In addition, these indicators of social control variations do not correlate with variations in clearance rates The data are interpreted in terms of their implications for public policy, evaluation of police, and deterrence theory.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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