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Evaluating a Policing Strategy Intended to Disrupt an Illicit Street-Level Drug Market

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  • Nicholas Corsaro

    (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA, ncorsaro@siu.edu)

  • Rod K. Brunson

    (Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA)

  • Edmund F. McGarrell

    (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)

Abstract

The authors examined a strategic policing initiative that was implemented in a high crime Nashville, Tennessee neighborhood by utilizing a mixed-methodological evaluation approach in order to provide (a) a descriptive process assessment of program fidelity; (b) an interrupted time-series analysis relying upon generalized linear models; (c) in-depth resident interviews. Results revealed that the initiative corresponded with a statistically significant reduction in drug and narcotics incidents as well as perceived changes in neighborhood disorder within the target community. There was less-clear evidence, however, of a significant impact on other outcomes examined. The implications that an intensive crime prevention strategy corresponded with a reduction in specific forms of neighborhood crime illustrates the complex considerations that law enforcement officials face when deciding to implement this type of crime prevention initiative.

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  • Nicholas Corsaro & Rod K. Brunson & Edmund F. McGarrell, 2010. "Evaluating a Policing Strategy Intended to Disrupt an Illicit Street-Level Drug Market," Evaluation Review, , vol. 34(6), pages 513-548, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:34:y:2010:i:6:p:513-548
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10389136
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