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The Indianapolis harmspot policing experiment

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  • Carter, Jeremy G.
  • Mohler, George
  • Raje, Rajeev
  • Chowdhury, Nahida
  • Pandey, Saurabh

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This 100-day experiment explored the impact of a dynamic place-based policing strategy on social harm in Indianapolis. Scholars have recently called for place-based policing to consider the co-occurrence of substance abuse and mental health problems that correlate within crime hot spots. Moreover, severity is not ubiquitous across harmful events and should thus be weighted accordingly.

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  • Carter, Jeremy G. & Mohler, George & Raje, Rajeev & Chowdhury, Nahida & Pandey, Saurabh, 2021. "The Indianapolis harmspot policing experiment," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:74:y:2021:i:c:s0047235221000349
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2021.101814
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