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Can More Police Resources Reduce Crime?

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  • Stephen Machin
  • Olivier Marie

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New research by Stephen Machin and Olivier Marie finds that the Street Crime Initiative, introduced in 2002, has been highly effective in reducing the number of robberies. Increased police resources can have a big impact on crime rates.

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  • Stephen Machin & Olivier Marie, 2005. "Can More Police Resources Reduce Crime?," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 190, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:190
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    1. Leong, Kaiwen & Li, Huailu & Xu, Haibo, 2019. "Effect of Enforcement Shock on Pushers' Activities: Evidence from an Asian Drug-Selling Gang," IZA Discussion Papers 12083, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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