Episode 32: Sarit Weisburd on police presence and crime

Sarit Weisburd talks about the effect of police presence on crime.

"Police Presence, Rapid Response Rates, and Crime Prevention" by Sarit Weisburd.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “The Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment” by George L. Kelling, Tony Pate, Duane Dieckman, Charles E. Brown.

• “General Deterrent Effects of Police Patrol in Crime Hot Spots: A Randomized Controlled Trial” by Lawrence W. Sherman and David Weisburd.

• “Problem-Oriented Policing in Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment” by Anthony Braga, David Weisburd, Elin Waring, Lorraine Green Mazerolle, William Spellman, and Francis Gajewski.

• “Using Electoral Cycles in Police Hiring to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime” by Steven D. Levitt.

• “COPS and Crime” by William N. Evans and Emily G. Owens.

• “Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack” by Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky.

• “Terror and the Costs of Crime” by Eric D. Gould and Guy Stecklov.

• “Panic on the Streets of London: Police, Crime, and the July 2004 Terror Attacks” by Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, and Robert Witt.

• “Police Patrols and Crime” by Jordi Blanes i Vidal and Giovanni Mastrobuoni.