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Title
The effects of crime incident characteristics and neighborhood structure on police response time
Description
Effectiveness and efficiency of the police have been contentious topics from the public perspective. Police departments have developed policies to help better their patrol officers' effectiveness on the streets in both quality and timeliness. Although there have been few recent studies about the response time of officers to calls for service, this is a subject that should not go overlooked. As an important aspect to the patrol officer's repertoire, response time can have effects on the community and its perception on the police. This study uses a multi-level modeling approach to examine the effects of incident and neighborhood factors on police response time within a medium size Southwest city. Police departments use a scale to determine the priority of a call for service, commonly referred to as the PRI. This index scale was found to have the most effect on the response times, while a few cyclical patterns were obtained of level 1 variables. Neighborhood characteristics showed significant effects, measuring structural disadvantage, however, caution should be used in generalizing these findings to other public jurisdictions.
Date Created
2012
Contributors
- Sullivan, Eamon (Author)
- Ready, Justin (Thesis advisor)
- Wallace, Danielle (Committee member)
- Katz, Charles (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
v, 69 p. : ill
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15229
Statement of Responsibility
by Eamon Sullivan
Description Source
Viewed on July 18, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2012
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-53)
Field of study: Criminology and criminal justice
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- 2021-08-30 01:44:57
- 3 years 2 months ago
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