Focused Deterrence Strategies and Crime Control
An Updated Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Empirical Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12776802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony A Braga (0000-0002-5815-3734, Universidad del Noreste, corresponding author), David Weisburd (0000-0003-3778-5190, George Mason University), Brandon Turchan (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 205-250 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology & Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1538-6473 • E-ISSN: 1745-9133 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1745-9133.12353 |
| OpenAlex | W2792351957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 116 |
| References cited | 80 |
Research Summary Focused deterrence strategies are increasingly being applied to prevent and control gang and group‐involved violence, overt drug markets, and individual repeat offenders. Our updated examination of the effects of focused deterrence strategies on crime followed the systematic review protocols and conventions of the Campbell Collaboration. Twenty‐four quasi‐experimental evaluations were identified in this systematic review. The results of our meta‐analysis demonstrate that focused deterrence strategies are associated with an overall statistically significant, moderate crime reduction effect. Nevertheless, program effect sizes varied by program type and were smaller for evaluations with more rigorous research designs. Policy Implications The available empirical evidence suggests these strategies generate noteworthy crime reduction impacts and should be part of a broader portfolio of crime reduction strategies available to policy makers and practitioners. Investments still need to be made, however, to strengthen the overall rigor of program evaluations and improve our understanding of key program activities associated with observed crime reduction impacts
Actuarial science · Business · Control (management · Crime control · Crime prevention · Criminal justice · Criminology · Deterrence (psychology · Deterrence theory · Economics · Management · Political science · Portfolio · Public economics · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Finance
Race and Worrying About Police Brutality
The criminogenic and psychological effects of police stops on adolescent black and Latino boys
Avertogenic deaths
Intersectoral violence prevention
Preventing Gun Violence
Factors influencing the spatial distribution of police stops and their efficacy in crime prevention and control
Evaluation of a Court-Ordered Violence Prevention Program for Gun-involved Youths
Achieving Equity with Predictive Policing Algorithms
Drug market risk environment and navigational strategies of street-level dealers in Nigeria
Rethinking cybercrime prevention in the age of the internet
Chronic Exposure to Community Violence and Criminal Behavior
Examining Duration of Deterrent Effects of Police Stops on Street Crime in China
Questionable Research Practices and Open Science in Quantitative Criminology
Improving Programming in Juvenile Detention
Is Gang Violent Crime More Contagious than Non-Gang Violent Crime
Addressing the ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of Deterrence
Restrictive deterrence and the scope of hackers’ reoffending
What’s in a Name? The Framing of Gang Interventions in a City with No “Gangs.”
Bridging organisational silos to prevent violence
Examining public health crises
The Influence of Routine Health care on Reoffending in a Sample of Gun Involved Youths
Trends and Disparities in Non-fatal Firearm Injuries among Working-Age Adults in the United States, 2000–2021
‘Focused Deterrence’
Do Labor Action Plans Work? Evidence From the U.S.–Colombia Labor Action Plan and Union Rights Violations
Beating the Gun—One Conversation at a Time? Evaluating the Impact of DC’s “Cure the Streets” Public Health Intervention Against Gun Violence
Testing the Effects of Deterrence Communications on Illegal Marijuana Dealing
Is tougher sentencing and bail policy the cause of rising imprisonment rates? A NSW case study
Assessing the potential benefits of community-based violence reduction efforts on clearance rates
Creating a ‘what works’ translational tool for police
Joining forces
A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime
Do Meta-Analyses of Intervention/Prevention Programs in the Field of Criminology Meet the Tests of Transparency and Reproducibility
Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions
A wall of treatments
Focused deterrence, strategic management, and effective gun violence prevention
Response to “What works with gangs
Examining the state repression‐terrorism nexus
Is Criminology & Public Policy “influential?” Answers from altmetrics
Estimating the effect of death penalty moratoriums on homicide rates using the synthetic control method
Gun violence is a public health crisis that needs more applied criminologists
Revisiting the effectiveness of Hope/swift‐certain‐fair supervision programs
Exposure to community violence and depressive symptoms
Nato’s sub-conventional deterrence
Situational and Victim Correlates of Increased Case Fatality Rates in Los Angeles Shootings, 2005–2021
The Last Link
Transforming gun violence through group intervention
Algorithmic policing
Promoting disengagement
The tangled history of social network analysis and gang research—A long way from Street Corner Society
Voices from inside focused deterrence
Multidisciplinary teams, street outreach, and gang intervention
How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities
Telling the untold
Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People
How risky are heroin markets? A multi-site study of self-reported risk perceptions among police detainees in Australia
Custodial Sanctions and Reoffending
Investments in Policing and Community Safety
History, Linked Lives, Timing, and Agency
Firearm Instrumentality
The Art and Science of Urban Gun Violence Reduction
Hot Spots of Gun Violence in the Era of Focused Deterrence
Finding a Suitable Object for Intervention
If crime is not the problem, crime fighting is no solution
An evaluator’s reflections and lessons learned about gang intervention strategies
Clear, hold, build
Systematically identifying and prioritising domestic abuse perpetrators for targeted intervention
Expressing uncertainty in criminology
On Reuter’s contribution to the drug policy debate
Evaluating Project Safe Neighborhoods in Connecticut
Focused deterrence
Banishment
Oh hell no, we don't talk to police”
More Than Lightning in a Bottle and Far From Ready‐Made
CCTV surveillance for crime prevention
Focused Deterrence Strategies Save Lives
Police facial recognition applications and violent crime control in U.S. cities
Crime as a cascade phenomenon
Impact evaluation of the “Paz y Justicia” programme to reduce homicides in Honduras
Normative vs. Instrumental model of police legitimacy
Examining the Strengths and Challenges of a Smart Reentry Program
Baltimore Ceasefire 365
The routine activities of violent crime places
Co-offending, violence, and situational moderators
Community perspectives on gun violence and safety
A theoretical critique of deterrence-based policy
The impact of Covid-19 on police officer activities
Veto players and gun violence in drug markets
Paths and Counting
From mobility to crime
Is it un‐American to view the police as illegitimate? The role of national identity in the legal socialization process
When police pull back
Economics and Public Health
Economic Inequality and the Spatial Distribution of Stop and Search
Between the state and the streets
School Safety or School Criminalization? The Typical day of A School Resource Officer in the United States
Memory-Political Deterrence
The Role of Gang Involvement as a Protective Factor in the Association Between Peer Victimization and Negative Emotionality
Beyond Gun Control
Protecting Black Lives
The 2024 SSSP Presidential Address 'Every Damn Day in America
Crime, punishment, and deterrence
P-curve
The deterrent effect of the perceived certainty and severity of punishment
A Nonparametric “Trim and Fill” Method of Accounting for Publication Bias in Meta-Analysis
Youth Violence in Boston
Why People Obey the Law
What Can Police Do to Reduce Crime, Disorder, and Fear
Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
The Effects of Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime
Problem-Oriented Policing, Deterrence, and Youth Violence
Diffusion of Crime Control Benefits
Crime Prevention and the Displacement Phenomenon
The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime
Policing drug hot spots
Testing for Structural Breaks in the Evaluation of Programs
Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence
Are suppression and deterrence mechanisms enough? Examining the “pulling levers” drug market intervention strategy in Peoria, Illinois, USA
Keeping promises
The efficacy of psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment
Procedural Justice and Legal Compliance
Something That Works in Violent Crime Control
Getting deterrence right
Focused Deterrence and Improved Police–Community Relations
Changing the Street Dynamic
Better Gun Enforcement, Less Crime
Imprisonment and crime
The Impact of Drug Market Pulling Levers Policing on Neighborhood Violence
The Impact of Drug Market Pulling Levers Policing on Neighborhood Violence
Most Challenging of Contexts
Did Ceasefire, Compstat , and Exile Reduce Homicide
Policing Guns and Youth Violence
Criminal Deterrence Research at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century
Design Sensitivity in Criminal Justice Experiments
Research in Criminal Deterrence
Pulling levers focused deterrence strategies and the prevention of gun homicide
Deterrence
Those Confounded Moderators in Meta-Analysis
The Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group
Enhancing Police Legitimacy
Meta-Analytic Methods for Criminology
Does Research Design Affect Study Outcomes in Criminal Justice
What Can Police Do to Reduce Crime, Disorder, and Fear
Underground Gun Markets
Risk Perceptions Among Serious Offenders
Statistical methods in psychology journals
Do Fair Procedures Matter? The Effect of Procedural Justice on Spouse Assault
Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations
| Unique citing works | 116 |
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| Citations per year | 14,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 116 |