Police Strikes and Conventional Crime
A Look at the Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9680207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erdwin H Pfuhl (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489-504 |
| Publication date | 1983-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1983.tb00276.x |
| OpenAlex | W2145300473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Employing FBI “Return A Record Card” data, this study examines the impact of municipal police strikes on reported rates of burglary, robbery, larceny, and auto theft in 11 U.S. cities. Relationships reflecting the view that police presence is essential for crime prevention and social order are examined for variation duration of police strike, city size, and offense category. Overall, analysis yields very limited support for the police presence argument, suggesting that strikes have neither a significant nor a systematic impact on rates of reported crime. Implications of findings for the formulation of police policy are discussed
Argument (complex analysis · Business · Criminology · Order (exchange · Police department · Political science · Variation (astronomy · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Finance · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |