How Do You Determine the Right Size of a Police Department? Don’t Look to Crime Rates.

This article also appeared on pp. 3–5 of the Fall 2017 print edition. Studies have shown that changing the number of police officers has no effect on crime rates. This article explains why and describes alternative measures. An accompanying chart compares rates of violent crime in Alaska for 1986–20...

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Main Author: Payne, Troy C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 2017
Subjects:
Anchorage
AK
crime in Alaska
law enforcement
police
violent crime
Alaska
Alaska Justice Forum
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8083
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spelling ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/8083 2023-05-15T18:48:24+02:00 How Do You Determine the Right Size of a Police Department? Don’t Look to Crime Rates. Payne, Troy C. 2017-10-18 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8083 en_US eng Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage Payne, Troy C. (2017). "How Do You Determine the Right Size of a Police Department? Don’t Look to Crime Rates." Alaska Justice Forum 34(2) (Fall 2017, online edition). 0893-8903 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8083 Alaska Justice Forum Anchorage AK crime in Alaska law enforcement police violent crime Article 2017 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:36:58Z This article also appeared on pp. 3–5 of the Fall 2017 print edition. Studies have shown that changing the number of police officers has no effect on crime rates. This article explains why and describes alternative measures. An accompanying chart compares rates of violent crime in Alaska for 1986–2015 with the number of police officers per 1,000 residents for the same period. Why might police force size be related to crime? / What do the studies say? / Does this mean we can safely reduce the number of officers? / Is crime the only concern of police departments? / What about Alaska? / References Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska Alaska Justice Forum University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Anchorage
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How Do You Determine the Right Size of a Police Department? Don’t Look to Crime Rates.
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description This article also appeared on pp. 3–5 of the Fall 2017 print edition. Studies have shown that changing the number of police officers has no effect on crime rates. This article explains why and describes alternative measures. An accompanying chart compares rates of violent crime in Alaska for 1986–2015 with the number of police officers per 1,000 residents for the same period. Why might police force size be related to crime? / What do the studies say? / Does this mean we can safely reduce the number of officers? / Is crime the only concern of police departments? / What about Alaska? / References
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