Mapping Attitudes Towards the Police at Micro Places

ConclusionsAsking survey respondents to provide the nearest intersection to where they live is a simple approach to mapping attitudes towards police at micro places. This approach provides advantages beyond those of using traditional neighborhood boundaries. Specifically, it provides more precise locations police may target interventions, as well as illuminates an important predictor (i.e., nearby violent crimes) of policing attitudes.

Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - October 24, 2019 Category: Criminology Source Type: research