De-policing and crime in the wake of Ferguson: Racialized changes in the quantity and quality of policing among Missouri police departments

John A. Shjarback, David C. Pyrooz, Scott E. Wolfe and Scott H. Decker

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2017, vol. 50, issue C, 42-52

Abstract: This study explored whether police departments have engaged in “de-policing”—withdrawal from active police work—in response to unprecedented levels of negative attention, as well as the correlates of changes in police behavior.

Keywords: Police; De-policing; Ferguson Effect; Crime rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.04.003

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