Gang crackdowns and offender centrality in a countywide co-offending network: A networked evaluation of Operation Triple Beam

Thomas Bryan Smith

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2021, vol. 73, issue C

Abstract: In 2018, the US Marshals Service (USMS) and local law enforcement implemented “Operation Triple Beam” (OTB) in and around Houston, TX. While OTB has been touted as an exemplary initiative, its impact on offending and co-offending remains a mystery. Using over a decade of web-scraped arrest data from 16 law enforcement agencies I evaluate the impact of OTB on co-offending network involvement in Galveston County, TX.

Keywords: Co-offending; Gangs; Policing; Crackdowns; Social network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101755

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