Size isn't everything: Understanding the relationship between police workforce and crime problems

Eon Kim, Kate Bowers, Dan Birks and Shane D. Johnson

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, vol. 95, issue C

Abstract: If and how policing affects crime has long been studied. On the relationship between police force size and crime, different authors come to different conclusions. This study examines the relationship between police resourcing, including workforce size, structure and stability over time using data for 42 police forces in the UK over a 13-year period.

Keywords: Policing; Police staffing; Police organisational structure; Crime; Crime severity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102291

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