Evaluating a Policing Strategy Intended to Disrupt an Illicit Street-Level Drug Market

Nicholas Corsaro, Rod K. Brunson and Edmund F. McGarrell
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Nicholas Corsaro: Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA, ncorsaro@siu.edu
Rod K. Brunson: Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
Edmund F. McGarrell: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Evaluation Review, 2010, vol. 34, issue 6, 513-548

Abstract: The authors examined a strategic policing initiative that was implemented in a high crime Nashville, Tennessee neighborhood by utilizing a mixed-methodological evaluation approach in order to provide (a) a descriptive process assessment of program fidelity; (b) an interrupted time-series analysis relying upon generalized linear models; (c) in-depth resident interviews. Results revealed that the initiative corresponded with a statistically significant reduction in drug and narcotics incidents as well as perceived changes in neighborhood disorder within the target community. There was less-clear evidence, however, of a significant impact on other outcomes examined. The implications that an intensive crime prevention strategy corresponded with a reduction in specific forms of neighborhood crime illustrates the complex considerations that law enforcement officials face when deciding to implement this type of crime prevention initiative.

Keywords: open-air drug markets; mixed methodology; generalized liner models; problem-oriented policing; drug market intervention (DMI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10389136

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