CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Scout Method, Police Brutality, Microsoft Powerpoint
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Police are mainly reactive vs. proactive: reactive: local policing, police act after something happens (usually responds in about 15-20 min, proactive: preventing before it happens. Usually arrive at the scene after the crime was committed. Incident-driven policing reactive approach that focuses on quick response. Three sections were divided into reactive patrol (all preventative patrol withdrawn), Proactive patrol (4x the normal level), and a control group (normal levels of patrol) Research shows that crime is not spread evenly over all places and times like once thought. Resources should focus on concentrating policing efforts to hot spots, or high crime areas. Studies have shown that response times have little impact on the ability of officers to intercept a crime in progress and arrest the criminal. In about of crime calls, the police are already in a reactive role (1/4 involvement crimes) No matter how long it takes police to get to crime site, the % of solving the crime doesn"t change.
