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THE DELIVERY OF POLICE SERVICES: An Experiment in Team Policing
Author(s) -
NARDULLI PETER F.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1980.tb00224.x
Subject(s) - software deployment , criminology , public relations , business , political science , engineering , psychology , software engineering
This article considers team policing as a method of deploying police manpower and examines the impact of an experiment in one neighborhood in a medium‐sized American city. The first section reviews team policing in light of earlier police reforms and sets forth the basic tenets and expectations of team policing as a deployment strategy. Next the design of the quasi‐experiment is discussed. The program is evaluated in terms of its impact upon a number of criteria, including attitudes toward the police, the evaluation of police services, clearance rates, and crime rates. While no reduction in crime rates was detected, a favorable impact was made in most other areas.