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CRIME AND THE POLICE A Multivariate Analysis
Author(s) -
WELLFORD CHARLES R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1974.tb00631.x
Subject(s) - deterrence (psychology) , criminology , socioeconomic status , multivariate analysis , social control , variation (astronomy) , multivariate statistics , demographic economics , psychology , economics , sociology , demography , statistics , mathematics , social science , population , physics , astrophysics
In an effort to assess the correlates of the variations in the rate of crime aggregated at a city level, data are analyzed using multiple correlation analysis that includes indicators of socioeconomic and social control (police) characteristics of the cities The results indicate that the rate of police and money budgeted to police contributes little to the explained variation in rates of crime. In addition, these indicators of social control variations do not correlate with variations in clearance rates The data are interpreted in terms of their implications for public policy, evaluation of police, and deterrence theory .