U.S. Justice Department: Does Neighborhood Watch reduce crime?
2008 U.S. Justice Department meta-analysis reviewing the results of 18 research projects and studies on the relationship between crime reduction and citizen policing programs.
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Neighborhood racial context and perceptions of police-based discrimination
2009 study in the journal Criminology on the racial makeup of neighborhoods and trends in racial profiling.
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Impact of juvenile curfew laws on arrests of youth and adults
2011 paper in The American Law and Economics Review on youth curfews and crime rates.
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The road ahead: Unanalyzed evidence in sexual assault cases
2011 report by the National Institute of Justice on neglected evidence problems in sexual assault cases nationwide.
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What cost-of-crime research can tell us about investing in police
2010 RAND Corporation paper on the estimates of the cost of crime, the effectiveness of police force in combating it, and potential benefits of investments in enforcement.
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