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3.b. Policing Gun Hotspots — NRC
"The committee recommends that a sustained and systematic research program be developed to studying the impact of different place-based gun suppression patrol and targeted policing approaches in general. (p. 235)
National Research Council. 2005. Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review, Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms, Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, editors, Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
Any new studies?
(Koper and Mayo-Wilson, 2006 — add studies from Cali and Bogota to Kansas City, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh in a Campbell Systematic Review [Koper, 2003]; similar conclusions to NRC)
Koper, C.S., and E. Mayo-Wilson. 2006. "Police Crackdowns on Illegal Gun Carrying: A Systematic Review of Their Impact on Gun Crime. Journal of Experimental Criminology 2: 227-261.
Koper, C.S. 2003. Police Strategies for Reducing Illegal Possession and Carrying of Firearms. Campbell Collaboration systematic review.
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