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Evaluating a Policing Strategy Intended to Disrupt an Illicit Street-Level Drug Market

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The authors examined a strategic policing initiative that was implemented in a high crime Nashville, Tennessee neighborhood by utilizing a mixed-methodological evaluation approach in order to provide (a) a descriptive process assessment of program fidelity; (b) an interrupted time-series analysis relying upon generalized linear models; (c) in-depth resident interviews. Results revealed that the initiative corresponded with a statistically significant reduction in drug and narcotics incidents as well as perceived changes in neighborhood disorder within the target community. There was less-clear evidence, however, of a significant impact on other outcomes examined. The implications that an intensive crime prevention strategy corresponded with a reduction in specific forms of neighborhood crime illustrates the complex considerations that law enforcement officials face when deciding to implement this type of crime prevention initiative.

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Evaluation Review

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Thousand Oak : sage publisher., 2010

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English

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0193841X

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Vol. 34 no. 6, December 2010.pp. 513-548

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Evaluating a Policing Strategy Intended
Drug Market Intervention (DMI)

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