Citation

Currey GH, Carr AF, Schnelle JF, Risley TR. J. Crim. Justice 1983; 11(1): 15-26.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(83)90094-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In a multiple-reversal time-series design, additional plainclothes youth guidance officers were assigned to patrol and to issue juvenile warning citations in one of two target areas during school hours on weekdays. The presence and activity of these officers resulted in modest but consistent reductions in the number of criminal incidents reported in the target area. An untreated control area showed no consistent changes in the rates of criminal incidents. Issuance of juvenile citations appears to be a modestly effective crime control technology which may be implemented in a cost-efficient manner.