@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating a Policing Strategy Intended to Disrupt an Illicit Street-Level Drug Market",
journal="Evaluation review",
year="2010",
author="Corsaro, Nicholas and Brunson, Rodney K. and McGarrell, Edmund F.",
volume="34",
number="6",
pages="513-548",
abstract="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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0193-841X",
doi="10.1177/0193841X10389136",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193841X10389136"
}