@article{ref1,
title="Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not",
journal="PeerJ",
year="2014",
author="Hill, Jessica and Pollet, Thomas V. and Nettle, Daniel",
volume="2",
number="",
pages="e287-e287",
abstract="Many police forces operate a policy of high visibility in disordered neighbourhoods with high crime. However, little is known about whether increased police presence influences people's beliefs about a neighbourhood's social environment or their fear of crime. Three experimental studies compared people's perceptions of social capital and fear of crime in disordered and ordered neighbourhoods, either with a police presence or no police presence. In all studies, neighbourhood disorder lowered perceptions of social capital, resulting in a higher fear of crime. Police presence or absence had no significant effect. The pervasive effects of disorder above other environmental cues are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2167-8359",
doi="10.7717/peerj.287",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.287"
}