TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The ecological theory of police response: a state police agency test
JO  - Criminal justice studies
A1  - Johnson, Richard R.
A1  - Olschansky, Erica L.
SP  - 119
EP  - 119
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - Klinger's ecological theory of police response (1997) posits that differences in officer enforcement 'vigor' across districts within a police agency will be influenced primarily by district levels of social disorganization and serious crime. The present study tested the theory's validity within a state police agency. While the violent crime rate and social disorganization level of each district was correlated with some measures of enforcement vigor, the greatest influence on enforcement vigor was the calls for service workload and responsibility for patrolling an interstate highway. The potential research differences between municipal and state police agencies are also discussed.<p />
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SN  - 1478-601X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2010.485465
ID  - ref1
ER  -