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TI:	Title "Differential police control at drug-dealing places."
AU:	Author Mazerolle, Lorraine; Kadleck, Colleen; Roehl, Jan
SO:	Source Security Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 61-69, 2004
IS:	ISSN 0955-1662
AB:	Abstract This analysis explores the different types of tactics used by the police to control drug problems in different types of drug markets. Data are obtained from a randomized field trial undertaken with the Beat Health Unit in Oakland, California. Specifically, 1,765,461 calls for police service between January 1994 and March 1997 are examined, along with the results from a survey of 398 place managers, who live or work near problem places and who, by virtue of their proximity and interests, may have primary or personal responsibility for the street block. Overall, the police appear to informally categorize drug-dealing places and to use these cursory site assessments to tailor their drug control tactics. For example, the police revert to traditional law enforcement tactics (such as arrests and patrolling) at hard-core drug market locations (i.e., the dangerous drug-dealing places) and appear reticent toward, or have no confidence in, Beat Health tactics at these dangerous sites. By contrast, the police combine traditional and Beat Health interventions at the experimental commercial sites. Statistically significant differences are found between the control and experimental commercial sites in favor of the experimental commercial sites, as measured by the number of calls for service. Furthermore, drug-dealing places, where it is likely that the police feel supported by the community, tend to be places that receive more concentrated Beat Health intervention. Therefore, the Beat Health officers respond to the characteristics of the location and neighborhood when using their discretion and channel their scarce resources toward places where residents clearly vocalize their desire for police action; yet, they also appear to withhold potentially powerful crime control tactics at those places that could have benefited greatly from police action. Further examination is needed, utilizing larger samples, to better understand how much and what type of intervention the police will employ to deal with the problems at particular sites.
PY:	Publication Year 2004
PT:	Publication Type Journal Article
DE:	Descriptors Police; Drug trafficking; Policing; Surveys
CL:	Classification Police
AN:	Accession Number CJA0360020000470