The Effects of Local Police Surges on Crime and Arrests in New York City.

ABSTRACT: The New York Police Department (NYPD) under Operation Impact deployed extra police officers to high crime areas designated as impact zones. Officers were encouraged to conduct investigative stops in these areas. City officials credited the program as one of the leading causes of New York City's low crime rate. We tested the effects of Operation Impact on reported crimes and arrests from 2004 to 2012 using a difference-in-differences approach. We used Poisson regression models to compare differences in crime and arrest counts before and after census block groups were designated as impact zones compared to census block groups in the same NYPD precincts but outside impact zones. Impact zones were significantly associated with reductions in total reported crimes, assaults, burglaries, drug vio

SUBMITTER: MacDonald J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911104 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature