The Effect of the Police on Crime

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One of the cornerstones of effective regulation is the use of criminal data to determine the enforcement strategies for criminals and the location and timing of the occurrence of the crime. This approach was supported in New York City in the early 1990s and has been reproduced throughout the industry for decades. The original COMPSTAT ("comparison statistics") has evolved to "data driven policing". In the event of a crime, the police will adopt more resources and prevent crime with more law enforcement agencies and aggressive police actions. These methods are very effective in reducing the number of crimes and arrests, as policemen are often able to arrest the right people at the right place and time instead of adopting a series of law enforcement strategies It has been proved to be something.

Police hotspots have become one of the most important and widely distributed hot spots sometimes called "new polishing" strategies. These strategies were developed in response to criticism of the effectiveness of police in crime prevention that occurred in the second half of the 20th century. Hot policing strategies have proven to be effective in crime prevention, but there is increasing debate about hot police and other new tactics that focus on police management and unfair and barbaric police actions I will. In this article we will study this growing narrative to challenge some of these assumptions and create an anti-narrative that combines hotspot policing and a way to promote a positive assessment of police justification . At the same time, explaining the suspension, problems, and risks of New York City as an example, I explained that aggressive warning strategies that could lead to a negative reaction of the community can focus on hot spots.

Does the hotspot police inevitably lead to unjust and abuse by the police, or will it be possible to maximize fairness and effectiveness in new aggressive police activities? David Westbourne

The story is important on crime prevention. In the 1970s, a mainstream story emerged that police can not prevent crime. In the last two decades, this story has been overturned by those who realize that aggressive crackdown can effectively reduce crime. The development of hot policing scheme is the key to developing this new active policing. Today, there is no doubt that this strategy can effectively reduce crime without being evacuated. However, as I pointed out, a new story evolving that hot police and other deterrence based security strategies could lead to police prejudice and abuse. By properly executing the police hotspot, there is a possibility that polishing can be less biased than the conventional strategy. In addition, there is little evidence that the police's own hot spot leads to police abuse

Does the hotspot police inevitably lead to unjust and abuse by the police, or will it be possible to maximize fairness and effectiveness in new aggressive police activities? David Westbourne