Résumé
This paper examines whether a
police initiative that involved a large increase in the number of stop and searches
was effective at reducing crime.
Nine measures of police recorded crime were used in the analysis. These included: different types of assault involving sharp instruments; robbery; weapons and drugs possession offences; and three types of acquisitive crime.
Contenu
1. Overview, aims and objectives. --
2. Evidence on the effectiveness of stop and search on reducing crime. --
US evidence. --
UK evidence. --
Summary. --
3. Assessing the impact of Operation BLUNT 2 on crime. --
Data. --
4. Methodology. --
Operation BLUNT 2 and the increase in stop and search. --
5. Descriptive analysis. --
6. Statistical analysis. --
Unconditional difference-in-difference regression. --
Conditional difference-in-difference regression. --
7. Results. --
Conditional difference-in-difference – results. --
8. Limitations of this study. --
9. Concluding observations.