title: Evaluating a policing strategy intended to disrupt an illicit street-level drug market.
abstract: The authors examined a strategic policing initiative that was implemented in a high crime Nashville, Tennessee neighborhood by utilizing a mixed-methodological evaluation approach in order to provide (a) a descriptive process assessment of program fidelity; (b) an interrupted time-series analysis relying upon generalized linear models; (c) in-depth resident interviews. Results revealed that the initiative corresponded with a statistically significant reduction in drug and narcotics incidents as well as perceived changes in neighborhood disorder within the target community. There was less-clear evidence, however, of a significant impact on other outcomes examined. The implications that an intensive crime prevention strategy corresponded with a reduction in specific forms of neighborhood crime illustrates the complex considerations that law enforcement officials face when deciding to implement this type of crime prevention initiative.
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. ncorsaro@siu.edu.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Corsaro
authors.forename: Rod K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Brunson
authors.forename: Edmund F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: McGarrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011640:Public Policy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs