How two different Hot Spots policing strategies reduced crime in Dallas

As found in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update

Hello! I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is The Art of Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you think and write about crime.

Use this tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research into your work. It's a directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor, including this study:

Hot Spots Policing: Assessing the Impact on Officer-Initiated Activity

Journal: Police Quarterly
Keywords: violent, offender, police, policing, law enforcement, strategy, law
First author: Brandon Tregle (The University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA) [+2 other authors]

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You’ll find today’s new research below, sorted by two broad categories: crime type and criminal justice/legal system stage. Research that doesn’t get sorted into those categories follows under “Unsorted Research.”

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