This is an excellent study, led by Iain Agar
and other police professionals in the United Kingdom. It draws insights
from environmental criminology for a policing initiative focused on
risky places and the micro-spatial factors that create vulnerable
settings for crime to emerge or persist.
RESULTS 👀
(1)
community violence incidents reduced significantly, and the target areas
outperformed the control areas by over 47%
(2) A cost-benefit analysis
found this equates to a costs savings of £106,220 during the 6-month
intervention period
✅ This study demonstrates the value of
evidence-based approaches to problem analysis and place-based crime
prevention with Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM), and the generalizability of
policing research in the US to UK settings.
✅ It demonstrates
how a researcher-practitioner implemented initiative from a large city
in Missouri (US) was transferred to a small town in Essex (UK) solely
via the in-house expertise of Essex Police personnel who reviewed
published and open-access scientific literature
✅ It's a true testament to “pracademics” and translational criminology
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