An Evaluation of Hot Spots Foot Patrols in a Central Business District

• In Event: Communities and Place: Policing Crime in Places

Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of hot spots foot patrols implemented in a downtown central business district. Patrol officers were asked to conduct foot patrol in six hot spots for at least two hours a day, but could choose when to patrol, which hot spot to patrol, for how long, and in which ways. This presentation will describe the program’s implementation, impact on recorded crime using a quasi-experimental evaluation, and the results’ implications for hot spots policing.

Authors

• Cory P. Haberman, University of Cincinnati

• Wendy H. Stiver, Dayton (OH) Police Department