Estimating police effectiveness with individual victimisation data
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)Published 1 January 2005Open access
Ben Vollaard, Pierre Koning
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In this paper, we present evidence on the effect of greater numbers of police personnel on victimisation of crime and experience of nuisance. We make use of individual data from a Dutch victimisation survey unique in its size, duration and scope. By using individual victimisation data we provide evidence on the effects of police on nuisance rather than 'hard crime' only, we circumvent measurement error common to police statistics, and we are able to control for both individual and municipality characteristics.
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