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Public confidence and crime reduction : the impact of forensic property marking

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Hodgson, Jacqueline, Wade, Kimberley A., Stewart, Neil, Hearty, Kevin, Kyneswood, Natalie, Quispe Torreblanca, Edika and Mullett, Timothy L. (2018) Public confidence and crime reduction : the impact of forensic property marking. Coventry, UK : Centre for Operational Police Research, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

West Mercia Police treated domestic dwellings with Smartwater and their own We Don’t Buy Crime (WDBC) campaign. The campaign included prominent signage. Using crime statistics, we estimate that the treatment is associated with a reduction of domestic dwelling burglary of between approximately 10-50%. However, whilst we see the treatment coincides with a reduction in domestic burglary, we cannot say that the treatment “caused” the reduction in burglary. This is because (a) the treatment was not randomly allocated to sites (as would have been the case if this were a gold-standard randomised controlled trial) and (b) the incidence of burglary is too low to be confident when comparing crime trends in treated and untreated areas. Using a survey of residents, we see that reduced fear of crime and increased confidence in policing are associated with awareness of the WDBC / Smartwater treatment. While we cannot rule out a causal effect where Smartwater / WDBC causes these improvements, it may merely be that those most aware of the police are least fearful and most confident. Work at COPR continues, widening the assessment of treatments to other police forces.

Item Type: Report
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Burglary -- Prevention -- Herefordshire (England), Burglary -- Prevention -- Shropshire (England), Burglary -- Prevention -- Worcestershire (England), West Mercia Constabulary
Publisher: Centre for Operational Police Research, University of Warwick
Place of Publication: Coventry, UK
Official Date: 1 November 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
1 November 2018Published
1 January 2019Accepted
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 May 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 30 May 2019
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
Impact Acceleration Account[ESRC] Economic and Social Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
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