What is the Study About?
Most people view police patrol as a main backbone of police work. The study sought to investigate several hypotheses. This included crime being not affected by the type of patrol. Additionally, it sought to find out that citizen perception would not vary based on the type of patrol. Further, it would test the hypothesis that citizen fear and behavior would not vary based on the type of patrol and traffic accidents would increase. This experiment was no surprise as the Kansas police department had become a leader in experimenting new and sophisticated technologies (Kelling, 1974).
In an attempt to propose ...