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- Title
The Geographic Policing Model: A Contemporary Approach to Spatial Accountability in A North Texas Police Department.
- Authors
Rodriguez, Joseph P.; Polk, O. Elmer
- Abstract
This article examines the development and historical basis for geographic policing and community policing models contributing to its development. It specifically addresses the degree to which police officers in a large, urban, North Texas City (City) believe they are individually committed to geographic policing principles, and whether they believe the Geographic Policing Model (GPM), as implemented, has impacted the crime rates in the community. Their beliefs are compared to official reported crime rates in the area. Data from a sample of 285 police officers at the City Police Department were studied using a 27-item, self-administered survey to measure the officers' beliefs concerning the Geographic Model. The Uniform Crime Report statistics are used as the comparison measure of community crime rates. Results vary by age, gender, race, assigned duty, rank, and unit of assignment. Overall, measures of officer belief supported the Geographic Policing Model with the highest support for the principles addressing the beliefs that GPM has a positive impact on relationships with citizens and that officers are properly trained on the Model. The lowest measures indicated a lack of belief in the ability of the Model to lower crime rates or citizen fear of crime.
- Subjects
TEXAS; POLICE; LAW enforcement; CRIME; CRIMINAL justice policy; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; SOCIAL control; CITIZEN participation in criminal justice administration; POLICE communication systems; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 2008, Vol 5, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
1939-442X
- Publication type
Article