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Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not.

ABSTRACT: Many police forces operate a policy of high visibility in disordered neighbourhoods with high crime. However, little is known about whether increased police presence influences people's beliefs about a neighbourhood's social environment or their fear of crime. Three experimental studies compared people's perceptions of social capital and fear of crime in disordered and ordered neighbourhoods, either with a police presence or no police presence. In all studies, neighbourhood disorder lowered perceptions of social capital, resulting in a higher fear of crime. Police presence or absence had no significant effect. The pervasive effects of disorder above other environmental cues are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Hill J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3961159 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Disorder affects judgements about a neighbourhood: police presence does not.

Hill Jessica J Pollet Thomas V TV Nettle Daniel D

PeerJ 20140304

Many police forces operate a policy of high visibility in disordered neighbourhoods with high crime. However, little is known about whether increased police presence influences people's beliefs about a neighbourhood's social environment or their fear of crime. Three experimental studies compared people's perceptions of social capital and fear of crime in disordered and ordered neighbourhoods, either with a police presence or no police presence. In all studies, neighbourhood disorder lowered perc ...[more]

PMID: 24688864

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