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Policing directions : a systematic review on the effectiveness of police presence Ghent University
We systematically review the effectiveness of police presence. In doing so, we investigate concepts of police presence and differences between reported effects. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and protocols, we systematically identify and review eligible studies on police presence. Further, quality assessment and findings synthesis are used to map limitations of current research as ...
How concentrated are police on crime? A spatiotemporal analysis of the concentration of police presence and crime Ghent University
Hot spots and burning times : a spatiotemporal analysis of calls for service to establish police demand Ghent University
What comes first : crime or police? A spatiotemporal perspective on reported crimes and tracked police presence Ghent University
The majority of motor patrol officers spent their shifts being out in the field. Patrol officers are either assigned and responding to emergency calls from citizens or being unassigned and patrolling police beats at their own discretion. What remains unclear is the existence or the extent of crime preventive effects of police presence across microgeographic units. To this end, more than 84,000 reported crimes and 290 million individual GPS ...
Towards an all-encompassing strategy for police patrol routing : what meal delivery has in common with police patrol Ghent University
What police patrol routing strategies can learn from routing and optimization strategies used by road assistance services and other economic models Ghent University
Optimising daily police patrol : towards better matching police supply and demand by directing police in space and time Ghent University
Een koerier weet bij aanvang van zijn ronde welke pakjes hij op welke adressen moet afleveren. Dit is niet het geval voor politie-inspecteurs van de afdeling Interventie. Bij aanvang van hun shift weten ze niet waar en wanneer een noodoproep zal binnenkomen, om welk type incident het zal gaan en waar de eenheid zich nadien moet positioneren om opnieuw een optimale regiodekking te garanderen. Bovendien maakt de combinatie van misdaadpreventie en ...