Police equilibrium: a glocal assessment of the demand and supply of police

Police resources are scarce public goods and have to be used with maximum efficiency. One dimension of efficiency is the spatial and temporal alignment of police presence to calls-for-service. The research question of interest in this paper is whether the police are where and when they are needed mo...

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Main Author: Dau, Philipp M. (Author)
Contributors: Dewinter, Maite ; Vander Beken, Tom ; Witlox, Frank ; Vandeviver, Christophe
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Policing and society
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 5, Pages: 537-554
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Big Data
Police management
Policing
calls-for-service
supply and demand

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