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. 1975 Winter;8(4):353-65.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.1975.8-353.

Social evaluation research: the evaluation of two police patrolling strategies

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Social evaluation research: the evaluation of two police patrolling strategies

J F Schnelle et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 1975 Winter.

Abstract

In most social evaluation research it is difficult to achieve the degree of experimental rigor possible in an applied behavioral study. This study illustrates how the evaluation researcher can increase experimental rigor in the analysis of social interventions. In the first evaluation, a variation of the time-series design that offered maximum experimental control given the limitations of the situation, was employed to evaluate the effects of a specialized home-burglary police patrol. This design revealed that no effects could be attributed to the patrol. In the second evaluation, a multiple baseline-like design was possible in determining the effects of a police walking patrol. This design revealed that the patrol produced an increase in crime reporting but not in arrests. Social interventions often occur in a manner that allows varying degrees of experimental analysis. The evaluation researcher must attain optimal experimental analysis given the limitations of each social intervention.

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