Reducing Crime: The Kansas City Preventive Patrol

The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment was done in October 1972 through 1973. This experiment was conducted to determine if changes in patrolling had an effect on reducing crime, changing the public perception on police, reducing fear on crime within the community and also to help address the public concerns with the police. The researchers had three types of experiment also known as “beats” the first beat was proactive patrols- where police patrols were visibly increased by two to three times. Some by vehicles. The second beat was Reactive where no routine patrol was available but officers responded to 911 calls. The last beat was control where patrol was kept at a same level of start. With this experiment Some implications aroused from …show more content…
The theory’s premise suggests that social causes such as inequality, poverty, and unemployment relatively affect crime. Braga & Weisburd (2010) elaborates that offenders who are motivated are often willing and capable of committing a criminal activity. Dean, Gottschalk & Fahsing (2010) adds that targets perceived suitable are objects and persons that the offenders either perceive to be attractive or vulnerable. The analytical of the routine activities encompasses the broad examination and shift in the victim’s patterns and the behavior of the offenders. The theory in discussion delves on the assumption that any individual can commit a crime when they have the opportunity to do so. Random patrols are relatively efficient and also effective in crime prevention that is routine. They tend to reduce fear among the potential vulnerable targets and also instill fear on the intention of the offenders. For a crime to occur within the tenets of the theory then there must be the following element: motivated offender(s) who has the intention of committing a crime; the ability to be inclined towards the act; suitability of the victim or the target, and absence of guardian who is capable of preventing the crime. Random patrol officers, therefore, act as guardians who eventual can prevent the intention of the motivated offenders. According to Bryan & Wang (2013), the theory is however not quite …show more content…
It encompasses assigning the law enforcement officers to an area for the purpose of proactive investigation of suspicious activities, as well as, enforcing the laws that already exist. Ashcroft, Daneils & Hart (2002) assert that traffic stops is a common approach toward the directed patrol. Furthermore, it entails increasing the number of police in an area and also their number of contact with individuals in that locality. The incorporation of the approach is based on the preemption that intensified traffic enforcement is likely to result in a general deterrence effect. This is due to the fact that it not only increases the detection threat but also punishment for a criminal