Stop, Question, and Frisk in New York City
Axios
Policing
Solution types
Hot Spots Policing
Problems addressed
Armed violence
Robberies
Interpersonal violence or injuries
Drug trafficking
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
People of all ages
Where the program was applied
Community (streets or community centers)
Country of application
United States
Description

It is a police strategy carried out in hot spots to approach suspects based on the assumption that the individual is committing or about to commit a crime. The objective is to prevent and reduce crime in areas with high crime rates. During the approach, police officers ask a series of questions and assess whether or not the individual is in possession of weapons or illegal substances.

Impact evaluations

Una evaluación de impacto evidenció que la intervención estaba asociada a reducciones estadísticamente significativas de la probabilidad de delitos no relacionados con el tráfico (incluidas agresiones, delitos relacionados con drogas, delitos relacionados con armas de fuego y robos) en tres de los cinco distritos de Nueva York [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Weisburd, D., Wooditch, A., Weisburd, S., & Yang, S. M. (2016). Do stop, question, and frisk practices deter crime? Evidence at microunits of space and time. Criminology & Public Policy, 15(1), 31-56. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9133.12172

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