Mastrobuoni, Giovanni (2020) Crime is Terribly Revealing: Information Technology and Police Productivity. The Review of Economic Studies, 87 (6). pp. 2727-2753. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa009
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni (2020) Crime is Terribly Revealing: Information Technology and Police Productivity. The Review of Economic Studies, 87 (6). pp. 2727-2753. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa009
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni (2020) Crime is Terribly Revealing: Information Technology and Police Productivity. The Review of Economic Studies, 87 (6). pp. 2727-2753. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa009
Abstract
An increasing number of police departments use information technology (IT) to optimize patrolling strategies, yet little is known about its effectiveness in prevent- ing crime. Based on quasi-random access to "predictive policing," this study shows that IT improves police productivity as measured by crime clearance rates. Thanks to detailed information on individual incidents and offender-level identifiers it also shows that criminals strategies are predictable. Moreover, the introduction of pre- dictive policing coincides with a large negative trend-discontinuity in crime rates. The benefit-cost ratio of this IT innovation appears to be large.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | predictive policing, IT, police, crime, quasi-experiment |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2019 10:47 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 20:02 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25785 |
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