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Discuss the modern day implications of the Kansas City Patrol Experiment 1974 included in the readings. Review and discuss the findings of the research as they compare to current police patrol practices.
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Running head: IMPLICATIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY PATROL EXPERIMENT 1974
Implications of The Kansas City Patrol Experiment 1974
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY PATROL EXPERIMENT 1974
The purpose of the “The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment” was to determine
experimentally how valid the traditional routine patrol was as compared to the other major
strategies of modern policing. These other strategies include visible patrol, motorized patrol, and
random control. The study found that there exist no differences in policing when the level of the
patrol was changed. The fear of crime was minimally affected by the experimental condi...