Practice Profile: Disorder Policing

Evidence Rating for Outcomes

Crime & Delinquency | Multiple crime/offense types

Crime & Delinquency | Drug and alcohol offenses

Crime & Delinquency | Violent offenses

Crime & Delinquency | Property offenses

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This is a policing strategy to reduce crime and delinquency by focusing efforts on disorderly neighborhood conditions and minor crime offenses. This practice is rated Effective for reducing multiple types of crime and delinquency, and rated Promising for reducing specific types of crimes, including property, violent, and drug and alcohol offenses.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Practice Snapshot

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting, High Crime Neighborhoods/Hot Spots

Practice Type: Community-Oriented Policing, General deterrence, Hot Spots Policing, Situational Crime Prevention, Specific deterrence, Violence Prevention

Unit of Analysis: Places