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Do police legitimacy interventions work?
Lorraine Mazerolle and colleagues undertook a systematic review of police-led legitimacy interventions to see if they had the desired outcome. The full citation is: Mazerolle, L., Bennett, S., Davis, J., Sargeant, E. and Manning, M. (2013), Legitimacy in Policing: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews , 9: i-147. https://doi.org/10.4073/csr.2013.1 You can read the entire study here , as it is open access.
Jerry Ratcliffe
6 days ago1 min read
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Do crime prevention letters work?
The full study is available online and open access , and is Hodgkinson, W., Assaraf, N., Ariel, B., & Sutherland, A. (2025). Burglary...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 91 min read
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Kansas City Preventive Policing Experiment
Source: Kelling, G. L., Pate, T., Dieckman, D., & Brown, C. E. (1974). The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment: A Summary Report ....
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 21 min read
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Operation Capesso: Positive results
At the time of publishing this video, the full results have not yet been published. The results are from direct communication from Dave...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 21 min read
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Investigative interview techniques
This report is from a 2024 Campbell Collaboration systematic review. The full citation is: Catlin, M., Wilson, D. B., Redlich, A. D., Bettens, T., Meissner, C. A., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. E. (2024). Interview and interrogation methods and their effects on true and false confessions: A systematic review update and extension. Campbell Systematic Reviews , 20(4), e1441. Here's the full report .
Jerry Ratcliffe
Oct 221 min read
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