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Hot spot 'Knarkrondellen': An evaluation of police interventions in Malmö
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Criminology (KR). NOA UND, Polisen.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2145-113X
2019 (English)In: Nordisk politiforskning, ISSN 1894-8693, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 111-135Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

‘Knarkrondellen’, which translates to ‘the drug roundabout’, is a known hot spot for drug trading in Malmö and the police have implemented several measures to fight the open drug market. This paper sets out to investigate the impact that the police interventions, namely enhanced police foot patrols, improved street lighting and the installation of a surveillance camera, exert on the crime rates and the fear of crime at the roundabout. Quantitative data from the police register of reported crimes and police surveys are analyzed. The findings show that the police interventions did not reach the desired preventative effect on crime in the given study period and possibly indicate the occurrence of displacement. Nor did the citizens’ feeling of safety and perception of the problems change significantly as a result of the interventions.

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Oslo: Idunn , 2019. Vol. 6, no 2, p. 111-135
Keywords [en]
Fear of crime, hot spot policing, informal social control, open drug market, surveillance camera (CCTV)
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Human Geography
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-13743DOI: 10.18261/issn.1894-8693-2019-02-04OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-13743DiVA, id: diva2:1412423
Available from: 2020-03-06 Created: 2020-03-06 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved

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