Glendale, Arizona
Integrating SARA, POP, and SNA Strategies for Violent and Property Crime
Site LE Agency
Glendale Police Department
Site Researcher
Mike White, Ph.D., Charles M. Katz, Ph.D., David Choate, Arizona State University
Site Focus
Repeat Offenders, Organized Retail Theft
SPI Strategy
Evidence-based strategies
Site Cohort
2011
Site Profile
Mid-sized urban area of 59.98 sq. miles with a population of 229,931
Project Overview
The Glendale SPI continued the efforts of its prior SPI project by focusing POP efforts on problem offenders and organizational retail theft.
- Conducted intensive problem analysis of calls for service data, resident surveys, and social and physical disorder surveys.
- Used new data collection protocols and social network analysis.
- Implemented traditional crime prevention strategies, as well as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), outreach and education, counter insurgency, and informal focused deterrence.
Methods and Findings
Research Design
Bivariate analysis and interrupted time series analysis.
Findings
Identified and targeted prolific offenders, and generated short-term, notable declines in several micro hot spots.
27% reduction in calls for service in a target area (large mall) and short-term 15% reduction in calls for service in a target apartment complex.
