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Summary
"This study reviews the literature on the relationship between police resources and crime rates and then examines trends in crime rates and police resources in Canada. This study then estimates the “efficiency” of police staffing across Canadian census metropolitan areas (CMAs) using a determinants approach that first estimates the relationship between police officers per 100,000 population and the crime rate controlling for other factors, and then uses that relationship to estimate the predicted number of officers. This predicted number is then compared to the actual number to see if Canadian CMAs have more or fewer officers than predicted.--Page 2.
Contents
Introduction -- Overview -- The determinants of crime and police resources -- The data -- Analysis -- Estimating the efficiency of police resources in major Canadian CMAs -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Regression variables -- Appendix 2. Population weighted regression results -- Data key -- References.