01405nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000100002500041245010300066260000900169300001500178504001200193520090800205650003201113650002601145650001101171650002001182773003301202181130s2018    xx            000 0 und d  aLeon-Moreta, Agustin  aSocial context, institutional capacity, and police services:ba local public economies perspective  c2018  ap.270-283.  dMar/Apr  aThis article examines levels of policing services, focusing on an assessment of resources and their measurement for municipalities. Two measures of policing levels assess the reliability of the findings across alternative measurements. Social and institutional characteristics are explored to evaluate alternative explanations in policing efforts. The article presents four decades of census data for municipalities in metropolitan areas. The central finding is that unequal levels of policing are prevalent across American municipalities. An additional finding is that social and institutional contexts affect policing, based on a pooled time?series analysis of municipal governments. Although its main contribution is to local public economies research, the research also integrates the social and institutional literatures to identify factors in the allocation of resources to policing. - Reproduced.  aMunicipal government - U.S.  aMunicipalities - U.S.  aPolice  aPolicing - U.S.  aPublic Administration Review