000			01459nam a2200193Ia 4500
008			181130s2018 xx 000 0 und d
100			_aLeon-Moreta, Agustin
245			_aSocial context, institutional capacity, and police services: _ba local public economies perspective
260			_c2018
300			_ap.270-283.
504			_dMar/Apr
520			_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.
650			_aMunicipal government - U.S.
650			_aMunicipalities - U.S.
650			_aPolice
650			_aPolicing - U.S.
773			_aPublic Administration Review
906			_aPolice
999			_c506922 _d506922