@article{d7f145cbcebf4e2bb90ff328a55f5a45,
title = "Nudging down residential burglaries: A randomized control trial",
abstract = "Although the use of 'nudges' to influence decision-making and behaviour continues to be widely adopted by social policymakers, such as encouraging increases in organ donations, it is yet to get a similar foothold in the thinking and practice of reducing crime and policing. This paper seeks to assess the utility of the Nudge approach for achieving a reduction in residential burglary in Durham, England, by testing its efficacy using a Randomised Control Trial.",
keywords = "decision making, nudge, burglary",
author = "Andrew Crowe and John Cooper and Jason Roach",
note = "Funding Information: Another consideration is whether any other burglary initiatives were being undertaken in Durham at the time of the trial. Durham Police were successful in this period in acquiring funding from Safer Streets programme, funded by the UK Home Office. However, these funds were only allocated to limited parts of the Durham Police area. This was targeted at the Easington (Seaham) area and included additional target hardening utilizing the WIDE approach (Burglary prevention | Neighbourhood Watch Network (ourwatch.org.uk). The targeted area comprised only 20 postcodes in both the Treatment and Control area. This represents a very small proportion of the research. is presented to illustrate our claim. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact
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year = "2024",
month = jun,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1093/police/paae068",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
journal = "Policing (Oxford)",
issn = "1752-4512",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
}
