Question

The crime statistics in a city have dropped substantially in the past four years. The mayor of the city credits this drop with his new policies on police behavior. Hailey is a criminologist who would like to study how the policies are affecting police and resident interactions. What kind of research would MOST likely provide the answers Hailey is looking for?

Answer 1

Hailey, the criminologist, is interested in studying how the mayor's new policies on police behavior are affecting police and resident interactions in a city where crime statistics have dropped significantly in the past four years. To answer this question, Hailey would need to conduct empirical research that focuses on examining the relationship between the mayor's policies, police behavior, and resident interactions. This research could be in the form of surveys, interviews, or observational studies of police activities and interactions with residents. The goal would be to measure and analyze the impacts of the policies across the various dimensions of citizen-police interactions in the city.