Conclusions from the history of research into the effects of police force size on crime—1968 through 2013: a historical systematic review

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Lee, Y., Eck, J., and Corsaro, N. (2016). Conclusions from the history of research into the effects of police force size on crime—1968 through 2013: a historical systematic review. Journal of Experimental Criminology 12, 431-451. 

The article describes a systematic review of 62 studies from 1971 through 2013 on the relationship between police force size and crime in the United States. The findings indicate that the size of the police force has no statistically signifcant relationship with crime rates.