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## Abstract ## Background Police‐initiated pedestrian stops have been one of the most widely used crime prevention tactics in modern policing. Proponents have long considered police stops to be an indispensable component of crime prevention efforts, with many holding them responsible for the significant reductions in violent crime observed across major US cities in recent decades. Critics, however, have taken issue with the overuse of pedestrian stops, linking them to worsening mental and physical health, attitudes toward the police, and elevated delinquent behavior for individuals directly subject to them. To date, there has been no systematic review or meta‐analysis on the effects of these interventions on crime and individual‐level outcomes. ## Objectives To synthesize the existing evaluation research regarding the impact of police‐initiated pedestrian stops on crime and disorder, mental and physical health, individual attitudes toward the police, self‐reported crime/delinquency, violence in police‐citizen encounters, and police misbehavior. ## Search Methods We used the Global Policing Database, a repository of all experimental and quasi‐experimental evaluations of policing int

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Author

Kevin Petersen; David Weisburd; Sydney Fay; Elizabeth Eggins; Lorraine Mazerolle

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences