경찰서 신설과 지역 치안

Establishing New Police Office and Local Safety - Crime Arrest Rate at the Region of New Police Office -

The recent reorganization of local administrations in Korea is more consolidation than fragmentation . In contrast, the police administration has set up new police stations, as a form of fragmentation, in response to demand for better police services. However, the effect of local safety led by this policy has been controvertible. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the police district fragmentation by comparing separated local police stations with neighboring ones. A considerable difference in the crime arrest activities of police, one of the main police services, may occur in the district of newly established police stations. In order to analyze this research question, we attempt to estimate the crime arrest pattern between 12 police stations(i.e. treatment group) with jurisdictions separated and 12 neighboring offices(i.e. control group) by using the difference – in - differences method(DID). In addition, we interviewed field police officers to receive their comments on our empirical results. Based on these findings, we suggest several implications for future research agenda for effective police administration reorganization.