Ferguson effect

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The Ferguson effect is the theory that an increase in violent crime rates in a community is caused by reduced proactive policing due to the community's distrust and hostility towards police.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Ferguson effect”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Gary Friedman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.