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A Process and Outcome Evaluation of an Agricultural Crime Prevention Initiative

Florida State University, Tallahassee

Michelle L. Scott

The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.

Avinash S. Bhati

The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.

Agricultural crime victimization—including theft of farm crops, livestock, pesticides, and equipment—and efforts to address it remain largely ignored despite the potential of such crime to adversely affect the lives and businesses of farmers and increase the costs of food to consumers. The Agricultural Crime, Technology, Information, and Operations Network (ACTION) initiative, located in California's central valley, was recently developed to combat such crime. The authors present findings from a process and outcome evaluation of this program. The findings are limited by the design of the study but nonetheless suggest that efforts to increase guardianship measures among farmers (e.g., marking equipment and livestock and using surveillance equipment), to "harden targets" (e.g., locking tractors and storing chemicals in locked storage sheds), and to arrest and prosecute offenders may help reduce agricultural crime victimization.

Key Words: agriculture • crime • prevention • outcome • evaluation

Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, 51-80 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0887403406294586


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