Resource Results
Predictive policing is the use of analytical techniques to identify promising targets for police intervention with the goal of preventing crime, solving past crimes, and identifying potential offenders and victims. These techniques can help departments address crime problems more effectively and efficiently. They are being used by law enforcement agencies across the United States and elsewhere, and these experiences offer valuable lessons for other police departments as they consider the… Read More
The September/October 2013 edition of the American Society of Criminology's The Criminologist includes an article "Smart Policing: What's in a Name" by SPI Team members James R. "Chip" Coldren and Michael D. White and BJA Fellow Craig Uchida.
The September 2013 issue of the Police Quarterly is dedicated to Smart Policing. Police Quarterly (PQ), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, is a scholarly journal that publishes theoretical contributions, empirical studies, essays, comparative analyses, critiques, innovative program descriptions, debates, and book reviews on issues related to policing. The only such journal published in North America, PQ seeks to publish both qualitative and quantitative police-related research that… Read More
Justice reinvestment is a promising model for reducing corrections costs using a data-driven and collaborative approach. This toolkit provides criminal justice planners with the technical information to identify local corrections cost drivers and design strategies addressing those drivers.
In neighborhoods with collective efficacy, neighbors agree on what is acceptable behavior and reinforce it in each other.
Policing in the United States has changed over time, and police officers are facing constant challenges in their profession. In particular, recent incidents involving harm to community residents by police officers have led to extra scrutiny on policing in the United States. Despite a lack of knowledge or research on their effectiveness, many citizens are demanding that all police officers be required to wear body-worn cameras as a way of protecting citizens against excessive or… Read More
Despite the overall decline in violent crime nationally, gang violence rates throughout the country have continued at exceptional levels over the past decade. Therefore, it is vital for parole departments to have effective tools for maintaining public safety. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of global positioning system (GPS) monitoring of high-risk gang offenders (HRGOs) who are released onto parole.
A policing model that makes a connection between crime and traffic safety is being used in some communities to curb law-breaking and reduce crashes, with promising results. Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) uses analysis of location-based crime and traffic data to establish effective methods for deploying law enforcement resources. It is a collaborative effort between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (… Read More
This report highlights aspects of the Violent Incident Review (VIR), a tool used to develop operationally meaningful definitions of gun violence in target communities.
This practitioner brief identifies the efforts of site and resource coordinators in helping to ensure that Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) task force partners remain true to their commitments.
