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This toolkit is a comprehensive clearinghouse for criminal justice practitioners interested in planning and implementing a body-worn camera program in an effort to strengthen community trust and confidence in the justice system and improve officer and community safety.
The importance of race in policing has been demonstrated in discussions held since 2008 at the Second Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety at Harvard University. At almost every session, race emerged as a troubling preoccupation for police executives. The authors of this article suggested to the Session members that we try to cull an agenda for action.
The purpose of this resource is to provide answers to straightforward common questions that law enforcement officers, or the agencies they represent, may have regarding properly securing, collecting, storing, and analyzing video by directing them to valuable tools and resources from experts in the field.
This project, conducted by the CNA Corporation (CNAC), focuses on key issues regarding the collection of racial profiling data. The specific objectives of this project were to select and provide technical assistance to four police agencies–Baltimore, Phoenix, Chattanooga, and St. Paul–conduct a literature review and provide an assessment of existing and planned data collection and analysis of techniques being employed by police agencies.
The Institute’s mission is to carry out practical, non-partisan research—at legislative direction—on issues of importance to Washington State. Current areas of staff expertise include: education, criminal justice, welfare, children and adult services, health, utilities, and general government. The Institute also collaborates with faculty in public and private universities and contracts with other experts to extend our capacity for studies on diverse topics.
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The material in this report stems from an Executive Session held in November 2010 for a discussion by law enforcement leaders about their approaches to managing major events. Most chapters conclude with recommendations and lessons learned from the discussions. The format for each chapter consists of specific Session participants’ comments on lessons they learned from their agency’s policing of various types of major events.
The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) carried out a randomised controlled trial to test the impact of crime maps and policing information. The public’s reaction to information about crime and policing was positive; a large majority thought it was informative and trustworthy. Importantly, the study was able to challenge the myth that sharing information with the public would increase the ‘fear of crime’. In fact, information was found to improve people’s perceptions of their… Read More
This toolkit is designed to help community organizations strengthen partnerships between the community and law enforcement agencies; further the community‘s role as a partner in crime-reduction efforts; identify and address social issues that diminish the quality of life and threaten public safety in communities; and link those in need to services and resources in the community.
his issue highlights a developing field of study in policing and analysis, Predictive Policing. This issue will discuss the inaugural Predictive Policing Symposium, which brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss the concepts involved in predictive policing. Included, is a discussion of NIJ's Geospatial Technical Working Group and experimenting with hot spots analysis using prediction in Minneapolis.
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Focused deterrence, also known as a "call-in," is a strategy in which community stakeholder groups deliver a nonviolence message to community members who are most likely to commit violence. Call-ins have been associated with substantial reductions in gun violence in Boston and Indianapolis (McGarrell, Chermak, Wilson, & Corsaro, 2006), and have become a widely used strategy for gang violence intervention throughout the country.
