Resource Results

This study examined the use of Global Positioning System technology to monitor compliance with court-mandated “no contact” orders in domestic violence cases. The study also determined the effectiveness of GPS as a form of pretrial supervision in DV cases compared to other pretrial supervision conditions. The findings show the use of GPS affects behavior over both the short and long terms.

This Problem-Solving Tools guidebook deals with the process of identifying and defining policing problems. Under the most widely adopted police problem-solving model—the SARA (Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment) model—the process of identifying and defining policing problems is referred to as the Scanning phase.

When researchers and practitioners work side by side, they can maximize their problem-solving abilities. The research partner can focus on the data and the science; the practitioner can focus on interpreting the findings and applying them in the field. In the plenary panel, panelists described the benefits, challenges and pitfalls of researcher-practitioner partnerships with a focus on the financial benefits to the practitioner.

This article looks beyond the traditional compliance-based model of police oversight to discuss the emerging contributions of external oversight agencies to proactive police reform. Drawing on the approach of Problem Oriented Policing and the Scan, Analyze, Respond, Assess (SARA) problem-solving model, the article provides a framework to highlight a number of activities that identify and analyze problems in the police integrity domain, and design and implement solutions that impact… Read More

This project evaluated the effect on crime of a targeted patrol strategy mounted by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) and  the researcher-practitioner partnership that underlay the policing intervention. Both objectives were successfully achieved. The project spanned the period beginning January 1, 2013, and ending December 31, 2014. This report summarizes the major activities performed during the project period and the results of those activities.

This manual is intended for police executives interested in promoting the practice of problem-oriented policing (POP) within their police agency. (In the United Kingdom, the concept is more commonly referred to as problem-oriented partnerships with the intention of emphasizing the criticality of external partnerships.

Some police departments are using real-time crime centers (RTCC) to quickly harness myriad sources of information in one place to facilitate emergency response and crime solving. The centers can use technology and data analytics to provide responding officers and detectives with timely, comprehensive data that can help crack a case.

This is an evaluation of the SAFE Children intervention. SAFE Children is a family-oriented delinquency prevention program for parents facing the challenges of raising children in inner-city communities. The program resulted in increased levels of academic achievement and parental involvement in school. Children and their families were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups.  Program participants increased reading skills at a rate near national norms. In contrast, control… Read More