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It used to be that the beat cop and confidential informants were among the big weapons law enforcement used to catch the "bad-guy" gangbangers. But more and more, the “good-guys” are using the courts and computer to catch or deter members of organized crime.
A group of experts in the fields of law and order join us to discuss the newer and different ways in which authorities are fighting gang activity.
On September 25, 2010 the DEA facilitated a nationwide drug take back effort during which it collected potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction. The service was free and anonymous, no questions asked.
The 2010 DOJ press release about this program noted:
In 2001, the Department of Justice implemented the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative which represents a nationwide commitment to reduce gun and gang crime in America. Since its inception, PSN has supported several research efforts, innovative strategies, and partnerships across the country. The report "Gun Prosecution Case Screening" summarizes the implementation of various screening methodologies in PSN communities and may provide valuable best practices to the Smart Policing… Read More
The third report in NIJ's Reducing Gun Violence series evaluates an innovative police program that used community-based sources to identify homes where juveniles might be harboring guns. Police then sought parental permission to search for and confiscate illegal guns. A nationally recognized success in its first year, the Consent-to-Search program subsequently experienced serious implementation problems. This report (NCJ 191332) describes the program's setbacks and implications for community… Read More
TA review of research on restorative justice (RJ) in the UK and abroad shows that across 36 direct comparisons to conventional criminal justice (CJ), RJ has, in at least two tests each: 1) substantially reduced repeat offending for some offenders, but not all; 2) doubled (or more) the offences brought to justice as diversion from CJ; 3) reduced crime victims’ post-traumatic stress symptoms and related costs; 4) provided both victims and offenders with more satisfaction with justice than CJ;… Read More
Some police forces believe that 20 years from now they will operate much as they do today, but advances in technology and operating concepts are driving significant changes in day-to-day police operations. This book explores potential visions of the future of policing, based on the drivers of jurisdiction, technology, and threat, and includes concrete steps for implementation. This analysis is based on a review of policing methods and theories from the 19th century to the present day.
Nancy M. Ritter, writer/editor at the National Institute of Justice interviews three leading criminal justice experts (Bryan J. Vila, Christopher E. Stone, and David Weisburd) on their view of criminal justice in 2040.
A number of American police departments have been experimenting with new problem-oriented policing frameworks to prevent gang and group-involved violence, generally known as “pulling levers” focused deterrence strategies. Focused deterrence strategies honor core deterrence ideas, such as increasing risks faced by offenders, while finding new and creative ways of deploying traditional and non- traditional law enforcement tools to do so, such as directly communicating incentives and… Read More
Truancy is a significant problem in the U.S. and in other countries around the world. Truancy has been linked to serious immediate and far-reaching consequences for youth, families, and schools and communities, leading researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to try to understand and to address the problem. Although numerous and significant steps have been taken at the local, state, and national levels to reduce truancy, the rates of truancy have at best remained stable or at worst… Read More
One of the most common criticisms of spatially focused policing efforts (such as Problem-Oriented Policing, police 'crackdowns‘ or hotspots policing) is that crime will simply relocate to other times and places since the "root causes" of crime were not addressed. This phenomenon—called crime displacement—has important implications for many policing projects.By far, spatial displacement (movement of crime from a treatment area to an area nearby) is the form most commonly recognized.
