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The OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model is an evidence-based framework for the coordination of multiple datadriven, anti-gang and violence-reduction strategies to address serious, violent, and entrenched youth street gang problems. The Model combines prevention, intervention, and suppression tactics that reach beyond enforcement to address the root causes of criminal gang activity within a community. This framework provides a mechanism to pull together disjointed, fragmented approaches into… Read More
This comprehensive system is fee-based, with annual fees ranging from $15,000 to $75,000 plus, depending on the size of the population the agency services. A table shows the annual fees for various jurisdictional sizes. CRIMES was developed in response to a request for such a system from Texas police chiefs who were dissatisfied with the systems and technology available. Sam Houston State University’s College of Criminal Justice was asked to develop the system because of its history of… Read More
The study found that government-sponsored or government-conducted research, peer networking, and evidence provided by intermediary policy and research organizations were more effective in transferring research knowledge into practice than academic peer-reviewed publications and expert testimony. The study also found that the process and model most often linked with successful research knowledge translation in corrections was the interaction model. This involves the regular interaction of… Read More
An original report from the Kansas City Star notes:
Both of these are actual cases that illustrate a challenge to officers who do community policing—the challenge of how to get undocumented immigrants to report or admit that they are victims of crime. In recent years, a tool has been developed to help police build a bridge to the neighborhoods they serve and solve crimes in: the U-visa. This visa, designed for immigrant victims of crime who cooperate with law enforcement, was intended to make them more likely to report such offenses.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a leader in developing and implementing evidence-based criminal justice policy and practice. BJA’s mission is to provide leadership in services, grant administration, and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies in achieving safer communities. This is accomplished in many criminal justice topic areas, including adjudication, corrections, counter-terrorism, crime prevention, justice information… Read More
It is virtually impossible to review current correctional policy or practice guidelines without seeing the term “evidence-based practice” (EBP) prominently displayed. EBP is the body of research and replicable clinical knowledge that describes state-of-the-art correctional assessment, programming and supervision strategies leading to improved correctional outcomes such as the rehabilitation of offenders and increased public safety. As such, it has become the mantra for… Read More
There has recently been renewed interest in place-based approaches for targeting crime prevention, such as justice reinvestment. This project linked research from life course and place-based criminology to explore whether some communities generated chronic and costly offenders.The Semi-Parametric Group-based Method was used to identify non-normative or chronic offenders in the 1990 Queensland Longitudinal Dataset (n=14,171).
Estimating the use of illicit drugs in the general community is an important task with ramifications for law enforcement agencies, as well as health portfolios. Australia has four ongoing drug monitoring systems, including the AIC’s DUMA program, the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, the Illicit Drug Reporting System and the Ecstasy and Related Drug Reporting System. The systems vary in methods, but broadly they are reliant upon self-report data and may be… Read More
Abstract: Many jurisdictions are seeking ways to prevent violence through a multidisciplinary approach, treating it as a public health issue as well as a crime problem. To identify the most effective ways to do this, the California Endowment, the Center for Court Innovation, and the U.S.
