All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
This video is an excellent example of “demand side” tactic for reducing guns. It also show how a policing strategy impacts a community.
The police department in Washington, D.C., has seized thousands of illegal weapons, but an investigation finds that 4 out of 10 cases of illegal gun possession are dismissed in court.
— Read on www.npr.org/2018/10/24/659980871/d-c-s-aggressive-confiscation-of-illegal-guns-leaves-residents-feeling-targeted
Dr. Goldstein is one of my favorite Criminal Justice Authors.
This paper is an edited version of the speech given upon being awarded the 2018 Stockholm Prize in Criminology. After a brief introduction, the paper describes the concept of problem-oriented policing (POP), first proposed in 1979. It goes on to assess the extent to which the police have adopted POP, and its current status. POP is, in the immediate sense, aimed at a reduction in the incidence or severity of the problem on which attention is focused, and, in the broader sense, at improving the fundamentals of policing in a democratic society.
— Read on crimesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40163-018-0087-3
This article points out an apparent flaw in many public nuisance laws — they can penalize crime victims. In the case of domestic violence, some victims who have called the police multiple times have crossed a threshold that put their home into the public nuisance category, particularly risky when renting from a landlord. Others have…
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/crime-victim-vs-public-nuisance/
A 2016 study of blight on 32 Topeka city blocks found an increase in number of police calls, code violations and dollars spent when there were abandoned buildings in an area.The study, conducted by Wichita State University, found that about $31,100 in additional personnel resources were needed to complete code violation cases in city blocks with abandoned housing present rather than those without.The effects of abandoned housing in those areas were significant: police response frequency to city
— Read on www.cjonline.com/news/20181014/run-down-abandoned-buildings-pose-problems-for-law-enforcement
The Wichita State 2016 REPORT
Presents data on the nature and frequency of contact between police and U.S. residents age 16 or older, including demographic characteristics of residents, the reason for and outcomes of the contact,
— Read on www.bjs.gov/index.cfm
This is one of the BEST videos on any policing strategy. After watching the video it seems that Pulling Levels was the perfect crime-fighting at the right time.
This video is an excellent example of how the Criminal Justice System impacts a community.
In the beginning of the video we see how crime is increasing and the police response (flood the area with police and stop everything) had cause some collateral damage. The video also shows that when the focus is to stop a problem (murders) that partners can develop and work together for the benefit of the community.
This is a must watch video.
video.newyorker.com/watch/how-operation-ceasefire-transformed-urban-policing
Here are 2 briefs from the Urban Institute about Body Worn Camera use by The Milwaukee Police Department.
The Milwaukee Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera Program – Evaluation Findings and Key Takeaways
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/milwaukee-police-departments-body-worn-camera-program
Community Views of Milwaukee’s Police Body-Worn Camera Program – Results from Three Waves of Community Surveys
Social networks of bad cops
https://gcordner.wordpress.com/2018/08/23/social-networks-of-bad-cops/
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2018/08/23/social-networks-of-bad-cops/
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