The other day on the way to D.C.’s Metro, I watched fellow commuters navigating some smashed glass on the crosswalk from the bus. It appeared some people had a drinking party last night and decided shattering was the best method of bottle disposal.
Their faces were surprised. Circumnavigating shards of glass was not part of their usual morning routine.
Having worked in New York City during the decline of David Dinkins, I wasn’t. Then it struck me. They didn’t have that experience.
— Read on www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/broken_glass_on_the_way_to_work.html
Tag: Police Crime Fighting
Homicide problem-solving guide | College of Policing
Homicide problem-solving guide | College of Policing
— Read on www.college.police.uk/guidance/homicide-problem-solving-guide
CIVIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD RENAISSANCE PLAN
Get the report here:
hcommons.org/deposits/objects/hc:68034/datastreams/CONTENT/content
Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing | National Institute of Justice
In 2006, New Jersey initiated a comprehensive gun violence reduction strategy, becoming the first in the country to create a long-term statewide, multi-jurisdictional program that relied upon the integration of data and intelligence from multiple sources. Spanning 15 years, the effort improved over time, transforming the investigative culture of all participating agencies. The key was sharing and analyzing information across forensic, criminal intelligence, and investigative entities at all levels of government — local, state, and federal — to support violent crime suppression.
— Read on nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/reducing-gun-violence-through-integrated-forensic-evidence-collection-analysis-and
2024 CRIME REDUCTION PLAN – Phoenix Police Department
See the report here:
www.phoenix.gov/policesite/Documents/2024CrimeReductionPlan.pdf
Efficient justice: Thinking at the margins about crime and punishment – Niskanen Center
A justice system, by its very nature, provides benefits and imposes costs.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/efficient-crime-control/
“It’s Not as Bad as People Think the Place Is” | Manhattan Institute
The Potential for Informal Social Control at Crime Hot Spots
Executive Summary
Criminologists have long known that crime is highly concentrated—in most cities, approximately 50% of crime happens on only 5% of streets. As a result, many cities have effectively reduced crime by concentrating police resources in extremely high-crime “hot-spots.”
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/potential-for-informal-social-control-at-crime-hot-spots
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Policing Works when It Is Done Right | Scientific American
The COVID pandemic and the police murder of George Floyd polarized views on policing. Rather than abolishing policing or maintaining its status quo, we need to make it better and more focused
— Read on www.scientificamerican.com/article/policing-works-when-it-is-done-right/
Cleaning up the built environment to reduce crime – Niskanen Center
In every city, a small group of blocks generate most of the serious crime. Place-based crime reduction strategies are grounded in some of the most critical insights made by crime scholars in the past forty years.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/cleaning-up-the-built-environment-to-reduce-crime/
What’s the truth behind the ‘shoplifting epidemic’? Six key questions answered
This is an interesting viewpoint of shoplifting from the UK. I think it differs slightly from what takes place in the US. What are your thoughts…..
According to media reports, in 2023 the UK experienced an unprecedented wave of shoplifting. The theory goes that the cost of living crisis and poor police responses are driving a crime wave.
— Read on phys.org/news/2023-12-truth-shoplifting-epidemic-key.html
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