All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
In the last 30 years, community-oriented policing has been a key innovation in policing. But while this proactive approach boosts citizens’ evaluations of police, evidence is sparse that it reduces crime.
Note in the link below there is a link to the original research article.
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-07-results-community-policing-positive-conclusion.html
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
In April 2023, CCJ launched the Crime Trends Working Group to continue the important work of grounding debates about crime and criminal justice reform in facts. Its mission is to explore and explain current crime trends, while building consensus for significant improvements in the nation’s capacity to produce timely, accurate, and complete crime data. With a diverse membership of expert producers and consumers of criminal justice statistics, the Working Group collects real-time crime data, identifies gaps in data collection and availability, and develops strategies to improve crime reporting nationwide as law enforcement agencies transition to a new federal reporting system
— Read on counciloncj.foleon.com/crime-trends-working-group/final-report/
As more organizations attempt to increase the representation of women in traditionally male-dominated occupations (such as engineering, technology or banking), new research from George Washington University professor Jennifer …
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-06-biases-undermine-diversity-efforts-policing.html
This article speaks to what is evidence that a policy works.
The director of the National Institute of Justice issues a wake-up call to researchers: Context and implementation matter mightily in assessing research results.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-titanium-law-of-evaluation
At the time of this post the article was open access.
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-9125.12366
The authors of this report discuss methodological and data challenges for studying racial bias in police shootings in the United States and suggest future directions for research to address these issues.
— Read on www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA243-8.html
Get a .PDF copy of the report HERE
Check out this website. There are a lot of interesting publications available on it.
It’s more left of center but I believe in promoting both sides of an argument.
We work to create a more effective and humane criminal justice system by performing original research and helping launch reforms around the world.
— Read on www.innovatingjustice.org/
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/
The virtues of focused change and the uncertainties of systemic reform
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-precautionary-principle
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