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White Papers 1. A paper on how the CompStat process can be designed and implemented. 2. A paper on how to write a winning grant proposal. 3. A flow chart of the Broken Windows thesis developed by scholars James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. The chart shows the downward spiral of a community from disorder to urban decline. Use with the case study of Broken Windows below. 4. A cause-and-effect diagram that depicts how to apply the principles discussed in What Every Chief Executive Should Know...so executives can build a performance management framework for their agency. 5. A table of multidimensional police performance systems. To be used when developing a performance management framework for your agency. 6. Final Report of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Advisory Commission on Camden’s Public Safety. This report was commissioned after Camden, NJ was named America’s “most dangerous city” in 2004 by Morgan-Quitno, a popular state and city rankings company. 7. A paper on how to prepare an activity-base budget . This paper is intended to be used with the pre-formatted ABB model on the resource CD that accompanies What Every Chief Executive Should Know... 8. A paper by the RAND Corporation on how to prepare briefings. Published Documents 1. A case study of the broken windows thesis. This is an annotated article of a published news story about a house and the surrounding neighborhood in Newark, NJ that suffered the effects of disorder, fear, social withdrawal, increased crime and predatory behavior before its eventual decline. To be used with the Broken Windows flow chart above and assumes and understanding of the broken Windows thesis. 2. Sample syllabi for college-level criminology courses. Download more published syllabi, media resources, reading lists and class projects at the American Society of Criminology. 3. An article on how the CompStat process can be used as a pathway to leadership development. Professional Organizations 1. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 2. American Society of Criminology 3. American Statistical Association Presentations and Conference Notes 1. Operation Impact. A problem-oriented policing project; to be viewed with the article entitled Reducing Drug Dealing in Private Apartment Complexes: Final Report to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Police Services on a Project Undertaken in Newark, NJ to Test the Utility of the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Project, accessible under the publications page. Presented at the 11th International Symposium on Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (ECCA). Cincinnati, OH: June 20, 2003. 2. The Watering Hole blog talk radio show with Lt. Raymond E. Foster LAPD (ret.) where Jon M. Shane presented his award-winning book What Every Chief Executive Should Know…(Jon appears around 40 minutes into the show—March 19, 2008) 3. American Judicature Society, Annual Meeting, New York City, Panel discussant on “Eyewitness Identification: Improving Reliability and Preventing Wrongful Convictions” providing a perspective on police policy and practice. Click here for the highlights of 2008 AJS annual meeting and conference notes. August 7-9,2008. |
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Data, grounded in theory, is the cornerstone of research and best practice replication. This page contains white papers, published documents, presentations and conference notes, useful web sites and other resources that police departments or their parent government will find useful when developing a grant application, a new policy or program or a position paper. Use the “search” function on any page to find what you need. |
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Useful Web Sites 1. Australian Institute of Criminology. The Australian Institute of Criminology is Australia’s pre-eminent national crime and criminal justice research agency. There are several downloadable publications. Check out the crime prevention initiatives of the Australian Government. 2. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The BJS is the statistical arm of the U.S. government that provides statistics and publications about crime and victims, drugs and crime, criminal offenders, the justice system in the United States, law enforcement, prosecution and much more. Some downloadable spreadsheets and on-line data includes special topics, homicide trends and characteristics, justice expenditure and employment, law enforcement statistics, prosecutors’ offices, crime and victims, criminal offenders, courts and sentencing, corrections, criminal record systems and the justice survey software. 3. Center for Problem Oriented Policing. A collection of guides that describe how to address crime and disorder problems. The POP Center is supported by the U.S Department of Justice and is comprised of affiliated police practitioners, researchers, and universities dedicated to the advancement of problem-oriented policing. The POP Center has a comprehensive library of problem-specific guides, responses, analysis tools, crime prevention studies, learning resources and related links. 4. COPS Office (U.S. Department of Justice). The COPS Office is a U.S. government-funded agency dedicated to advancing community policing. There are community policing resources, grant-funding information and other publications that can be downloaded. 5. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). ERIC provides free access to over one million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. Articles are not restricted to education, several police-related titles are included. 6. FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR). Crime in the United States is the publication that attempts to meet the need for reliable, uniform crime statistics for the United States. There are several downloadable documents and MS Excel files of crime data ready for analysis. Other reports and publications include FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Hate Crime Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, UCR Handbook and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). 7. Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center. The FJSRC compiles comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system. The site is very intuitive and they offer a variety of downloadable publications and data sets. 8. FedStats. FedStats provides access to a full range of official statistical information produced by the U.S. government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produced the statistic. Full search capabilities link to over 100 agencies and additional links provide data and trend information on topics such as economics and population, crime, education and health care among the many. This site is especially useful when supporting data is needed for a grant application or position paper. 9. Georgetown University Library. The library at Georgetown University provides a list of publications and websites that are useful for locating crime data, including both general statistics and specialized categories of crime information. 10. Home Office. The Home Office is the United Kingdom’s government department responsible for leading the national effort to protect the public from terrorism, crime and anti-social behavior. They offer several downloadable papers, a crime reduction toolkit and a searchable knowledge base. The section on police is extensive. 11. Homicide Research Working Group (HRWG). The HRWG is an interdisciplinary and international research group devoted to studying lethal violence. There are downloadable newsletters and other .pdf documents. HRWG is a membership organization that publishes the Homicide Studies Journal, which appeals to broad audience of academics and practitioners. 12. Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The IPPR is the United Kingdom’s leading progressive think tank, producing cutting edge research and innovative policy ideas for a just, democratic and sustainable world. They offer searchable publications and reports, many can be downloaded for free. Search the key word “police” for several documents. 13. Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research. The ICPSR is an active partner in social science research and instruction throughout the world. ICPSR provides access to an extensive collection of downloadable data files. 14. Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science. The Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science is devoted specifically to reducing crime through research, public policy analysis and evidence-based information on crime reduction. There are several downloadable papers and other publications. 15. Law Enforcement Management Administrative Statistics (LEMAS). The LEMAS survey presents information on three types of general purpose law enforcement agencies: State police, local police, and sheriff's departments. Variables include size of the populations served by the typical police or sheriff's department, levels of employment and spending, various functions of the department, average salary levels for uniformed officers, and other matters relating to management and personnel. You can download data, perform on-line analysis and sign-up for LEMAS email updates. 16. Law Enforcement Organization of Planning and Research Directors (LEOPRD). The LEOPRD provides law enforcement agency leaders, planning and research directors and key stakeholders with venues so they may share and discuss their unique planning and research issues, methodologies and best practices at the national and international levels. The Reading Room has several downloadable publications. This site is sponsored by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). 17. National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. The NACJD facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology by preserving, enhancing and sharing computerized data resources. There are many downloadable data sets and other resources. They also offer on-line data analysis tools. Check out international data on criminal justice. 18. National Criminal Justice Reference Service. The NCJRS serves as a clearinghouse for criminal justice and substance abuse information that supports research, policy and program development worldwide. Many papers are downloadable, others are abstract only. 19. RAND. The RAND Corporation is the original non-profit think tank helping to improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis. RAND offers several downloadable publications on a variety of timely public policy issues. Check out the RAND Center on Quality Policing. 20. Secondary Effects Research. This website is sponsored by a group of university-affiliated social scientists who conduct research on the secondary effects of sexually-oriented businesses. This site will particularly interest governments that are enacting or enforcing adult business codes. The documents on this website are downloadable and are not copyrighted. 21. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the U.S. and is displayed in over 1,000 tables. The site is updated regularly as new statistics become available. 22. University of Michigan Documents Center. The library at UMI hosts a major collection of statistical resources with downloadable data sets and reports from various sources. There is a broad array of data centers similar to FedStats. 23. Urban Institute (UI). The UI is a leading non-profit research organization that promotes sound social policy and public debate on national priorities. The Crime and Justice section offers several downloadable reports and commentaries on issues central to the police, including performance, community trust and strategies. 24. World Criminal Justice Library. The WCJL is a unique resource whose aim is to share services and criminal justice information on a global scale. This site offers a unique collection of annotated criminal justice links, periodicals and databases, bibliographies, statistical resources and general reference resources for U.S. and international criminal justice data.
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