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Resources on Body-Worn Cameras

Date Published
August 2015
Publication Type
Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Situational Approaches to Making Communities and Correction Institutions Safer

June 2010

NIJ Conference panelists will present the results of three studies that applied situational crime prevention (SCP) principles: (1) an evaluation of the Safe City initiative in Chula Vista, Calif., designed to combine the expertise and resources of local law enforcement, retailers and the community to increase the safety of designated retail areas; (2) a randomized controlled trial (in partnership with the Washington Metro Transit Police) that assessed the effectiveness of SCP to reduce car crime in Metro's parking facilities; and (3) an evaluation of the impact of SCP on pr

LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing

October 2018
Series
Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight
Joshua Young, a retired corporal of the Ventura Police Department in California and Class of 2015 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing, which encourages the use of data and research to inform policing. He also talks about a randomized control trial he conducted on body-worn cameras and the support he has received from the LEADS program.

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Primer on Body Worn Camera Technologies

Date Published
November 2016
Publication Type
Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored