Policing strategies
Policing Strategies
Police and researchers have developed a variety of different policing strategies, philosophies, and methods for dealing with crime. Often, different approaches to policing overlap because different groups come up with similar solutions to the same problems. Policing strategies have varying goals including crime prevention, effective use of police resources, or suspect location. Rigorous research can determine which strategies are the most effective in various circumstances...
Crime File: What Works - Research and the Police
January 1986
This Crime File video reviews three studies evaluating the effectiveness of policing strategies.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
From Crime Mapping to Crime Forecasting: The Evolution of Place-Based Policing
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Issue Overview,
Historical Overview,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ
Research on Domestic Radicalization and Terrorism
Date Published
January 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Crime File: What Works - Research and the Police
Date Published
1986
Series
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
LEADS Scholar Spotlight - Optimal Investigator Caseloads
October 2018
Daniel Stewart, a captain in the Oklahoma City Police Department and Class of 2016 Scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, discusses research he has conducted on investigator caseloads as commander of a property crimes unit with his police department. He also speaks about the impact of the LEADS program and network on his research and professional career.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
LEADS Scholar Spotlight - American Society of Evidence-Based Policing
October 2018
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.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Building Drug Intelligence Networks to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities: A Collaborative Intelligence-led Policing Strategy
2018-AR-BX-0004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$725,018
The Impact of Individualized Focused Deterrence on Criminal and Pro-Social Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Study of the St. Louis Police Partnership
2018-75-CX-0001
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$635,300
Large-Scale Deep Point Process Models for Crime Forecasting
2018-R2-CX-0013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$149,999
Solve Crime. Build Trust? Investigating Homicides and Shootings in Los Angeles
2018-75-CX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$500,000
In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data
Date Published
September 2018
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ's 50th Anniversary - Looking Back, Looking Forward
August 2018
Series
NIJ’s 50th anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on how far the Institute has come, as well as its direction and priorities moving forward. In this Research for the Real World event, panelists will speak to the history and future of the Institute, drawing from decades of experience working for and closely with NIJ. Two Former NIJ Directors will reflect on their days heading the agency and their observations on how the agency has changed over time.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Evidence-Based Policing: The Importance of Research and Evidence
July 2018
Series
NIJ’s two Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science programs encourage law enforcement officers and agencies to use data and research to inform their policies and practices. This panel convened leading practitioners and researchers to discuss evidence-based policing for an audience that includes the next generation of U.S. policing leadership. Panelists come from a variety of backgrounds and will draw from on-the-ground experience to discuss evidence-based policing as it relates to law enforcement training curriculums, practitioner-led trials, research clearinghouses, and other topics.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Evidence-Based Policing: The Importance of Research and Evidence
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Seminar
Registration Status
Not Required
Series
Notes From the Field: A Sensible Response to Civil Disturbance
Date Published
March 2018
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ
LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Patrol Officer Exposure to Subcritical Incidents
May 2018
Wendy Stiver, a commander with the Dayton Police Department in Ohio and a Class of 2016 scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, talks about her work to find interventions to patrol officer exposure to subcritical trauma, or subcritical incidents. She said she was inspired by the LEADS Program to begin analyzing this subject.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Predictive Policing Algorithms
May 2018
Shon Barnes, a deputy police chief with the Salisbury Police Department in North Carolina and a Class of 2015 scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, explains predictive policing and details a quasi-experiment that his department performed. He credits the LEADS Scholarship Program with helping him understand data and ask the right questions.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Reducing Gun Violence
May 2018
Cory Nelson, a captain with the Madison Police Department in Wisconsin and a Class of 2015 scholar of NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program, speaks about how he was able to reduce gun violence in Madison thanks to implementing the Koper Curve Theory. He learned of this new principle as part of the LEADS Program when he attended the Evidence-Based Policing Symposium at George Mason University earlier this year.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
NIJ LEADS Program Overview — Empowering Agencies to Integrate Research into Practice
May 2018
NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program aims to improve policies and practices based on evidence. This video includes interviews with LEADS Program Chief Research Advisors, Geoffery Alpert and Gary Cordner. LEADS scholars also provide commentary on the benefits of the program.
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy