Policing strategies
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Policing Strategic Research Plan 2017-2022
Date Published
March 15, 2018
Evaluation of the Shreveport Predictive Policing Experiment
Date Published
March 2018
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Understanding the Broader Impacts of Body Worn Cameras on Police Work, Community Perceptions and Community Health: A Multi-Method Assessment
2017-R2-CX-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$552,589
Infusing Community Policing Strategies into Hot Spots Policing Practices: The Impacts on Police-Community Relations in a Mid-Sized City
2017-R2-CX-0012
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$316,125
Simulation Tool to Assess Dynamic Strategies for Deployment of Police Resources
2015-R2-CX-0006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$44,975
Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy
2017-CK-BX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$1,081,046
Cocooning and Procedural Justice Dialectics: A Clustered Randomized Field Trial to Assess Crime Reduction and Citizen Perspectives Using Two Evidence-Based Programs In Prince George's County, MD
2017-R2-CX-0023
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$855,800
A Randomized Controlled Trial on Community Infused Problem-Oriented Policing in Crime Hotspots
2017-R2-CX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$1,399,828
NIJ's Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Program — Departing Class
June 2017
In this video, law enforcement officers discuss how NIJ’s Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) scholar program benefits professional development and provides the opportunity to network with academia and share research with other agencies to improve evidence-based policing. In addition, law officers discuss how the LEADs scholar program equips smaller agencies to improve community relations.
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Understanding the Effects of Fatigue on Law Enforcement
May 2017
Steven James (Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University, College of Medicine) and Lois James (Assistant Professor, Washington State University, College of Nursing) discuss research on how fatigue and sleep deprivation affect officers when they make critical decisions to use deadly force. The researchers also discuss how often law enforcement officers are fatigued, the impacts of officer fatigue and drowsy driving, and the goal of implementing positive changes.
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Research on Repeat Crime Risk Leads to Software Tool Development
Date Published
January 22, 2017
Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Response and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnerships for Peace
November 2016
Series
This Research for the Real World seminar explores common police practices for responding to gun violence and the extent to which they are contributing to reductions in violent incidents. The panel will also explore the role of multi-disciplinary partners such as the public health sector in reducing gun violence, and discuss promising practices for law enforcement partnerships to leverage complimentary violence reduction efforts.
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The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine requests support from NIJ for the completion of the ongoing study on Proactive Policing: Effects of Crime, Communities, and Civil Liberties.
2016-IJ-CX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$318,571
Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime
2016-R2-CX-0058
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$995,831