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Social and Behavioral Science

LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Reducing Gun Violence

May 2018
Series
Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight
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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LEADS Scholar Spotlight — Predictive Policing Algorithms

May 2018
Series
Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight
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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NIJ LEADS Program Overview — Empowering Agencies to Integrate Research into Practice

May 2018
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Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight
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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Evaluation of the Shreveport Predictive Policing Experiment

Date Published
March 6, 2018

NIJ-funded researchers evaluated an experiment in which Shreveport Police Department compared a predictive policing model focused on forecasting the likelihood of property crime occurring within block-sized areas against a hot spots policing approach.