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George Mason University Center for Evidence Based Crime Policy (Website) |
| The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), housed within the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, seeks to make scientific research a key component in decisions about crime and justice policies. The CEBCP carries out this mission by advancing rigorous studies in criminal justice and criminology through research-practice collaborations, and proactively serving as an informational and translational link to practitioners and the policy community. View one-page summaries of research here, and the video library here. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 6/25/2012 11:13:03 AM |
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NLECTC TechBeat (Website) |
| Dedicated to reporting developments in technology for law enforcement, corrections and forensic science. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 6/25/2012 11:12:26 AM |
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Simon Fraser University Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies (Website) |
| Interdisciplinary research centre with a focus on increasing knowledge and research studies, and on the development of new analysis tools for the study of crime in an urban environment. ICURS focuses on crime reduction policy, crime analysis and computational criminology. Its goal is to work thematically across the disciplines of criminology, computing science, geography, economics, and applied mathematics to make advances in understanding and modeling of the complex urban environment, and with these models better understand how to improve approaches to crime reduction and the use of informatics in criminological research. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 6/25/2012 11:11:35 AM |
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The University College London Jill Dando Institute (Website) |
| The UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science brings together 30 top research departments/groups across UCL, all with a working interest in the field of security and crime. Research is concentrated on new ways to cut crime and increase security, drawing upon UCL's vast experience in related disciplines, including architecture, economics, engineering, geography, medicine, psychology, statistics and town planning. The JDI aims to promote multidisciplinary research in crime and security and also promote multidisciplinary conferences, events, training and short courses in these fields. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 6/25/2012 11:09:37 AM |
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Fort Pierce Florida crime analyst recognized nationally for her volunteer efforts (News) |
April Lee, the National Police Athletic League Woman Volunteer of the Year, said one of the most rewarding acts in life is community service.
The Port St. Lucie resident and Fort Pierce Police Department Crime Analyst recently was honored for her unrivaled dedication to the area's Police Athletic League, where she has volunteered for 12 years.
The Fort Pierce Police Athletic League is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational and athletic activities for children and teens and provides multiple programs to more than 500 Fort Pierce youth. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 6/1/2012 10:04:40 AM |
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Booked crime analyst (News) |
| The expertise of Gainesville Police Department crime analyst Ericka Jackson is again reaching beyond the city and into colleges and universities. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 5/29/2012 11:48:29 AM |
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Shawnee's crime analyst one of world's finest (News) |
| When an auto theft ring with a penchant for Honda Accords became active in Shawnee early last year, Susan Smith got busy at the Shawnee Police Department. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 5/23/2012 11:24:40 AM |
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Visualizing Criminal Networks to Help Police Solve Crimes (News) |
| Criminal networks are really just a specific example of social networks. Currently, law enforcement agencies use link analysis, a basic application of graph theory, to attempt to understand these networks. Link analysis produces a visual output of relationships between nodes, but "people tend to believe that actors in the center or at the top of a graph are crucially and most important." Instead, Renee van der Hulst describes a framework for using social network analysis (SNA) for crime analysis. Beyond just outputing a visual graph, SNA provides a mathematical approach to quantify the "characteristics of network activity, social roles, positions and associated social mechanisms." |
Posted by Website Administrator on 5/16/2012 1:57:20 PM |
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Frustrated by software, Portland PD crime analyst creates her own (News) |
| Last September, Konopka enlisted the help of a friend, Portland software developer Mike Santerre, to help her turn her ideas to reality. The pair has worked since then to produce a program called Predictive Policing that can search by type of crime or call for service, by time of day and day of the week, by neighborhood, or by work shift. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 4/24/2012 11:10:00 AM |
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Crime in Real Time: Using CAD Data for Crime Analysis (News) |
The April edition of Law Officer Magazine features a story out of Oceanside, CA on the benefits of using CAD data and the role of crime analysis in solving a high-profile crime series. The article is titled, “Crime in Real Time: Using CAD data for Crime Analysis.” This article is a written version of a presentation given last year at the IACA training conference in Cape Cod, MA.
The link below will take you to a digital edition of the magazine. Clicking on the title on the cover page (“Using CAD to solve Gold Medal Series, pg 28.) will take you directly to the article.
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Posted by Kristina Shull on 4/23/2012 12:46:19 PM |
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Making sense of crime: 'Predictive policing' helps solve cases, officials say (News) |
| “We now have a meeting every Wednesday morning where our crime analysts present an updated CompStat report,” Kendrick said. “We discuss the information officers have obtained on their beats, and officers get to hear what others are seeing on their shifts.” |
Posted by Website Administrator on 4/18/2012 1:11:23 PM |
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Using Maps to Predict Where Villians Will Strike (News) |
| University academic Spencer Chainey uses ‘predictive mapping’ theory to help officers understand why certain patterns of crime occur and how best to tackle them. His work with police in Trafford has contributed to a 27 per cent reduction in burglaries between 2010 and 2011. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 4/6/2012 1:52:15 PM |
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Criminal Justice and Intelligence Analysis (Intelligence Analysis Program) |
| The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Intelligence Analysis provides the student with a broad understanding of the criminal justice system as it pertains to crime analysis, intelligence, and crime forecasting. The student will examine the complexities of the role of the intelligence analyst from the perspective of a homeland security professional. Graduates of this program will be prepared to seek entry-level opportunities or advance in career fields including private investigations, security, technology, probation, and law enforcement. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 3/21/2012 12:28:13 PM |
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Marion County Sheriff's Office (FL) Employee of the Year (Success Stories) |
| Florida's Marion County Sheriff's Office analyst, Kathy Collins, was recognized as their Employee of the Year for 2011. See page 22. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 3/15/2012 7:17:25 PM |
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How To Catch a Criminal With Data (News) |
| About seven years ago, researchers from the University of Memphis approached the city’s police department with the idea that they might be able to detect patterns in local crime – geographic hot spots on the city’s map and moments in time when they’re most likely to flare up – if they could just have access to the department’s crime data. Police departments produce reams of this stuff: arrest warrants, crime-scene reports, traffic citations, mug shots, dispatch transcripts and incident times. But that data has traditionally been painstaking to cross-reference, to mine for connections and even future trends. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 3/15/2012 7:14:12 PM |
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Longmont police crunch data to target crime hot spots (News) |
Sometimes the devil really is in the details, and there is nothing better than a good spreadsheet to rout him out, according to the Longmont Police Department.
Crime analyst Matt Lee works at a desk tucked deep in the Longmont Police Department's Detective Division, where he crunches the crime data that commanders and sergeants use to direct targeted or saturation patrols to areas of the city or around specific addresses based on call activity. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 2/23/2012 7:31:50 PM |
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Wichita police bureaus add analysts to look for crime trends (News) |
An addition to local crime-fighting efforts is already paying noteworthy dividends, law enforcement officials say.
Two months ago, crime analysts were assigned to each of the city’s four police bureaus. They study crime data, looking for trends. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 2/23/2012 11:40:48 AM |
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Sheriff’s Office Fights Property Crimes with Predictive Policing (News) |
| Jacquelyn Damon spends her time with a powerful crime-fighting tool at the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. It doesn’t fire projectiles of any sort or turn concrete transparent from helicopter heights. The former high-tech product manager, now an analyst, works to beat the bad guys with an Excel spreadsheet. |
Posted by Trina Cook on 2/23/2012 11:31:35 AM |
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Can we predict and prevent crime before it happens? (Predictive Policing) (News) |
| In Los Angeles, when police officers are not responding to calls for assistance from the public they will traditionally have 'downtime' when they choose where to patrol and use their gut instincts to decide where crime is most likely to take place, so they can disrupt and prevent it. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 2/10/2012 11:03:55 AM |
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Crime analyst helps solicitor's team target 'worst of the worst' (News) |
The career criminals Dylan Hightower has helped put behind bars watch him every day.
They peer at him from mug shots posted on a bulletin board in the 14th Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office. They've received sentences ranging from 25 years to life.
Hightower, a crime analyst trained by the S.C. Law Enforcement Division, joined the Solicitor's Office about six months ago to help its Career Criminal Prosecution Team go after "the worst of the worst," said solicitor Duffie Stone.
Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/01/28/1944911/crime-analyst-helps-solicitors.html#storylink=cpy |
Posted by Website Administrator on 1/30/2012 11:37:39 AM |
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Spatial Statistics in Crime Analysis: Using CrimeStat III (Book) |
| A combination of theory and hands-on practice, this workbook walks analysts through the major routines of CrimeStat III, including measures of spatial distribution, hot spots, kernel density estimation, and journey to crime. The routines have use in tactical, strategic, investigative, administrative, and operations analysis. |
Posted by Christopher W. Bruce on 1/5/2012 1:39:08 PM |
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iWATCH - Community Program for Submitting Tips on Suspicious Behavior (Software) |
iWATCH is a community program designed to help neighborhoods stay safe from criminal activity by providing a tool for citizens to report unusual or out of the ordinary behavior/activity to Law Enforcement. Citizens can submit tips on suspicious activity by completing a quick summary of the behavior observed at your iWATCH website. Reports are vetted and disseminated through the appropriate channels for investigation. Whether the activity appears to be related to drugs, gangs, prostitution, or abuse, citizens have an opportunity to protect their neighborhoods. The iWATCH program originally started in LA and has spread to other cities. In conjunction with POLICEintel, QiSOFT has created online software dedicated to iWATCH; standalone module or a seamless integration into your POLICEintel site. One low monthly fee!
Visit the user demo site below and submit a "bogus" report to get an idea of how iWATCH might benefit your agency.
https://iwatch.policeintel.com
david@qisoft.com |
Posted by David Johns on 1/5/2012 9:12:20 AM |
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Software gets tough on crime (News) |
A new police patrol hitting the streets this week bases where and when officers work on computer-crunched crime statistics.
The statistics are based on police reports as well as anecdotal information from patrol and narcotics officers and residents. They are compiled on software by police Sgt. Michael Failing, the department’s crime analyst. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 12/28/2011 7:23:40 PM |
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Computer cop humble about his success (Success Stories) |
| With a few quick keystrokes, James Stewart generates a list of the city's top criminal offenders. "I call this the prolific analyst," he says, as the program he wrote spins through 70,000 records and 10 years of violations. Hundreds of thousands of characters scroll over the screen. |
Posted by Website Administrator on 12/28/2011 6:54:12 PM |
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Crime Analysis helps in arrests (Success Stories) |
Ocala, Florida – A combination of crime analysis and “good old-fashioned police work” helped the Marion County Sheriff’s Office capture four suspected burglars shortly after the crime was committed...
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Posted by Website Administrator on 12/1/2011 5:38:18 PM |
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