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These one page research briefs provide easy-to-follow summaries of research conducted by CEBCP team members and affiliates in the categories below: 

Crime and Place

Crime Analysis

Evidence-Based Crime Policy
Policing and Law Enforcement

Randomized Experiments
Systematic Reviews
Terrorism 



Crime and Place

Do Broken Window Cause Crime? (Sue-Ming Yang)

Does Crime Just Move Around the Corner? A Controlled Study of Spatial Displacement and Diffusion of Crime Control Benefits (David Weisburd, Laura Wyckoff, Justin Ready, John E. Eck, Joshua C. Hinkle, Frank Gajewski) 

Does the "Race of Places" Influence Police Officer Decision Making? (Cynthia Lum)

Effect of Business Improvement Districts on Violent Crime in Los Angeles (John MacDonald and Ricky Bluthenthal) 

Hot Spots of Juvenile Crime: Findings From Seattle (David Weisburd, Elizabeth Groff, and Nancy Morris)

 

Police Officers on Drug Corners in Philadelphia, Drug Crime, and Violent Crime: Intended, Diffusion, and Displacement Impacts (Brian Lawton, Ralph Taylor, and Anthony Luongo)

 

Trajectories of Crime at Places: A Longitudinal Study of Street Segments in the City of Seattle (David Weisburd, Shawn Bushway, Cynthia Lum, and Sue-Ming Yang)

Hot Spots of Juvenile Crime: A Longitudinal Study of Arrest Incidents at Street Segments in Seattle, Washington (David Weisburd, Nancy A. Morris, and Elizabeth R. Groff)


Crime Analysis

 

Crime Analysis Research Digest, Volume 1 (International Association of Crime Analysts)

 

Crime Analysis Research Digest, Volume 2 (International Association of Crime Analysts)


Evidence-Based Crime Policy

 

Evidence-Based Crime Policy Resources (Cynthia Lum)

 


 

Policing and Law Enforcement

Assessing Police Efforts to Reduce Gun Crime: Results from a National Survey (Christopher Koper)

 

Community Policing or Zero Tolerance? Preferences of Police Officers from 22 Countries in Transition (Cynthia Lum)

Does the "Race of Places" Influence Police Officer Decision Making?
 (Cynthia Lum)

The Effects of Problem-Oriented Policing on Crime and Disorder: A Systematic Review (David Weisburd, Cody W. Telep, Joshua C. Hinkle, and John E. Eck)

 

An Experimental Study of Compressed Work Schedules in Policing: Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Shift Lengths (Karen Amendola, David Weisburd, Edwin Hamilton, Greg Jones, and Meghan Slipka)


General Deterrent Effects of Police Patrol in Crime "Hot Spots": A Randomized, Controlled Trial (Lawrence W. Sherman and David Weisburd)

The Impact of Higher Education on Police Officer Attitudes Towards Abuse of Authority 
(Cody Telep)

Impact of Project Safe Neighborhoods on Violent Crime
 (Edmund F. McGarrell)

Intelligence-Led Policing to Reduce Gang Corners and Crime in Camden
 (Jerry Ratcliffe) 

Just Enough Police Presence: Reducing Crime and Disorderly Behavior by Optimizing Patrol Time in Crime Hot Spots (Christopher Koper)

 

License Plate Recognition Technology Project (Cynthia Lum, Linda Merola, Julie Willis Hibdon, Breanne Cave)


The Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment (Jerry Ratcliffe,  Elizabeth  Groff, Jennifer Wood,  Travis  Taniguchi,  Lallen  Johnson,  Caitlin  McGuire‐Taylor,  Evan Sorg, and Cory Haberman)

Police Efforts to Address Street-Level Drug Markets (Cynthia Lum)

Police Interventions to Reduce Violent Crime: A Review of Rigorous Research
 (Cody W. Telep)

 

Police Officers on Drug Corners in Philadelphia, Drug Crime, and Violent Crime: Intended, Diffusion, and Displacement Impacts (Brian Lawton, Ralph Taylor, and Anthony Luongo)

 

Police Strategies to Reduce Illegal Possession and Carrying of Firearms: Effects on Gun Crime (Christopher S. Koper and Evan Mayo-Wilson)


Policing Crime and Disorder Hot Spots: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Anthony Braga and Brenda Bond)

 

Problem-Oriented Policing in Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment (Anthony Braga, David Weisburd, Elin Waring, Lorraine Mazerolle, William Spelman, and Frank Gajewski)

 

Project Safe Neighborhoods: A National Strategy to Locally Address Gun Violence(Timothy S. Bynum)

 

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Different Policing Strategies at Hot Spots of Violent Crime in Jacksonville (Bruce G. Taylor, Christopher S. Koper, and Daniel J. Woods)

 


Randomized Experiments

 

Missing Links: How Descriptive Validity Impacts the Policy Relevance of Randomized Controlled Trials in Criminology (Charlotte E. Gill)


Systematic Reviews

 

Court-Mandated Interventions for Individuals Convicted of Domestic Violence (Lynette Feder and David B. Wilson; abstract from the Campbell Collaboration)

 

The Effectiveness of Counter-terrorism Strategies (Cynthia Lum, Leslie Kennedy, and Alison Sherley)

 

The Effectiveness of Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment on Criminal Behavior (Ojmarrh Mitchell, David B. Wilson, and Doris L. MacKenzie; abstract from the Campbell Collaboration)

 

Effects of Correctional Boot Camps on Offending (David B. Wilson, Doris L. MacKenzie, and Fawn Ngo Mitchell; abstract from the Campbell Collaboration)

 

The Effects of Problem-Oriented Policing on Crime and Disorder: A Systematic Review (David Weisburd, Cody W. Telep, Joshua C. Hinkle, and John E. Eck)

 

Effects of Second Responder Programs on Repeat Incidents of Family Abuse (Robert C. Davis, David Weisburd, and Bruce Taylor; abstract from the Campbell Collaboration)

 

Police Strategies to Reduce Illegal Possession and Carrying of Firearms: Effects on Gun Crime (Christopher S. Koper and Evan Mayo-Wilson)

 

Probation Intensity Effects on Probationers' Criminal Conduct (Charlotte E. Gill, Jordan Hyatt, and Lawrence W. Sherman)



Terrorism

Collateral Effects of Counterterrorism Interventions: Airport Security Screening(Cynthia Lum)

Deterrence and Defiance Models of Terrorist Violence in Northern Ireland, 1969 to 1992 (Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan, and Raven Korte)

The Effectiveness of Counter-terrorism Strategies
 (Cynthia Lum, Leslie Kennedy, and Alison Sherley) 

Evidence-Based Counterterrorism Policy (Cynthia Lum and Leslie Kennedy, eds.)

 

Muslim Public Opinion on the US Military in Counter-Terrorism Interventions (Clay Ramsey)

Target Attractiveness, Fear, and the Prevention of Terrorism (Brian Forst, Mark McInerney, and Ashley Nellis)

When Terrorism and Counterterrorism Clash: The Impact of the Global War on Terrorism on Subsequent Terrorist Activity (Ivan Sascha Sheehan)

 

 
 
 
 
 
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