Community-Police Engagement
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Crime prevention and crime control efforts are often at odds with each other, especially if crime control focuses solely on enforcement. Connections between preventing and controlling crime, however, ...
Crime & Violence
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It is safe to say policing has changed drastically over the span of three centuries. Anyone close to the science of policing will explain that this change has been codriven by emerging populations and...
Community-Police Engagement
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In July 2017, state and local leaders in Utah met to address a burgeoning crime problem in downtown Salt Lake City, near Utah’s largest homeless shelter. During a span of a few years, the Rio Grande...
Crime & Violence
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Houses of worship (HOW) historically have been protected institutions and a safe haven for the community. However, during the past few years, the number of violent crimes directly and indirectly affec...
Crime & Violence
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The global crimes of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, rape, stalking, and strangulation are being perpetrated at staggering rates. Recent research has provided a greater understanding of ...
Technology
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Many law enforcement agencies are faced with questions about what type of technology to invest in. This is certainly relevant in an era of contracting budgets. One type of technology available to law ...
Crime & Violence
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The term “hate crime” has become a familiar component of everyday discourse. The public is routinely confronted with media coverage of incidents involving potential criminal actions that appear t...
Policy
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The increase of reported hate crimes in FBI data, now for a third straight year, demonstrates clearly the continued importance of law enforcement agencies having a specific plan in place for respondi...