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November 2021

Violent Crime

GUEST EDITORS McKallen Leonard and Ryan Samuelson

Police departments play a constructive role in containing community gun violence, but they cannot do it alone. This issue of Police Chief examines the efforts that police departments and community stakeholders have taken to effectively address upticks in violent crimes. The articles showcase strategies for reducing and preventing violent crime, with an emphasis on strong partnerships, knowledge-sharing, and coordinated tactical responses.

Articles

  • Necessary but Not Sufficient

    By Thomas Abt, Senior Fellow, Council on Criminal Justice, Washington, DC
    Violent crime is spiking across U.S. cities. Recent research documents a 30 percent surge in murders in 2020 and a 16 percent increase for the first half of 2021. Nonfatal assaults are rising as we...

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  • Ghost Guns

    By Joseph Vince, Professor, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Maryland; and Hugo Barrera, Executive Director, South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Florida
    In 2018, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) members passed a resolution, submitted by its Firearms’ Committee, warning of the threat posed by untraceable firearms made through ...

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  • What’s Happening in the Land of Pippi Longstocking?

    By Amir Rostami, PhD, Visiting Fellow, Rutgers University Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience, New Jersey; and Rick Fuentes, PhD, Colonel (Ret.), New Jersey State Police, Senior Policy Advisor, Rutgers University Center on Policing and Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience, New Jersey
    When people think of Sweden, many think of Pippi Longstocking, heroine of the world-famous children’s novels by author Astrid Lindgren, and the glimpses of Sweden conveyed in the books. Throughout h...

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  • Police, Crime Prevention, and Community Integration

    By Nicholas Corsaro, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati; Robin S. Engel, PhD, Professor, University of Cincinnati, Director, The IACP/UC Center for Police Research and Policy, Ohio; and Jonathan Brooks, Assistant Chief, Tulsa Police Department, Oklahoma
    As violent crime increases significantly across the United States, police executives are again faced with the ever-present question: How can crime best be reduced while simultaneously rebuilding commu...

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