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Yearly Archives: 2017
The Effect of CCTV on Crime and Perceptions of Safety: An Updated Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
2017-2018 Co-Principal Investigator: The Swedish National Council for CrimePrevention (Brå) (£11,250) PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Project description to be added soon.
Democrat & Chronicle (Part of the USA Today Network): Is shot spotter reliable enough? Critics question human equation behind technology
For Rochester police, the gunfire detection system known as ShotSpotter has been a valuable tool, alerting them to possible shootings and speeding up the police response time. But, more than that, the system — which tries to locate gunfire through audio sensors placed in high-crime areas in the city — has also become part ofContinue reading “Democrat & Chronicle (Part of the USA Today Network): Is shot spotter reliable enough? Critics question human equation behind technology”
The Newsmakers, TRT World Media (Turkey): Can the Los Angeles Police Department be Trusted with Drones?
Can the Los Angeles Police Department be Trusted with Drones?
The Buffalo News: Will offering more reward money help Buffalo solve more homicides?
Will offering more reward money help Buffalo solve more homicides?
Time Magazine: Shots Fired
The alert blares from the computer like a ray gun from an old cartoon: WAH-wahwahwahwah. Jonathan, a ShotSpotter analyst, focuses on one of the six monitors in front of him and zooms in on a street-level map of Milwaukee. Next to the map are what look like Christmas trees on their sides–a cluster of greenContinue reading “Time Magazine: Shots Fired”
The Influence of Community Areas, Neighborhood Clusters, and Street Segments on the Spatial Variability of Violent Crime in Chicago
by Schnell, C., Braga, A., and Piza, E. (2017) Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 33(3): 469-496. Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Star Ledger: What new numbers reveal about violent crime in each of N.J.’s 20 largest cities
How much violence does each of New Jersey’s most populous cities see? Here’s a closer look at the State Police Uniform Crime Data for the largest cities in the state based on population. The 2016 data covers crime reported from January through December, 2016. Population figures were taken from the latest census data. Overall, theContinue reading “Star Ledger: What new numbers reveal about violent crime in each of N.J.’s 20 largest cities”
CCTV as a Tool for Early Police Intervention: Preliminary Lessons from Nine Case Studies
by Piza, E., Caplan, J., and Kennedy, L. (2017) Security Journal, 30(1): 247-265 Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Allentown Morning Call: Magic bullet for Allentown? New citywide system would pinpoint gunshots
Magic bullet for Allentown? New citywide system would pinpoint gunshots…
Eric L. Piza, Ph.D. 