State officials don’t have a current count of how many police agencies in New Jersey use body cameras, but a survey by New Jersey Advance Media found that officers in four of our 10 most-populated towns don’t have them. Police departments in New Jersey and around the nation have rushed to outfit officers with camerasContinue reading “NJ.com: Police don’t have body cams in 4 of N.J.’s biggest towns. Here’s why.”
Yearly Archives: 2020
Environmental Predictors of a Drug Offender Crime Script: A Systematic Social Observation of Google Street View Images and CCTV Footage
Sytsma, V., Connealy, N. and Piza, E. (2021) Crime & Delinquency, 67(1): 27-57. Open Access Post PrintVersion of Record Study Abstract The extent to which environmental context has been considered when developing crime scripts has been limited to descriptions of the locations offenders visit during the crime. This research contributes a description of the environmentalContinue reading “Environmental Predictors of a Drug Offender Crime Script: A Systematic Social Observation of Google Street View Images and CCTV Footage”
Measuring the Temporal Stability of Near-Repeat Crime Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis
Hatten, D. and Piza, E. (2020) Crime & Delinquency. DOI: 10.1177/0011128720922545 Open Access Post PrintPublished Article Abstract This study investigates the temporal stability of identified near-repeat robbery patterns in Newark, New Jersey. With one noteworthy exception, scholars have yet to explore the temporal stability of identified spatiotemporal crime clusters. Furthermore, researchers have yet to measureContinue reading “Measuring the Temporal Stability of Near-Repeat Crime Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis”
Quality Over Quantity: Assessing the Impact of Frequent Public Interaction Compared to Problem-Solving Activities on Police Officer Job Satisfaction
Sytsma, V. and Piza, E. (2020) Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 14(2): 526-541 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
CNN: LAPD Audit Reveals Dangers of High-Tech Policing
Washington, DCCNN Business—An audit of the Los Angeles police department is raising questions about new technologies law enforcement is using nationwide with little oversight. Last week, the department’s internal auditors, prompted by a community backlash, published online a review of the LAPD’s data-driven policing strategies and recommended more transparency, consistency and oversight of the programs.Continue reading “CNN: LAPD Audit Reveals Dangers of High-Tech Policing”
Using Vulnerability and Exposure to Improve Robbery Prediction and Target Area Selection
Caplan, J., Kennedy, L., Piza, E., and Barnum, J. (2020) Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 13(1): 113-136 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
The Effect of Police Layoffs on Crime: A Natural Experiment Involving New Jersey’s Two Largest Cities
Piza, E. and Chillar, V. (2020) Justice Evaluation Journal. DOI: 10.1080/24751979.2020.1858697 Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished ArticleData Key Takeaways The economic crisis of 2008 led both Newark and Jersey City officials to strongly consider police officer layoffs During fiscal year 2009, officials from both cities negotiated with their respective police unions on a revised contractContinue reading “The Effect of Police Layoffs on Crime: A Natural Experiment Involving New Jersey’s Two Largest Cities”
Developing and Evaluating a Data-Driven Approach to Address the Opioid Epidemic
2020-2021Principal Investigator: City of Paterson, NJ Police Department($146,851) PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Project description to be added soon.
The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation
2020-2021Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence [2019-R2-CX0004]($503,129) PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Project description to be added soon.
Eric L. Piza, Ph.D. 