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”
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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…
Detektor TV: Höjdpunkter från Trygghetskamerans dag
Detektor TV var med under Trygghetskamerans dag 26 april på Stockholm Clarion Hotel. Konferensen hade två teman: forskningens syn på säkerhetskamerors brottsförhindrande effekt samt vilka förväntningar som finns på den nya kameraövervakningslagen. Eric Piza, kriminolog och forskare vid City University of New York, var huvudtalare och bland övriga talare återfanns bland annat Axis grundare MartinContinue reading “Detektor TV: Höjdpunkter från Trygghetskamerans dag”
Crime in Context: Utilizing Risk Terrain Modeling and Conjunctive Analysis of Case Configurations to Explore the Dynamics of Criminogenic Behavior Settings
by Caplan, J., Kennedy, L., Barnum, J., and Piza, E. (2017) Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 33(2): 133-151 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
The Current and Potential Role of Crime Analysts in Evaluations of Police Interventions: Results from a Survey of the International Association of Crime Analysts.
by Piza, E. and Feng, S. (2017) Police Quarterly, 20(4): 339-366. Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Times Herald-Record: Perception vs. reality: People don’t feel safer despite drop in crime
Major violent and property crime in the mid-Hudson region has declined 42 percent from 1990 to 2015 despite a growing population, mirroring a national trend. The question is: Do you feel safer? A recent national poll suggests people don’t. The Gallup poll done in October 2016 found that Americans’ direct experience with crime was atContinue reading “Times Herald-Record: Perception vs. reality: People don’t feel safer despite drop in crime”
The Crime Kaleidoscope: A Cross Jurisdictional Analysis of Place Features and Crime in Three Urban Environments
by Barnum, J., Caplan, J., Kennedy, L., and Piza, E. (2017) Applied Geography, 79: 203-211 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Eric L. Piza, Ph.D. 