Joel Miller, Sam Guthrie, and Eric L. Piza (2024) Crime & Delinquency Version of RecordOpen Access Post Print Abstract This study explores the correlates of use of force (UOF) in police responses to calls for service (CFS), drawing on situational, community, and organizational perspectives. Linear probability models were used to analyze CFS and UOF recordsContinue reading “Examining use of Force Outcomes in Police Calls for Service: Evidence from Cincinnati”
Author Archives: Eric Piza
SVT Nyheter (Swedish): Camera researcher Eric Piza drew full houses in Malmö
Det var fullsatt när amerikanska kameraforskaren Eric Piza bjöds in att föreläsa på Malmö universitet om teknikens möjligheter att säkra tryggheten på allmänna platser. Det var en fullsatt föreläsningssal på Malmö universitet som ville ta del av forskaren Eric Pizas presentation om teknikens roll att säkra tryggheten på allmänna platser. Värd för inbjudan var kriminologenContinue reading “SVT Nyheter (Swedish): Camera researcher Eric Piza drew full houses in Malmö”
SVT Nyheter (Swedish): American criminologist on Malmö visit skeptical of visitation zones
Drönare som är startklara på taken och visitationszoner är bara ett par exempel på hur polisen försöker modernisera sina metoder i Sverige. Eric Piza, professor i kriminologi på Northeastern University, är skeptisk till metoderna.
Cocktails & Crime Analysis: All About ShotSpotter
Eric Piza discusses his research, finding ShotSpotter does not increase case clearance rates or decrease crime. Tom Chittum, former COO of ATF and current Vice President from SoundThinking, drops by to respond.
Commonwealth Beacon: ShotSpotter Honchos Fire Back
The company that sells ShotSpotter, the acoustic gunshot detection technology that has come under attack recently from everyone from Boston city councilors to the state’s two US senators and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, is firing back. And it brought in the big guns to do so. Holding forth in an interview last week at the BostonContinue reading “Commonwealth Beacon: ShotSpotter Honchos Fire Back”
Undark: In Some Cities Second Thoughts About Gunshot Detection Sensors
Recent studies on technology that alerts police to gunfire have found it has little impact on shootings or prosecutions. More than seven years ago, when the city of Chicago began its broad deployment of acoustic technology to identify and locate gunfire in high-crime neighborhoods, supporters promoted the system — which uses acoustic sensors, GPS software, andContinue reading “Undark: In Some Cities Second Thoughts About Gunshot Detection Sensors”
Chicago Justice Project: What does the science say about ShotSpotter?
In a first-of-its-kind independent analysis of the effectiveness of ShotSpotter, the science says the technology does not lead to more arrests and convictions for gun crimes and does not reduce these crimes in the areas where it is deployed. The study examined the impact of ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City. To understand the scienceContinue reading “Chicago Justice Project: What does the science say about ShotSpotter?”
The Conversation: I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know
Like many large cities in the U.S., Detroit’s gun violence rate has fluctuated since the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The city’s murder rate increased nearly 20% that year, meaning the city had the second-highest violent crime rate after Memphis, Tennessee, among cities with more than 100,000 residents…
Space-Time Association between Gunshot Detection Alerts, Calls for Service, and Police Enforcement in Chicago: Differences Across Citizen Race and Incident Type
Eric L. Piza, George O. Mohler, Nathan T. Connealy, Rachael A. Arietti, and, Jeremy G. Carter (2024) Journal of Quantitative Criminology Research BriefVersion of Record (Open Access) Key Takeaways Research Summary Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson partially campaigned on a promise to terminate the City’s Gunshot Detection Technology (GDT) contract, arguing the system was unreliable, overlyContinue reading “Space-Time Association between Gunshot Detection Alerts, Calls for Service, and Police Enforcement in Chicago: Differences Across Citizen Race and Incident Type”
Wired: The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling
How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it’s been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates. Liz González’s neighborhood in East San Jose can be loud. Some of her neighbors apparently want the whole block to hear their cars,Continue reading “Wired: The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling”
Eric L. Piza, Ph.D. 