Category Archives: Refereed Journal Articles

Scott Jacques & Eric L. Piza (2022) Originally published in March 2022 edition of ACJS Today. Reproduced with permission. The field of criminal justice (CJ) uses research, education, and outreach to make the world better. CJ scholars have become increasingly concerned with applied science, whereby research findings are widely disseminated and used to positively impactContinue reading “The Irony of Paywalled Articles Is They Can Be Made Open Access for Free”

Eric L. Piza & Nathan T. Connealy (2022) Criminology & Public Policy Research BriefVersion of Record (Open Access) Key Takeaways Protestors gathered nightly around the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD’s) East precinct following the murder of Geroge Floyd on May 25, 2020 The SPD abandoned the precinct on June 8, 2020 to quell the confrontations, resultingContinue reading “The Effect of the Seattle Police-Free CHOP Zone on Crime: A Microsynthetic Control Evaluation”

Vijay Chillar, Eric L. Piza, & Victoria A. Sytsma (2021) Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology Research BriefVersion of Record (Open Access) *This study was funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, Policing and Criminal Justice Reform program Key Takeaways Increased use of video recording technologies enables researchers to observe human behavior in its naturalContinue reading “Conducting a Systematic Social Observation of Body-Camera Footage: Methodological and Practical Insights”

Victoria A. Sytsma, Eric L. Piza, Vijay Chillar, & Leigh Grossman (2021) Criminal Justice Policy Review Research BriefVersion of Record (Open Access) *This study was funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, Policing and Criminal Justice Reform program Key Takeaways Systematic Social Observation of body-camera (BWC) used as a performance monitoring tool to measure police officerContinue reading “Measuring Procedural Justice Policy Adherence During Use of Force Events: The Body-Worn Camera as a Performance Monitoring Tool”

David N. Hatten & Eric L. Piza (2021) Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article Key Takeaways This study examined the place-based factors associated with robbery displacement caused by a foot-patrol intervention in Newark, NJ Relationships between displaced crime and environmental factors did not always appear in the expectedContinue reading “When Crime Moves Where Does It Go? Analyzing the Spatial Correlates of Robbery Incidents Displaced by a Place-based Policing Intervention”

Victoria A. Sytsma, Vijay Chillar, & Eric L. Piza (2021) Journal of Criminal Justice Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article *This study was funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, Policing and Criminal Justice Reform program Key Takeaways Body-camera footage and video data analysis enable the in-depth observation of officer, suspect, and by-stander behavior Conjunctive analysisContinue reading “Scripting Police Escalation of Use of Force Through Conjunctive Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Footage: A Systematic Social Observational Pilot Study”

Kenneth M. Quick & Eric L. Piza (2021). The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles Open Access Post PrintPublished Article Abstract This study explored the effectiveness of a novel technique for police departments to support their officers and promote wellness: the use of service dogs. We evaluated officer perceptions in two mid-sized, municipal police departmentsContinue reading “Police Officers’ Best Friend?: An Exploratory Analysis of the Effect of Service Dogs on Perceived Organizational Support in Policing”

Eric L. Piza, E., Jason Szkola, & Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, K. (2021) Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 15(2): 1217-1231. Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article Key Takeaways Lack of support from leadership and mid-level managers identified as most damaging factors to police research Crime analysts identified as easiest to incorporate into program evaluation effortsContinue reading “How Can Embedded Criminologists, Police Pracademics, and Crime Analysts Help Increase Police-Led Program Evaluations? A Survey of Authors Cited in the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix”

Eric L. Piza, Andrew P. Wheeler, Nathan T. Connealy, & Shun Q. Feng (2020) Criminology & Public Policy, 19(2): 653-684. Research BriefVersion of Record (Open Access)Data *This study was funded by the Professional Staff Congress – The City University of New York. Key Takeaways The Newark Police Department opened a police substation in their downtownContinue reading “Crime Control Effects of a Police Substation Within a Business-Improvement District: A Quasi-Experimental Synthetic Control Evaluation”

Eric L. Piza, Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington, & Amanda L. Thomas (2019) Criminology & Public Policy, 18(1): 135-159 Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article *This study was funded by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention Key Takeaways CCTV was associated with a ~13% reduction of crime in target areas as compared toContinue reading “CCTV Surveillance for Crime Prevention: A 40-Year Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis”