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”
Category Archives: Refereed Journal Articles
Leveraging Wireless Broadband to Improve Police Land Mobile Radio Programming: Estimating the Resource Impact
Carter, J., Piza, E. and Grommon, E. (2019) Journal of Crime and Justice, 42(1): 60-77 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Aggravating Effects of Alcohol Outlet Types on Street Robbery and Aggravated Assault in New York City
Feng, S., Piza, E., Kennedy, L. and Caplan, J. (2019) Journal of Crime and Justice, 42(3): 257-273 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Risk Terrain Modeling: Seasonality and Predictive Validity
Szkola, J., Piza, E. and Drawve, G. (2021) Justice Quarterly, 38(2): 322-343 Published ArticleOpen Access Post Print Abstract: This study focuses on crimes involving firearms in Baltimore, Maryland to answer three research questions concerning the effect of seasonality: 1) Do changes in the seasons affect which spatial factors are significantly related to crime?; 2) DoesContinue reading “Risk Terrain Modeling: Seasonality and Predictive Validity”
Risk Factor and High-Risk Place Variations Across Different Robbery Targets in Denver, Colorado
Connealy, N. and Piza, E. (2019) Journal of Criminal Justice, 60: 47-56 Open Access Post PrintPublished Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Script Analysis of Open-Air Drug Selling: A Systematic Social Observation of CCTV Footage
Sytsma, V. and Piza, E. (2018) Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 55(1): 78-102 Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Spatiotemporal Convergence of Crime and Vehicle Crash Hot Spots: Additional Consideration for Policing Places
Carter, J. and Piza, E. (2018) Crime & Delinquency, 64(14): 1795-1819 Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
Measuring the Effect Heterogeneity of Police Enforcement Actions Across Spatial Contexts
Piza, E. and Gilchrist, A. (2018) Journal of Criminal Justice, 54: 76-87. Research BriefPublished Article (Open Access) PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
The History, Policy Implications, and Knowledge Gaps of the CCTV Literature: Insights for the Development of Body-Worn Video Camera Research
Piza, E. (2021) International Criminal Justice Review, 31(3): 304-324 Open Access Post PrintPublished Article Abstract Closed-circuit television (CCTV) and body-worn video cameras (BWVCs) have rapidly spread throughout policing. Such widespread deployment has heightened the importance of identifying best practices for both of these technologies. The research community has worked toward the identification of such bestContinue reading “The History, Policy Implications, and Knowledge Gaps of the CCTV Literature: Insights for the Development of Body-Worn Video Camera Research”
The Effect of Various Police Enforcement Actions on Violent Crime: Evidence from a Saturation Foot-Patrol Intervention
Piza, E. (2018) Criminal Justice Policy Review, 29(6-7): 611-629 Research BriefOpen Access Post PrintPublished Article Key Takeaways This study tested the effect of police officer actions on crime during a foot-patrol intervention in Newark, NJ Foot patrol officer actions fell within 2 broad typologies: enforcement actions and guardian actions Enforcement actions consisted of arrests, qualityContinue reading “The Effect of Various Police Enforcement Actions on Violent Crime: Evidence from a Saturation Foot-Patrol Intervention”
