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”
Category Archives: Refereed Journal Articles
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”
Piracy for Ransom: The Implications for Situational Crime Prevention
Shane, J., Piza, E., and Silva, J. (2018) Security Journal, 31(2): 548-569 Published Article PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Article description to be added soon.
The Influence of Job Assignment on Community Engagement: Bicycle Patrol and Community-Oriented Policing
Victoria A. Sytsma and Eric L. Piza (2018) Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 19(4): 347-364 Open Access Post PrintPublished Article Abstract The purpose of this study is to compare a specialized community-oriented policing (COP) unit to a reactive unit on officer perceptions of public contact and officer perceptions of job performance. We alsoContinue reading “The Influence of Job Assignment on Community Engagement: Bicycle Patrol and Community-Oriented Policing”
Facilitators and Impediments to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Risk-Based Policing Strategies Using Risk Terrain Modeling: Insights from a Multi-City Evaluation in the United States
Piza, E., Kennedy, L., and Caplan, J. (2018) European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 24(4): 489-513 Open Access Post PrintPublished Article Abstract The contemporary policing literature contains numerous examples of partnerships between academic researchers and police agencies. Such efforts have greatly contributed to evidence-based policing by increasing the knowledge base on effective strategies. However,Continue reading “Facilitators and Impediments to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Risk-Based Policing Strategies Using Risk Terrain Modeling: Insights from a Multi-City Evaluation in the United States”
Eric L. Piza, Ph.D. 