This document is organized along the nine steps for implementing the Drug Market Intervention as developed by the High Point Police Department. Within each step there are suggestions for implementation as well as common questions and issues to discuss with possible responses to the questions. This document is updated as needed. (Open)
Promising Violence Reduction Initiatives White paper
This paper describes and compares four related but distinct promising violence reduction strategies: Boston Ceasefire, Chicago Ceasefire, Project Safe Neighborhoods and the Drug Market Intervention. A brief list of initiative specific references is included. (Open)
This is the final report on the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods, a comprehensive national program to reduce gun violence at the local level. This report presents findings on the development and implementation of the various components of PSN. Additionally, the report presents research findings on the impact of PSN on gun crime at the local level. (Open)
This is a series of case studies from the Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhoods national program to reduce gun violence. (Open)
Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice
Homepage for the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, the nation’s oldest continuous degree-granting program in criminal justice. (Open)
Project Safe Neighborhoods (BJA)
Details on Project Safe Neighborhoods. (Open)
This book, edited by John Klofas, Natalie Kroovand Hipple, and Edmund F. McGarrell, chronicles the changes in the criminal justice system over the past two decades and suggests a new, emerging model to the criminal justice system that emphasizes collaboration, a focus on local problems and solutions, and a commitment to research that guides problem assessment, policy assessment, and inventions. (Open)
Evidence-based Programs and What Works in Criminal Justice
This is an Office of Justice Programs website that uses rigorous research to determine what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. Expert reviewers review and rate research on program effectiveness. (Open)
Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission
This is the homepage for the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission- an interagency collaborative process to reduce homicide. (Open)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS services and resources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public. (Open)
The National Institute of Justice is the research arm of the Department of Justice. (Open)
National Network for Safe Communities
The National Network for Safe Communities is an alliance of cities dedicated to advancing proven strategies to combat violent crime, reduce incarceration and rebuild relations between law enforcement and distressed communities. (Open)
RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. RAND Corporation is the National Institute of Justice funded national evaluator for the DMI program. (Open)
This is the final report on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative which was designed to support local communities in their efforts to prevent and control gang crime. The School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University served as the process and outcome evaluation of the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative. The report presents the findings from the 12 CAGI sites. (Open)
Smart Policing Webinar on Call-In Meetings
Webinar is led by Edmund McGarrell, Ph.D., Director and Professor of the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, and a research partner for Lansing SPI. This webinar focuses on the planning, implementation, and follow-up of offender notification meetings, with attention given to the experiences of a large number of communities that have implemented these meetings. (Open)
Reducing Crime Through Intelligence Led Policing
This paper reports on new experimentation with intelligence-led policing (ILP) to arenas of crime and disorder and beyond terrorism. This report describes some of these initiatives that had demonstrable successes. (Open)