Speculative Policing

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Ideas in American Policing Place-based Policing

Ideas in American Policing presents commentary and insight from leading criminologists on issues of interest to scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. The papers published in this series are from the Police Foundation lecture series of the same name. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Police Foundation. The ...

Policing Crime

Between 1985 and 1991 the homicide rate in the United 'States increased by nearly 25 percent, from 7.9 to 9.8 per 100,000 residents. Almost all of this increase was accounted for by additional gun homicides committed against and by young males. Although the homicide rate has declined substantially during the 1990s, homicide in the United States is still dominated by young people and firearms an...

Restorative Policing

Restorative Policing can be seen as a set of principles or a philosophy rooted within the ideals and practices of Restorative Justice. It is not based on one particular practice or method but rather builds on the concept that by looking at crime through a different lens as articulated by Howard Zehr, criminal justice should seek to place the greater emphasis on those involved in an offence vict...

Predictive Policing

Predictive policing refers to the use of analytical techniques by law enforcement to make statistical predictions about potential criminal activity.2 Predictive policing can involve either predicting events (i.e., forecasting when and where crimes are likely to occur) or people (i.e., individuals likely to be victims or perpetrators of crimes). Instead of relying on an officer’s ‘hunch’ about a...