Focused Deterrence and Program Fidelity: Evaluating the Impact of Detroit Ceasefire

Circo, Giovanni; Krupa, Julie M.; McGarrell, Edmund F.; Biasi, Alaina De

doi:10.1080/24751979.2020.1827938

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“…Person-focused approaches aim to reduce crime through targeted enforcement activities that attempt to alter prolific, repeat offenders' risk perceptions the likelihood and severity of apprehension and punishment (Braga, Weisburd, & Turchan, 2018). Project Safe Neighborhoods and Ceasefire-inspired initiatives take a "pulling levers" approach to send the message to wouldbe offenders and criminal gangs that their behavior is being closely monitored and will no longer be tolerated (Circo et al, 2020(Circo et al, , 2021Corsaro et al, 2012;McGarrell et al, 2010). The threat of severe and swift punishment is combined with providing social service opportunities to assist with the desistance process and the reduction of crime with considerable success (Braga & Weisburd, 2012;Braga et al, 2001).…”

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The effect of real-world proactive policing on crime

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Wolfe²

2022

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This study expands research that analyzes the relationship between proactive policing and crime by assessing this dynamic association over several years, at a large jurisdictional level, and across multiple types of crime and proactivity. Cross-lagged panel modeling techniques are used to assess the dynamic relationship between rates of proactivity and crime within police beats in Seattle, WA from 2014-2019. Results indicate that rates of proactivity a year ago are associated with crime rates the following year. However, the relationship between proactivity and crime is highly dependent on the type of proactive strategy employed and the type of crime. This relationship can depend on the rates of overall enforcement as well. This study advances our understanding of the effect of policing on crime by focusing on everyday proactive policing activities rather than intervention-based initiatives that dominant the literature base.

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The effect of real-world proactive policing on crime

Carter¹,

Wolfe²

2022

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“…National evaluations of these efforts have been unable to consider nonfatal shooting injuries, despite being a clear outcome measure. In contrast, local evaluations conducted in Detroit, Michigan, (e.g., De Biasi et al, 2019;Circo et al, 2020Circo et al, , 2021, for example, have been enhanced by the availability of such data collected by the Detroit Police Department (DPD).…”

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“…While the majority of DPD nonfatal shooting incidents were matched to a MICR aggravated assault (w/ rearm and w/injury) incident, our analysis of the remaining unmatched DPD nonfatal shooting incidents revealed diversity in offense categories. We found evidence to suggest that the rule of mutually exclusive offenses contributed to this diversity, likely affecting 6.7% (204 of 3,052) of DPD nonfatal shooting incidents.4 For this reason, its impact on offense categorization as it relates to the new MICR nonfatal shooting offense category is worth considering.Assuming a perfect application of the MICR nonfatal shooting offense category, 6% (186 of 3,052) of DPD nonfatal shooting incidents may have been classi ed as an offense category other than a nonfatal shooting incident under the rule of mutually exclusive offenses 5. The addition of a data element that captures a gunshot wound as a victim injury type would help ensure that nonfatal shooting injuries could be successfully recovered from MICR.…”

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A Crosswalk Study of Law Enforcement Agency Records of Nonfatal Shootings with Aggravated Assaults captured in NIBRS

De Biasi,

McGarrell,

Wolfe

2023

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Despite being more prevalent, national efforts to provide a valid and reliable source of data on nonfatal shooting injuries lag behind those focused on fatal shooting injuries. Even more, national data systems that do collect data on nonfatal shooting injuries have severe shortcomings that place limits on their usefulness to inform firearm violence research, including intervention and prevention efforts. Our study focuses on one common source of firearm violence data that is supported by law enforcement agencies (LEAs): The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Recognizing the limitations of NIBRS and to inform internal practices, some LEAs keep records on nonfatal shooting injuries. These records prevent a natural opportunity to compare known incidents of nonfatal shootings to aggravated assaults involving a firearm and injury to the victim, a NIBRS proxy measure for nonfatal shootings. To this end, the purpose of our study is to assess the ability of NIBRS to identify nonfatal shooting incidents through a comparison of known nonfatal shooting incidents identified by the Detroit Police Department from 2017 through 2020. Our findings demonstrate the value of expanding NIBIRS to improve the measurement of nonfatal shooting injuries and the importance of LEAs in driving this change and supporting firearm violence research.

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