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Jerry Lee lecture notes (Stockholm, June 14, 2023)
It was a real privilege to deliver the Jerry Lee lecture at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium in 2023. My thanks to Jerry Lee, Larry...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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Ten ways to use the Reducing Crime podcast in class, updated for summer 2022
Looking for multimedia for your fall policing class? Here are ten topics covered by the @_ReducingCrime podcast with some ideas for...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Jul 12, 20223 min read
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Fatal shootings by police; a podcast clarification
In my podcast episode with Dr. Phil Goff I outlined some rough estimates on numbers of people shot and killed by police in a year, and...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Mar 24, 20204 min read
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What Compstat can learn from The Russia House
The publication of a new novel by the master of the spy genre John le Carré got me thinking about one of his other works, the underrated...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 5, 20193 min read
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Ella Cockbain
Further information related to Ella Cockbain's Reducing Crime podcast episode.
Jerry Ratcliffe
Sep 22, 20191 min read
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Ten ways to use the @_ReducingCrime podcast in class
Ideas for instructors looking for ways to add interesting multimedia activities to their class.
Jerry Ratcliffe
Aug 1, 20192 min read
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Evidence hierarchy
After a course assignment in my evidence-based policing class, it was clear that a few of my students were still struggling with the...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Apr 2, 20191 min read
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PIVOT (Place-based Investigations of Violent Offender Territories)
In this guest blog, Dr. Tamara Herold explains the award-winning PIVOT project and how Cincinnati has used it to reduce crime and...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Jan 10, 20194 min read
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Gun buy-back programs (a primer)
What is it? Gift certificates, cash or other forms of compensation given, usually anonymously, in exchange for firearms. Does it work?...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Dec 19, 20182 min read
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