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Preventing mass violence attacks
The cited research is recently published here in open access . The citation is Cilke, T. R. R., Williams, M. M., Jones, N. T., Gibson, K. A., & Gray, A. E. (2025). Breaking the silence: Bystander reporting to law enforcement disrupts individuals moving toward targeted violence. Law and Human Behavior . Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000630
Jerry Ratcliffe
2 days ago1 min read
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Why do officers leave policing?
Or more accurately, why officers 'think' about leaving policing. The easiest way to access a concise report on this reel is via the IACP . The full study available here is: Jacqueline M Drew, Elise Sargeant, Sherri Martin (2024) Why do police consider leaving the profession?: The interplay between job demand stress, burnout, psychological distress, and commitment, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice , Volume 18, 2024, paae036, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae036
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 301 min read
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Did the NYPD's Operation Impact surge work?
The study cited is MacDonald J, Fagan J, Geller A (2016) The Effects of Local Police Surges on Crime and Arrests in New York City. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0157223. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157223 The research study is open access so you can read the entire research report here .
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 231 min read
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Do police legitimacy interventions work?
Lorraine Mazerolle and colleagues undertook a systematic review of police-led legitimacy interventions to see if they had the desired outcome. The full citation is: Mazerolle, L., Bennett, S., Davis, J., Sargeant, E. and Manning, M. (2013), Legitimacy in Policing: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews , 9: i-147. https://doi.org/10.4073/csr.2013.1 You can read the entire study here , as it is open access.
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 171 min read
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Do crime prevention letters work?
The full study is available online and open access , and is Hodgkinson, W., Assaraf, N., Ariel, B., & Sutherland, A. (2025). Burglary...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 91 min read
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Kansas City Preventive Policing Experiment
Source: Kelling, G. L., Pate, T., Dieckman, D., & Brown, C. E. (1974). The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment: A Summary Report ....
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 21 min read
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Operation Capesso: Positive results
At the time of publishing this video, the full results have not yet been published. The results are from direct communication from Dave...
Jerry Ratcliffe
Nov 21 min read
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Investigative interview techniques
This report is from a 2024 Campbell Collaboration systematic review. The full citation is: Catlin, M., Wilson, D. B., Redlich, A. D., Bettens, T., Meissner, C. A., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. E. (2024). Interview and interrogation methods and their effects on true and false confessions: A systematic review update and extension. Campbell Systematic Reviews , 20(4), e1441. Here's the full report .
Jerry Ratcliffe
Oct 221 min read
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Effect of police station closures
The video cites the work of Elisa Facchetti, in work published by the Institute of Fiscal Studies. I cited work from a pdf published on their website and available directly here .
Jerry Ratcliffe
Oct 151 min read
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