Ratcliffe's random ramblings

The cited work is: Bates, L., Bennett, S., Irvine, C., Antrobus, E., & Gilmour, J. (2025). A procedurally just flyer reduces subsequent...

Are US cities underpoliced? The two references cited in the video are: Chalfin, A., & McCrary, J. (2018). Are U.S. cities underpoliced?...

For details of a randomized controlled trial that demonstrated the value of foot patrol, see the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment....

What is evidence-based policing? An approach where police officers and staff create, review, and use the best available evidence to...

After a course assignment in my evidence-based policing class, it was clear that a few of my students were still struggling with the...

In this guest blog, Dr. Tamara Herold explains the award-winning PIVOT project and how Cincinnati has used it to reduce crime and...

What is it? Gift certificates, cash or other forms of compensation given, usually anonymously, in exchange for firearms. Does it work?...

What is it? Hot spots policing strategies increase police attention to places with concentrated criminal opportunities. Does it work? Hot...

The Reducing Crime website supports readers of the book in a number of ways. First, the chapters pages provide links to additional...

On a recent intelligence-led policing course I was teaching in El Salvador, we were talking about how to tackle complicated problems. And...