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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...

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Jerry Ratcliffe

Jan 10, 20194 min read

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?...

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Jerry Ratcliffe

Dec 19, 20182 min read

Hot spots policing (a primer)

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

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Jerry Ratcliffe

Dec 17, 20182 min read

Operation Winter Shield

In this guest blog, vignette author Police Scotland Chief Inspector Martin Gallagher outlines Operation Winter Shield. In chapter 4 of Reducing Crime , Martin wrote about the development of his Grey Space Group, a collection of local minority group leaders who meet with police to get ahead of issues and any tensions in his command area. In this blog, he describes how progress in reducing crime is not just a matter of issuing orders, but instead involves understanding the cont

Jerry Ratcliffe

Oct 16, 20184 min read