Reducing Crime

Each month, the @_ReducingCrime podcast features entertaining and informative chats with influential thinkers in policing and leading crime and policing researchers. Search your podcast app for "Reducing Crime" or: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red… Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4qeJBgSv2…

PODCAST EPISODE ALERT: 🚨: #92 with @BarriePolice chief Rich Johnston. Policing in 🇨🇦 vs 🇺🇸, #EBP evidence-based policing, and other topics discussed! Apple: apple.co/40txz23 Spotify: bit.ly/3ZSZJn3 SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/aj8zJGv0r5UzLa…

I'm on Episode #91 of the Reducing Crime podcast. I guess Jerry is running out of "important" people to talk to. At least I'm glad I (barely, mind you) made Jerry's "100 under 100 list." Joking aside, it's a good podcast and a good episode.

EPISODE ALERT: #91 with @PeterMoskos now available. His chat with @Jerry_Ratcliffe covers the 1990s crime drop in New York and his related book, 'Back from the Brink'. Apple: apple.co/4geaDKc Spotify: bit.ly/3ISVxOG Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/reducingcrime/…

Coming up on Thursday on the @_ReducingCrime podcast, the one-and-only @PeterMoskos talking about the crime drop in New York starting in the mid 90s, his book 'Back from the Brink' and the state of policing research. Don't miss it!

Here’s a potentially simple way to attract more women into policing. We need more research, but what evidence we have shows there are multiple benefits to having more women in sworn ranks. But how to achieve this? #reducingcrime #policing #30x30 #criminology

Learn something, have a laugh, ponder the size of @DrObedMagny's shoulders... If you don't get something out of this episode, then you win the #grinch award for this year. Apple: apple.co/4geaDKc Spotify: bit.ly/3ISVxOG SoundCloud: bit.ly/49762Y7

Tomorrow on the @_ReducingCrime podcast, @DrObedMagny talks with @Jerry_Ratcliffe about #emotional_intelligence and changes in policing, including in recruitment 👇

Boys will still be boys, but does that mean they have to go through the criminal justice system? Some see police-led diversion as being soft on crime; however, a systematic review suggests it’s actually being (moderately) smart on crime. Here’s a summary of the review.

A new @TheIACP Evidence-to-Action brief this month covers a recent study on why officers consider leaving policing… and it may not be for the reasons you think. It’s summarized in this short reel, and free from @theiacp at theiacp.org/resources/evid…

Tomorrow morning on the @_ReducingCrime podcast, long-time stalwart of NY State DCJS, Chuck Tyree. Chuck shares his wellness journey after working 9/11 with the @NYPDnews, and his pitch for why police chiefs need evidence-based policing. Tune in tomorrow!

Police departments sometimes close stations with claims of improving efficiency, but what impact does that have on crime in the local neighborhood? (latest on Insta at reducingcrime_) #RatcliffeRandomRamblings

Does predictive policing work? There are many variations of predictive policing, but getting cops to the right place at the right time is a common use. @PhillyPolice ran a huge randomized study in 2015-16 for six months and spanning the entire city. Here are the results.

Trust and legitimacy are a resource for police. Episode #88 Ben Bradford Apple: apple.co/4opeJDD Spotify: bit.ly/3WBBJ6f

Tomorrow on the @_ReducingCrime podcast, UCL and Global City Professor, Ben Bradford, talking procedural justice, and what the public want from policing.

300,000 downloads in only 87 episodes. Thanks for listening!

Additional specialized training for detectives generated better outcomes and clearance rates. Evaluations of training are rarely undertaken with this sort of focus on important outcomes like solved cases and arrest rates. So, this is an important study. Details at link in bio.

PODCAST EPISODE ALERT 🚨 #87 is out now! Jeremy Wilson from MSU Police Staffing Observatory chats about staffing challenges, recruitment, retention, cohort issues, generational challenges, and cactuses. Apple: apple.co/4gJ70gA Spotify: bit.ly/4nVKBiE

Tuesday on the Reducing Crime podcast, police staffing guru Jeremy Wilson from @michiganstateu talking police recruitment, what is wrong with so many operational allocation models, and how the world of police staffing is changing. Episode drops Tuesday morning everywhere.

Full open-access short article available here. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Racial disparities in police activity can appear worse than in reality. Inappropriate (or naive) denominators don't reflect the real distribution of police and the work they do. But when alternatives are used, racial disparity measures reduce significantly, or even disappear.