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Improving Crime Data |
ObjectivesTo improve crime data collection techniques, standards, analysis, and dissemination methods across criminal justice jurisdictions. To enhance capacity in urban communities to better understand crime and to improve criminal justice and anti-crime efforts through improved data-driven planning, assessment and evaluation of criminal justice issues. This is expected to facilitate timely and accurate decision-making on a wide range of crime issues that affect federal, state, and local crime analysis and prevention policies. |
Initiative: This is an Urban Serving Universities (formerly Great Cities Universities) initiative in the justice area
Sites: This project has two phases: Phase I (2002-2005) focused on two test sites: Atlanta, Georgia, and St. Louis, Missouri; Phase II (2005-2009) included police departments from across the United States.
Funding Source: National Institute of Justice
Project Period: December 2002 - February 2010
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert R. Friedmann, Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Rosenfeld, Professor and Chair, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri - St. Louis
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National Consortium on Violence Research, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NCOVR was closed on April 1, 2008). |
National Supporting Partners:
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National Guard Bureau Counter Drug Office (NGB CD) |
National Participating Partners:
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Dover Police Department, Dover, New Hampshire |
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Houston Police Department, Houston, Texas |
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Lake Charles Police Department, Lake Charles, Louisiana |
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Lexington Police Department, Lexington, Kentucky |
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North Charleston Police Department, North Charleston, South Carolina |
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Overland Park Police Department, Overland Park, Kansas |
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Salt Lake City Police Department, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Waco Police Department, Waco, Texas |
Georgia Partners:
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Atlanta Police Department |
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Georgia Crime Information Center, Georgia Bureau of Investigation |
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Advisory Board:
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Alfred Blumstein, J. Erik Johnson Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University, National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR) |
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Noah Fritz, Deputy Director, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - Rocky Mountain; Director, Crime Mapping and Analysis Program |
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William Lueckenhoff, Supervisory Special Agent, Lead, Information Sharing Initiatives, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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Stephen Mastrofski, Professor of Public and International Affairs, Director, Administration of Justice, George Mason University |
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Kenna Quinet, Chair, Criminal Justice, Law and Public Safety Faculty, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University |
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William V. Pelfrey, Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Kurt F. Schmid, National Director, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), Office of National Drug Control Policy |
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Robert Stewart, Bobcat Training and Consulting, Inc., Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) |
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Stan Stojkovic, Professor and Associate Dean, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee |
Contact Information:
Anita J. Stewart Department of Criminal Justice Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State University P. O. Box 4018 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4018 Phone: (404) 413-1020 Fax: (404) 413-1030 E-Mail: criajs@langate.gsu.edu
