Objectives This updated systematic review assesses the effects of focused police crime
prevention interventions at crime hot spots. The review also examined whether focused …

Background In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential
benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

According to Laub (2004), criminology has a developmental life course with specific turning
points that allow for innovations in how we understand and respond to crime. I argue that …

Objectives Systematically review and synthesize the existing research on community-
oriented policing to identify its effects on crime, disorder, fear, citizen satisfaction, and police …

Evidence-based policing is a method of making decisions about “what works” in policing:
which practices and strategies accomplish police missions most cost-effectively. In contrast …

An unrelenting prison boom, marked by stark racial disparities, pulled a disproportionate
number of young black men into prison in the last forty years. In Children of the Prison Boom …

Research Summary Limitations in data and research on the use of firearms by police officers
in the United States preclude sound understanding of the determinants of deadly force in …

There are widespread concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement.
Predictive policing and risk assessment are salient examples. Worries include the accuracy …

While worldwide crime is declining overall, criminality in Latin America has reached
unprecedented levels that have ushered in social unrest and political turmoil. Despite major …