The Diagnostic Center recognizes state, local and tribal communities making strides to identify and implement evidence-based programs and data-driven strategies in criminal justice, juvenile justice and victim services. These communities show the value of investing wisely to mitigate persistent public safety and justice issues. The Diagnostic Center is building an inventory of case studies from communities across the country that have implemented evidence-based programs and practices.
In April 2012, the EBDM Policy Team requested assistance in analyzing its system-wide response to domestic and intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) with a focus on improving offender accountability and victim outcomes. What evidence-based programs and practices did we recommend?
The community faced high recidivism rates for prisoners returning to the community. Approximately 2,200 convicts released from prison return to Upper Manhattan, including East Harlem, each year. According to the Justice Mapping Center, one in 20 males in the seven block radius between 119th and…
In 1984, the Canadian Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act, decriminalizing any offense by children under the age of 12. Any child between the ages of 6-11 who engaged in law-breaking behavior was no longer punishable by law, but now falls under the purview of child welfare legislation….
Between 2010 and 2012, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) experienced seven staff fatalities including three suicides in just three years. In January 2013, the MSO reached out to the Diagnostic Center for assistance.
One of Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) 21 divisions, Newton Division, had more than 40 active gangs and experienced the third highest number of gun crimes among the city’s 21 divisions. Gun crimes were concentrated in a small number of locations; of the 1135 reporting districts in Los…
In 2006, Boston experienced a decade-high increase in violence – peaking at 6,533 violent index crimes. Most concerning was an increase in assaultive street violence, especially assaults committed with guns. The yearly number of fatal and nonfatal shootings increased 133% from 162 in 2000 to 377…
According to the 2011 Crimes in Maryland Report, Carroll County leads the state with the lowest serious crime rate among 23 counties. However, according to the report, drug arrests increased in Carroll County from 2010 to 2011.
In the late 1990s, the City of Redlands, CA, had been implementing the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for more than 15 years. Despite adhering to the program model and implementing DARE with fidelity, the Redlands Police Department (PD) could not demonstrate compelling causal…
The community of Lowell, MA, proactively looked to research and science to develop problem-oriented policing strategy to bring about crime reductions while simultaneously coping with diminishing funding and resources. In 2004, the hot spots of crime in the city of Lowell accounted for 2.7…
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