The Reducing Crime blog

Jun 13, 20232 min read

Jerry Lee lecture notes (Stockholm, June 14, 2023)

It was a real privilege to deliver the Jerry Lee lecture at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium in 2023. My thanks to Jerry Lee, Larry...

Jul 12, 20223 min read

Ten ways to use the Reducing Crime podcast in class, updated for summer 2022

Looking for multimedia for your fall policing class? Here are ten topics covered by the @_ReducingCrime podcast with some ideas for...

Mar 24, 20204 min read

Fatal shootings by police; a podcast clarification

In my podcast episode with Dr. Phil Goff I outlined some rough estimates on numbers of people shot and killed by police in a year, and...

Nov 5, 20193 min read

What Compstat can learn from The Russia House

The publication of a new novel by the master of the spy genre John le Carré got me thinking about one of his other works, the underrated...

Sep 22, 20191 min read

Ella Cockbain

Further information related to Ella Cockbain's Reducing Crime podcast episode.

Aug 1, 20192 min read

Ten ways to use the @_ReducingCrime podcast in class

Ideas for instructors looking for ways to add interesting multimedia activities to their class.

Apr 2, 20191 min read

Evidence hierarchy

After a course assignment in my evidence-based policing class, it was clear that a few of my students were still struggling with the...

Jan 10, 20194 min read

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...

Dec 19, 20182 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?...