Thursday, Proactive Policing II (Abt) February Students will continue their discussion from the previous class regarding 8th modern methods of policing. Same as above Tuesday, Proactive policing III (Abt) February Students will explore the evidence supporting focused deterrence policing 13th strategies. National Research Council, Proactive Policing: Effects on Crime and Communities to Stop David Kennedy, God, It’s Got Campbell Collaboration, The Effects of "Pulling Levers" Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime Thursday, No class February 15th Tuesday, Police and Streetworkers (Abt and Winship) February Students will be introduced to the principles and evidence concerning the 20th use of streetworkers to reduce urban violence, with a focus on Boston’s StreetSafe evaluation. Gary Slutkin, Violence is a Contagious Disease Andrew Papachristos, Too Big to Fail: The Science and Politics of Violence Prevention Anthony Braga and Christopher Winship, Evaluating StreetSafe Boston: Final Report Thursday, Evidence-Informed Policing: Guest Lecturer Lawrence Sherman (Abt) February Professor Lawrence Sherman will discuss his research and vision for 22nd evidence-informed policing in the United States. Readings TBD Tuesday, Community Policing I (Winship) February Students will examine the evidence concerning community policing. 27th Excerpts from the NRC report, Proactive Policing: Effects on Crime and Communities Campbell Collaboration report on community policing Winship and Berrien, Boston Cops and Black Ministers
Thursday, February 8th Proactive Policing II (Abt) Students will continue their discussion from the previous class regarding modern methods of policing. Same as above Tuesday, February 13th Proactive policing III (Abt) Students will explore the evidence supporting focused deterrence policing strategies. National Research Council, Proactive Policing: Effects on Crime and Communities David Kennedy, God, It’s Got to Stop Campbell Collaboration, The Effects of "Pulling Levers" Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime Thursday, February 15th No class Tuesday, February 20th Police and Streetworkers (Abt and Winship) Students will be introduced to the principles and evidence concerning the use of streetworkers to reduce urban violence, with a focus on Boston’s StreetSafe evaluation. Gary Slutkin, Violence is a Contagious Disease Andrew Papachristos, Too Big to Fail: The Science and Politics of Violence Prevention Anthony Braga and Christopher Winship, Evaluating StreetSafe Boston: Final Report Thursday, February 22nd Evidence-Informed Policing: Guest Lecturer Lawrence Sherman (Abt) Professor Lawrence Sherman will discuss his research and vision for evidence-informed policing in the United States. Readings TBD Tuesday, February 27th Community Policing I (Winship) Students will examine the evidence concerning community policing. Excerpts from the NRC report, Proactive Policing: Effects on Crime and Communities Campbell Collaboration report on community policing Winship and Berrien, Boston Cops and Black Ministers