Crime and Justice

Activities Publications

Crime and Justice

Almost two-thirds of NNIP partners have crime data at the address-level. They use the data to help neighborhoods identify and address public safety issues and investigate how crime relates to other neighborhood indicators, like foreclosures and collective efficacy.
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Rhode Island Community Profiles
March 2013 - December 2013
The Providence Plan
Providence


For almost a decade the Providence Neighborhood Profiles have been a critical resource for government, community organizations, and people simply interested in learning about the City. With... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council's Take on Oakland's 100 Blocks Plan
June 5, 2012
Urban Strategies Council
Oakland


Our 100 Blocks Analysis applied research capacity to the community’s calls for transparency on the critical issue of public safety. The Mayor's Safety Plan (2011), stated that 90% of... [read more]

Chattanooga Comprehensive Gang Assessment
May 1, 2012 - September 7, 2012
Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies
Chattanooga


This is an assessment of gangs and gang activity in the Chattanooga area. Using the Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention (OJJDP) guide, the assessment draws upon census, crime, and... [read more]

The Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action and the Center for Community Criminology and Research Prepare for “Safeways” Phase II Expansion
April 2012
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis


Originally funded by a grant from the US Department of Justice and designed by CBANA/C3R (working with the Southeast Memphis CDC and Ledic Asset Management) , “Safeways” is a data-... [read more]

CBANA Provides Contextual Background for Off-Broadway Hurt Village
March 10, 2012
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis


As the curtain closed on the March 10, 2012 performance of “Hurt Village” at the Signature Theatre at Pershing Square in New York, patrons were invited to participate in a panel... [read more]

Southwest Detroit Community Court
February 21, 2012
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit


D3 completed a needs assessment of the Southwest Detroit Community Justice Center for the Southwest Detroit Development Collaborative. The assessment consisted of a demographic analysis of... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council Map Wins National Institute of Justice Award
October 20, 2011
Urban Strategies Council
Oakland


The Council was awarded the Innovation in Crime Mapping award at the recent Crime Mapping conference in Miami held by the National Institute of Justice (Part of the US Dept of Justice). ... [read more]

CBANA Partners with the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and Shelby County Department of Planning and Development on HUD Community Challenge Grant
September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis


The Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action is working with the Shelby County Department of Planning and Development and the Greater Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce to evaluate... [read more]

CBANA develops Safeways crime reduction and crime prevention strategy
May 1, 2011
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis


This strategy is being readied for city-wide replication and linkage with Defending Childhood and National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention  The data-driven Safeways community safety and... [read more]

Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance reports on the Great Recession in Baltimore Neighborhoods
December 14, 2010
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore


BNIA-JFI provided a variety of data and resources to Public Policy students at Johns Hopkins University in their analysis of the impacts of the national recession on Baltimore’s... [read more]

Related Publications:
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 11
April 22, 2013
Report - By: BNIA-JFI
Vital Signs 11 Data
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
July 17, 2012
Presentation - By: Claudia Coulton
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 10
May 11, 2012
Report - By: Matthew Kachura
Vital Signs 10 (Executive Summary)
Vital Signs 10 (Full Report)
Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System
Pittsburgh
Hazelwood Neighborhood Report
March 5, 2012
Report - By: Bob Gradeck
PDF
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
Using Neighborhood Data for Policy: Lessons from New York City
December 7, 2011
Presentation - By: Ingrid Gould Ellen
PDF
Community Research Partners
Columbus
Benchmarking Central Ohio 2011
November 2011
Report - By: Community Research Partners
Link
XLS
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
The Common Denominator - D3 Newsletter - November 2011 Issue
November 2011
Website - By: D3 Staff
Link
The Providence Plan
Providence
Implementing the Rhode Island Community Supervision Mapping System: Practical Applications from Real-Life Experience
October 21, 2011
Presentation - By: Jim Lucht, Information Group Director, The Providence Plan
PPT
The Children's Trust
Miami
Mapping Research Project and Reducing Crime Through Collective Efficacy: Identifying Social Control and Social Cohesion in Miami Neighborhoods
October 21, 2011
Presentation - By: Craig Uchida, President, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.
PPT
Justice and Security Strategies Homepage
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Information and Community Change: The National Neighborhoods Indicator Partnership Luncheon Keynote
October 20, 2011
Presentation - By: Thomas Kingsley, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute
PPT
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
Do Foreclosures Cause Crime?
October 20, 2011
Presentation - By: Johanna Lacoe, Doctoral Fellow, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University
PDF
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
The Detroit Works Project
May 11, 2011
Presentation - By: Karla Henderson, Planning and Facilities at City of Detroit
PPT
Watch Video

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: The Role of Data in Redesigning a City
May 11, 2011
Video - By: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing
Link to video
DataHaven
New Haven
Creating a Healthy and Safe City: The Impact of Violence in New Haven
March 2011
Report - By: Mario Garcia
Link
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
Neighborhood Crime Exposure Among Housing Choice Voucher Households
February 2011
Journal Article - By: Michael C. Lens, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O'Regan
http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/pubasst/lens_neighborhd.html
The Children's Trust
Miami
Collective Efficacy and Violence in Selected Miami-Dade Neighborhoods: Preliminary Evidence
October 21, 2010
Presentation - By: Lisa Pittman
PPT
NeighborhoodInfo DC
Washington, D.C.
2010 Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area
October 2010
Report - By: Washington Area Women's Foundation
PDF
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
InfoWorks Memphis: Community Profiles
September 1, 2010
Report - By: Tk Buchanan
InfoWorks Memphis Community Profiles
Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
Greater Memphis Partnership Housing and Neighborhoods Baseline Report
September 2010
Report - By: Phyllis Betts, Tk Buchanan, Robert Brimhall, Jackson Gilman, Carol Gothe
Greater Memphis Partnership Baseline Report
The Providence Plan
Providence
Foreclosures and Crime: Providence Examples and Evolution
March 31, 2009
Presentation - By: Jim Lucht
PPT
Link
Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System
Pittsburgh
Using Maps of Home Forclosures to Understand National and Local Problems
October 1, 2008
News article - By: Erin Dolton, Robert Gradeck, Anthony Mercaldo
Link


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August 29, 2011

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