Research

Episode 20: Research Spotlight - Miami Beach PD (Part 2)

March 2016

Series

This is a follow-up to last week’s podcast due to extenuating circumstances that prevented Dr. Ariel from joining. Todd Maxwell from BJA’s Body-Worn Camera Team interviews University of Cambridge’s Dr. Barak Ariel to discuss his team’s research on BWCs at Miami Beach PD. Dr. Ariel contributed to the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.

Officer Suicide: Understanding the Challenges and Developing a Plan of Action

Date Published

July 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Issue Overview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults

Date Published

August 2013

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Full Response to an Empty House: Public Safety Strategies for Addressing Mortgage Fraud and the Foreclosure Crisis

Date Published

May 2010

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Agencies

BJA

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN): Research Foundation

Date Published

November 2021

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Summary), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Center for Research Partnerships and Program Evaluation (CRPPE)

CRPPE provides information on practitioner-researcher partnerships, performance measures, logic models, program evaluation, and more to devise solutions to improve the quality, quantity, and equity of criminal justice and public safety services.

'Looking backwards can tell us a whole lot about moving forward'

Cleveland suspect — Photo credit: Cleveland.com

When Cuyahoga County, Ohio, embarked on the testing of nearly 7,000 backlogged sexual assault kits (SAKs) in early 2013, metaphors from Greek and Roman mythology abounded in the Cleveland media coverage – 'Herculean task' and 'Pandora's box' chief among them.

Five years on, now that the backlog has been largely cleared, the sense of dread associated with those words has been replaced by one of...