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Created in 2008 by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, CCJR faculty and staff have worked with SPEA and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment on criminal justice and public safety research projects dating back to 1992. Some of the issues CCJR addresses include crime prevention, criminal justice systems, policing, traffic safety, and youth.
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Item CAGI Conference Evaluation: Gangbusters: Schools, Gangs, and Bullies - Making the Connection(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Thelin, RachelThe Gangbusters: Schools, Gangs and Bullies – Making the Connection summit was held on September 23, 2011. Several sessions that were part of previous CAGI Prevention/Intervention conferences were offered, including Gangs: What you need to know, Indianapolis Gang Overview and Awareness, and Online Social Media: Juveniles and Gangs. The conference included a presentation specifically aimed at school‐related gang issues titled Fundamentals of dealing with gangs in schools. Bullying, hazing and gang behaviors was another new session offered to attendees. Conference participants represented a range of stakeholders with interest in school‐related gang issues, including school administrators, juvenile probation officers, social workers, school police, guidance counselors, and teachers.Item Evaluation of Indianapolis Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative Prevention/Intervention Programming, 2009-2010(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Thelin, Rachel; Stucky, ThomasThis report focuses on an assessment of the prevention/ intervention initiatives for the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) grant to the city of Indianapolis through 2010. CAGI prevention/intervention programming in Indianapolis was to provide services to ganginvolved or at-risk youth in five target zip codes that were designated as high crime areas in the CAGI proposal to DOJ. Prevention activities targeted children ages 7 to 13 years, and intervention approaches focused on youth ages 14 to 18 years, including both in-school and after-school programs. Five local organizations were initially selected to provide CAGI prevention/intervention programming services. A sixth was promoted from a subcontractor to an independent subgrantee in the second year of funding. Three of these programs were community-based providers, two were evening-reporting programs for court-ordered youth, and one was a school-based program. These programs varied dramatically in goals, characteristics, and definitions of success.Item Evaluation of Indianapolis Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative Prevention/Intervention Programming, 2009-2010(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Thelin, Rachel; Stucky, ThomasThis report focuses on an assessment of the prevention/ intervention initiatives for the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) grant to the city of Indianapolis through 2010. CAGI prevention/intervention programming in Indianapolis was to provide services to ganginvolved or at-risk youth in five target zip codes that were designated as high crime areas in the CAGI proposal to DOJ. Prevention activities targeted children ages 7 to 13 years, and intervention approaches focused on youth ages 14 to 18 years, including both in-school and after-school programs. Five local organizations were initially selected to provide CAGI prevention/intervention programming services. A sixth was promoted from a subcontractor to an independent subgrantee in the second year of funding. Three of these programs were community-based providers, two were evening-reporting programs for court-ordered youth, and one was a school-based program. These programs varied dramatically in goals, characteristics, and definitions of success.Item Evaluation of Indianapolis Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative Reentry Program, 2009-2010(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Thelin, Rachel; Stucky, ThomasIn 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) to support law enforcement in combating violent gang crime and promoting prevention efforts that discouraged gang involvement. The initiative grew out of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a nationwide program aimed at reducing gun and gang crime through support of existing local programs. DOJ dedicated $30 million in grant funding to support new and expanded anti-gang prevention and enforcement efforts through CAGI. DOJ initially provided anti-gang resources to six cities. In April 2007, CAGI was expanded to include four additional sites, including Indianapolis, Indiana. CAGI provided $2.5 million in targeted grant funding for a three-year period to each selected city to implement a threepronged strategy to reduce gang involvement and crime, which included initiatives in prevention/intervention, law enforcement, and reentry. Approximately $1 million was dedicated to support comprehensive gang prevention and intervention efforts with youth. An additional $1 million was targeted to law enforcement and $500,000 to support reentry initiatives. This report focuses on an assessment of the reentry initiatives for the CAGI grant to the city of Indianapolis through 2010.Item Indiana Crime and Justice Data Assessment: Key Informant Interview Findings(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-03) Sapp, Dona; Thelin, RachelThis report summarizes findings from key informant interviews conducted by CCJR researchers in the fall of 2011 as part of an Indiana crime and justice data assessment . These interviews enabled researchers to incorporate the perspectives of a diverse set of individuals from a variety of backgrounds in state and local government, nonprofit organizations, and private consulting firms. While these findings represent only a snapshot of the current crime and justice data-sharing environment in Indiana, participants provided valuable information to researchers on current Indiana data collection efforts, data needs and priorities, data sharing policies and procedures, and potential obstacles and incentives to building a statewide crime and justice data-sharing collaboration.Item Indiana Project Safe Neighborhoods Reports on Firearms and Firearm Homocides in Indianapolis, 2004-2011(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Nunn, Samuel; Quinet, Kenna; Stucky, Thomas; Newby, BillThis report provides an overview of selected violent crime and firearm crime metrics drawn generally from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) service district. It revises and updates portions of a previous report (CCJR 09-C03) released in 2009. Based on statistical data obtained primarily from the IMPD, this report updates information about firearm recoveries, shots-fired, radio runs, and criminal homicides investigated by IMPD. The primary dates covered are from January 2004 through December 2010.Item Murders and Aggravated Assaults in Indianapolis, 2004 to 2009(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Berg, MarkThis research brief employs information from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) homicide data base (called Homistat) and uniform crime reports assault data spanning 2004 to 2009, disaggregated to Indianapolis census tracts. Assaultive violence and homicide share several empirical regularities. Both are more common in densely populated urban areas characterized by socioeconomic deprivation. In this brief, we ask (a) whether these two forms of violent crime are spatially located in similar types of areas in Marion County, and (b) if they vary systematically with one another over time. The analyses reported here help identify the areas within Marion County that constantly exhibit higher levels of the most lethal forms of interpersonal violence and, in so doing, can delineate the neighborhoods and locales that require focused applications of preventive public safety resources.Item Review of Best Practices: Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Jarjoura, Roger; Chang, Joice; Stucky, ThomasThis report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) funding stream administered by ICJI. In 2009, the Indiana Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group (JJSAG) identified five goals for a three-year plan for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): 1. To improve alternatives to secure detention and court processing by expanding the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) and other related initiatives statewide 2. To utilize current information and data to develop an action plan to address Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in Indiana 3. To ensure all youth returning home from residential and correctional placements have access to comprehensive, evidence-based transitional support services 4. To make the juvenile justice system a priority in the state of Indiana by educating and involving key stakeholders and the general public in the process 5. To continue funding delinquency prevention programs within local communities around the state of Indiana The report also provides a “purpose area sheet” for each of the 11 ICJI purpose areas. Each sheet describes the purpose area, its attendant evidence-based programs and practices, as well as programming considerations based on OJJDP performance measures. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the implementation of JABG best practices in Indiana.Item The TriggerPro Gun Swab Evaluation: Comparing the Use of a Touch DNA Collection Technique to Firearm Fingerprinting(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2010) Nunn, SamuelFrom July 2008 through August 2009, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) patrol officers in the East District were supplied with pre-packaged kits, known as TriggerPro ID, for use in collecting possible DNA samples from firearms encountered or confiscated during traffic stops or in response to other criminal incidents. TriggerPro gun swab kits are an example of “touch DNA” technology, which is an evidence gathering approach that attempts to collect viable DNA samples from small quantities of skin cells that remain after an individual has touched objects or places. The traditional method of gathering touch DNA evidence involves using a sterile swab moistened by distilled water. The pilot project was designed to examine the effectiveness of swabbing firearms to collect DNA samples capable of connecting individuals to firearms. The evaluation of TriggerPro is based on a comparison of two forensic methods: fingerprinting firearms versus collecting touch DNA samples from firearms using TriggerPro gun swabs. CCJR evaluation findings are summarized in this report.