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Item After Action Report for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security: FEMA Disaster #1766(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2009) White, Jim; Palmer, Jamie; Nunn, SamuelThis document is the after action report for FEMA disaster #1766, which consisted of a series of severe weather events in Central and Southern Indiana between May 30, 2008 and June 9, 2008 that included significant rainfall, hail, tornadoes and straight line winds. The weather events prompted response and recovery operations by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) and local emergency management agencies. This report provides an analysis of IDHS response and recovery activities, with particular focus on support to local public safety agencies, first responders, and communities.Item Assessment of Safe Haven Grants Administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute: 2005 and 2006 Grant Awards(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2008) Sapp, Dona; Thelin, Rachel; Watkins, Elizabeth; LaMade, MeganIndiana’s Safe School Fund, first established in 1995 and enhanced through amendments in 1999, was established as part of Indiana's commitment to making local schools safer. The overall intent of the Safe Haven Education Program is to ensure that Indiana Schools are safe and free from violence and drugs. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) was charged with administering and overseeing the implementation of the fund. This report summarizes an assessment conducted by the Center for Criminal Justice Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Researchers analyzed the distribution of total Safe Haven grant funds by program area and by county, and conducted 10 randomly selected case studies to assess the grant application and management process both within ICJI and at the subgrantee level.Item An Assessment of the Indiana Department of Correction GPS Pilot Program(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2008-07) Baumer, Terry; Newby, Bill; LaMade, Megan; Seymour, AmyIn February 2007 the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) implemented a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) pilot program for paroled sex offenders residing in Vanderburgh (Southern district) and St. Joseph (Northern district) counties. As part of this process, researchers at the Center for Criminal Justice Research were selected to document, describe, and assess the planning, design, and implementation of the pilot program. Between October 2007 and June 2008 the research team worked with IDOC personnel, parole district supervisors and agents, community corrections staff, and the GPS vendor to collect the data for this assessment. This summary report presents the basic findings and recommendations of the study.Item Bicycle Collisions in Indiana(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-05) Sapp, Dona; Newby, BillIn 2010, 1,045 bicyclists were involved in Indiana motor vehicle collisions, a 7 percent increase from 2009 (975). Approximately 9 percent of these individuals experienced serious or life threatening injuries, with 14 suffering fatal injuries and 81 suffering incapacitating injuries. During the winter of 2011, Bicycle Indiana requested the assistance of CCJR in analyzing Indiana collisions involving bicycles. This fact sheet summarizes data trends at the national, state, and local levels on traffic collisions involving bicycles between 2006 and 2010. Indiana data were extracted from the Indiana State Police Automated Reporting Information Exchange System (ARIES), as of March 1, 2011.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 Cell phones and driving: A review of legislation, risk perception, and mitigation tactics(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2009) Nagle, MatthewThis issue brief examines the effects of cell phone use on driving behavior and crash risk. Since Indiana only recently implemented a law banning drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving, this brief concentrates on evaluations of the success of legislation in other states, including how varying levels of police enforcement and media publicity contribute to compliance.Item Combined Summaries: Public Opinion on Indiana Communities(IU Public Policy Institute, 2015-08)As part of Thriving Communities, Thriving State, Institute staff gathered input from Hoosiers about their communities in 2015 through five regional forums around the state and an online survey. Participants identified their communities as urban, mid-sized, or rural/small town, and shared their views about their current condition and future outlook. The discussion and survey questions can be combined into four general categories – The Good, The Challenges, The Strategies, and The Dreams. This document includes only issues that were common to all three community types.Item Community Vitality Index(IU Public Policy Institute, 2015-11) Marron, JohnAs part of the Thriving Communities, Thriving State project, the Institute created a Community Vitality Index by modifying an index created by The New York Times. Our version of the index is comprised of each Indiana county's ratio of estimated housing costs to median household income, education attainment, unemployment rate, disability benefits use rate, life expectancy, and obesity. Key findings include: •Mid-sized counties collectively perform exceedingly well on these measures relative to rural and urban communities. •Educational attainment in rural areas lags behind urban and mid-sized communities, considerably contributing to greater economic challenges. •Residents of urban areas spend substantially more of their incomes on housing than rural or mid-sized counties. •Communities adjacent to urban areas; university centers; and areas with robust, specialized manufacturing industries appear to be faring well. •Areas that lost considerable employment with the decline of the manufacturing sector and rural counties not proximate to major metropolitan areas experience the greatest degree of challenges. •Indiana’s larger regional centers (Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne, and South Bend) anchor thriving regions that benefit surrounding counties and the state as a whole. •Regions historically centered on manufacturing and regions with their central city located outside the state fare less well than other regions.Item Courts and the Economy, How Fiscal Constraints Affect the Judiciary and Access to Justice(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-06) Nagle, Matthew; Braun, Erin; Mulholland, ZacharyThe recession of 2008 put pressure on nearly every sector in society to do more with less. Unemployment and constrained investment by the private sector reduced economic output, which led to declining tax revenues for state and local governments. As with previous recessions, as the number of people out of work increases, the demand for government services tends to increase just as the money collected to provide those services declines. Elected officials face the difficult task of determining how to allocate increasingly scarce public dollars for essential services.Item Crime in Indianapolis: Trends, Sources, and Opportunities for Change(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2015-12) Merritt, Breanca; Riggs, TroyThis report reviews factors connected to Indianapolis’ rising homicides and non-fatal shootings. The report served as the focus of a public safety forum sponsored by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, held December 9, 2015, on the IUPUI campus. This overview of crime and related issues is not based on original research, but compiles existing information about Indianapolis, Marion County, and national trends in these topics. It focuses on those that drive many negative perceptions of crime rates: homicides and non-fatal shootings.