The Smart Policing Initiative will present a webinar on "Criminology 101" on September 3, 2014 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Eastern Time. Dr. Scott Decker, SPI Subject Matter Expert and Foundation Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University will facilitate this webinar. The past two decades have produced an abundance of “facts” about crime.
The 2013 meeting will take place November 20 - 23, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. The theme for the meeting is Expanding the Core: Neglected Crimes, Groups, Causes and Policy Approaches. Please direct all questions to asc_program2013@ou.edu.
The National Center for Policing Innovation serves as a powerful resource for public safety and communities nationwide, advancing public safety through the development and delivery of training (onsite and eLearning); consulting; technical assistance; program development, implementation, and management; and much more. Since 1997, NCPI, a nonprofit organization, has trained over 175,000 public safety professionals and others in a wide variety of public safety topics.
NCPI’s experience and expertise expands beyond the development and delivery of training, to include:
For over 40 years, the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) has provided comprehensive training programs to help law enforcement professionals master the principles, concepts, and skills needed to fight cyber and economic crime.
The Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center staff members conduct research and evaluations and provide technical assistance to improve justice policy and practice at the national, state, and local levels. Urban researchers examine the development, implementation, and impact of policing, crime prevention, and gang disruption initiatives. The work includes a large breadth of topics ranging from risk assessment, community corrections and reentry, human trafficking, forensic science, courts and sentencing, to gun violence.