Crime Prevention

    Check Out A Guide for Evidence-Based Best Practices and Tips for Analyzing Jail Data from the Vera Institute of Justice

    October 28, 2021

    The Vera Institute of Justice has recently developed a guide to analyzing jail data to better inform impactful policy creation and social change. The guide provides strategies for obtaining quantitative data on jail populations from local government and other sources, definitions of data points generally collected about jail populations, best-practices for prepping data sets for most effective analysis, and suggestions for different types of analysis that could be performed with that data.

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    Learn How Genealogy Research Helped Solve Sexual Assault Cases in Montgomery County, Maryland

    May 16, 2019

    Join the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) team for the webinar, “Genealogy Research: Successful Convictions of a Serial Rapist,” on Thursday, May 23 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

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    Attend a Webinar on Identifying and Using Various Law Enforcement Data Sources

    October 11, 2018

    Join the Police Foundation for the webinar “Expand and Integrate Law Enforcement Relevant Data 101: A How To Guide for Investigators and Analysts” on Wednesday, October 17 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET.

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    Free Basic Crime Prevention Skill-building Training Course in Tennessee

    Hosted by the Greene County Sheriff's Department, the Greene County Partnership, and the Greene County Chamber of Commerce, the Basic Crime Prevention Course is a three-day course designed for those who work in the law enforcement and crime prevention arena. It provides an introduction to opportunity based crime prevention. The training will prepare participants to understand and deliver basic crime prevention services when they return to their home community.

    Free Advanced Crime Prevention Skill-building Training Course in Western Maryland

    Hosted by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions, the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute, the Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, and Garrett College, the Advanced Crime Prevention Course is a three-day course designed for those who work in the law enforcement and crime prevention arena.