Policing
Dennis Smith on Evidence Based Urban Policing
Thanks to NYU Wagner’s Dennis Smith for leading this week’s brown bag on evidence based urban policing. Smith discussed his work on Operation Impact, the NYPD’s primary program for reducing violent crime during the Bloomberg-Kelly …
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Statistical Analysis of the NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” Program
Given the ongoing debate about the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” program, I’m surprised that this recent working paper (gated) by Decio Coviello and Nicola Persico has not received more attention. The authors go beyond numbers about …
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Reducing Drug Trafficking Violence in Mexico
To reduce the intolerably high levels of drug-related violence in Mexico, the United States and Mexico should focus drug enforcement on the most violent drug-trafficking organization (DTO) in Mexico. Unlike full-scale legalization, this approach has …
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Lessons in Policing from Kosovo
Riza Shillova was one of the first police officers recruited to the newly formed Kosovo police in 1999. He continues to serve after multiple promotions. In July of 2011, he sat down with Princeton’s Innovations in …
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The Dog Poop Problem in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires has a dog poop problem. According to Atlantic Cities blogger Natalie Schachar, the formal rule requiring people to pick up after their dogs is rarely enforced. The lack of enforcement, along with an …
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NYPD to Tape Full Interrogations
The NYPD will soon begin taping post-arrest murder and sexual assault interrogations in full, rather than just the confession phase. We’ve blogged before about the departments efforts to adequately address the difficult question of “who guards …
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Taking a Page from Bogotá’s Playbook
The local government in Shaoyang, a city in Hunan Province, recently gave 1,000 retirees the authority to ticket their fellow citizens for traffic violations and other infractions such as littering, spitting, and petty theft. The …
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Rules of the Road: Traffic Mortality in Kenya
Kenya has an estimated 34.4 road deaths for every 100,000 people, the 16th highest traffic mortality rate in the world. The Guardian recently reported on tough new proposals to crack down on reckless driving: The …
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