Title
Briefing on Community Infused Problem-Oriented Policing in Crime Hot Spots (CPOP-HS)
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)'s Office of Justice Programs has awarded the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at University of Chicago, in collaboration with George Mason University (GMU), federal grant funding to support a research project titled "A Randomized Controlled Trial on Community Infused Problem-Oriented Policing CPOP in Crime Hotspots, Looking Beyond Crime Reduction." The purpose of this research study is to test whether place-based policing strategies can be implemented to achieve a broader set of community and police agency benefits. Because of the nature and need for control and comparison groups, NORC selected the Hampton Police Division and Newport News Police Department for the study intervention due to the two departments’ history of collaboration, strong commitment to the Community-Oriented Policing method, bordering jurisdictions, and similarities in size, crime rates, personnel, and population density.
In support of the goals and objectives, the City of Hampton Police Division has been awarded sub-grantee federal funding in the amount of $90,000.00 with no match requirement.
Discussion:
NORC at the University of Chicago is an independent non-profit research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and policy decisions. A key finding in criminology showed that focused policing in crime hot spots can be an effective tool to address violent crime problem(s), with little evidence of displacement of crime to nearby areas, however, very little research on outcomes beyond crime reduction has been conducted in previous policing experimental studies. The goal of this research project is to test the effect of a place-based policing strategy that combines Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) and elements of community oriented policing (COP) to achieve t...
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