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| collection and analysis of information beyond the data in RMS or other law enforcement databases |
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| Examples of applied research |
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| interviews, surveys, observation, other data collection methods |
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| Applied research can consist of |
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| strategic collection on specific crime or disorder problems |
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| sampling, descriptive stats (avg, range and rate), cross-tab tables |
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| Applied research limitations |
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| not pure scientific standard, may not reproduce results in another setting |
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| quasi-experimental (comparison) and descriptive (one area/type issue)comparison in variables |
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| Applied research considerations |
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| focus data collection on what can be explained, use data overtime, create comparison groups, ensure enough data is available, consider correlations |
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| Crime occurs is linked to the amount of opportunity to the offender. |
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| Opportunity theory considerations |
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| Important to identify why the target was picked not why the offender commits crime. And determine the factors to reduce crime. |
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| Situational crime prevention |
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| block specific opportunities during risky time and place by increasing perceived effort to offend,increasing risk, reducing reward and removing excuses. |
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| when addressing a crime in one area and it moves to the adjacent or near by location |
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| addressing one crime problem can impact reduction in others. |
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| scanning, analysis, response and assessment. |
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| using minimum of two years of data to identify if there is a problem, what is the problem and how of a problem. If the problem is only over a short period of time then tactical approach. |
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| Data collection considerations |
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| focus on specific problem, accurate/timely data, know audience and don't stop with existing data / trend analysis. |
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| Goals of background development |
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| identify sources of non-police data, key variables, test hypotheses, identify key groups/stakeholders, note differences and develop potential response. |
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| linear process that answers or more questions about the problem. It takes into consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of the data (value). |
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| Methods of data collection |
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| surveys, interviews, focus groups, environmental surveys and observation. |
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| Types of environmental surveys |
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| Assessment of physical/social features of problem/non-problem. CPTED and Safety Audits. |
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| similar to CPTED but problem areas are identified by the property users as unsafe. |
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| identify important players, 20-30 min max, from original group identify persons who may need to interviewed further. |
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| stakeholders questioned as a group, free flowing, loosely constructed questions and can be used as a follow up to surveys. |
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| identify group size, straight forward - close ended questions and use Internet if possible. |
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