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For March, be sure to check out these two features:

At Issue-An examination of stop and frisk, particularly in the context of the NYPD, to explore the particulars of the program, whether it is effective as a crime prevention program, and whether the NYPD program infringed on the 4th and 14th amendments and exhibited racial bias

Editorials and Opinions-My reaction piece to At Issue-Stop and Frisk Practices where I explore the necessity for stop and frisk, and how the practice of stop and frisk can be preserved and revised while minimizing racial discord

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This month at CJ access were looking at issues of race, police shooting, and police performance so be sure to check out:

Research Briefs-exploring the connection between race, minority dense neighborhoods, and fatal shootings by the police; using better benchmarks to generate more accurate data on racial disparities in fatal officer involved shootings; constructing and utilizing a typology of police shooting errors; and using detailed police officer performance metrics to analyze their performance in police-citizen encounters

For Discussion-Racial profiling is on its face viewed as discriminatory, but does the use of race or ethnicity to focus an investigation or inquiry ever have a place? What are officers’ views? From an investigative standpoint, it may be something to be used with discretion as I explore with an excerpt from my dissertation

Original Research-An academic research article from 2013 where I utilized NCVS data from 12 cities to examine the differences between races on their satisfaction with the police and whether utilizing components of Community Oriented Policing affected that level of satisfaction

Also this month, a new and improved PDF reader is installed on the site, allowing convenient full screen reading and the ability to download PDFs found in Original Research

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Here’s what going on this month to start off your new year:

Interviews From the Field-Be sure to check out my interview with Steve Baker, a decorated 28 year veteran patrol officer, where he discusses patrol work, policing, the public, and the challenges facing police officers.

Research Briefs-Going back a few years this month with some articles you may have missed including an examination of legal challenges to fingerprint and DNA evidence, a more accurate way of determining the source of blood stains, discussing the development of a school shooter profile, factors contributing to deaths in law enforcement use of chokeholds, and the use of gaze tracking in officer shooting scenarios suggests a new approach to firearms training.

Original Research-Is there a difference between sociopaths, psychopaths, and people with anti-social personality disorder? How can they be recognized? Find out by checking out this academic examination of the issue in Differentiating and Diagnosing Sociopathy, Psychopathy, and Anti-Social Personality Disorder.

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This month, at CJ Access, be sure to check out

At Issue-Reviewing the literature on School Resource Officer effectiveness and evaluation, including the measures used, whether SROs inappropriately criminalize students, and what constitutes a good SRO program

Research Briefs-looking at professional criminals with a cost benefit analysis of bank robbery, defining professionalism in marijuana cultivation, and constructing a typology for contract killers

Original Research-My 2012 Master’s thesis exploring assessments and recommendations in addressing domestic illegal firearms trafficking

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Criminal Justice Access Mission Statement

Catering to practitioners, scholars and the public, Criminal Justice Access (CJA) brings historical, original, and current criminal justice research, practitioner interviews, and crime data together in an easily accessible and user-friendly format. The field of criminal justice is broad so CJA is devoted toward focusing on issues in policing, Part One Crimes, drugs, gangs, and deviance. By aggregating and summarizing data and information from literature in the criminal justice field, CJA tries to simplify the process of keeping abreast of current criminal justice research and information. I will be publishing content monthly so check back at see what’s new.

As this is my first month of publishing, there are no archived posts, however be sure to check the site categories. For November:

Research Briefs covering a possible new role for detectives, clearance rate differences in gun homicides vs gun assaults, reluctance in talking to the police, and differences in attitudes towards stop and search

At Issue looks at marijuana driving impairment and roadside testing

For Discussion explores recognizing a beat management philosophy called beat integrity

US Crime Data focusing on seven Part One Crimes from the UCR

Original Research is featuring past academic research by the author with this month featuring my PhD dissertation, a qualitative study of patrol officer behavior and decision making

Editorials and Opinions examines a possible deviance continuum from motorcycle enthusiast to outlaw through the mechanism of differential association