SMART Justice Library

Our Center Library provides numerous resources such as reports, critical incident analysis, articles and briefs, commentary, podcasts, tools, and events developed by our criminal justice experts.

Corrections

New York City – Significant Reductions in Crime and Jail and Prison Use: A Case Study
This CNA case-study discusses the reductions in crime, jail, and prison use in New York City, touching on significance, key features, consequences, and caution.

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Critical Police Incidents

Lessons Learned from the Recent British Civil Disturbances
James “Chips” Stewart and Stephen Rickman provide insights of lessons to be learned for police departments in the United States from the civil disturbances in London, Manchester, and Birmingham.

Independent Board of Inquiry into the Oakland Police Department Incident of March 21, 2009
CNA Senior Advisor James K. “Chips” Stewart published a report in 2009 of the findings and recommendations concerning the 2009 murder of four Oakland Police Department personnel by a recently paroled prisoner.

Tampa Bay Manhunt After Action Report: Lessons Learned in Community Police Partnerships & Incident Command System
CNA conducted an objective, independent review of Tampa’s ICS operations during a 2010 96-hour manhunt in order to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Using event data, media reports, and interviews with personnel from the Tampa Police Department, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and other local and federal agencies, CNA identified lessons learned that have applicability for law enforcement professionals nationwide. On May 3, 2011, Tampa law enforcement agencies held a press conference to release CNA’s report.

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Officer Involved Shooting

The Baltimore Police Department Police-Involved Shooting of January 9, 2011: A report by the Independent Review Board
CNA Senior Law Enforcement Fellow, James “Chips” Stewart, served as Chairman of an Independent Review Board to analyze a police shooting that occurred outside a Baltimore nightclub in January 2011. The incident resulted in the death of one plainclothes police officer and one civilian. In addition, three civilians and one uniformed officer were wounded in the incident. In support of the Board, CNA produced a timeline and incident reconstruction of the police response and shooting, as well as a series of briefs on Baltimore Police Department policies and procedures. The report makes recommendations to help prevent such a tragedy from occurring in the future.

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Smart Policing

Effective Marketing Practices: A Guide for SMART Policing Initiatives
This guide provides examples of outreach, explains successful social marketing practices (in the context of SMART Policing), and provides case studies of successful outreach efforts.

Measuring and Assessing Partnership and Collaboration: Taking Things More Seriously
Collaboration and partnership efforts are often incorporated into the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). We include these aspects of crime prevention and crime control as core SPI components, and we often direct these efforts internally within our departments (“in-reach” as well as external outreach to justice system, government, and community stakeholders). We rarely, however, treat collaboration and partnership as a variable to measure and analyze.

SMART Policing: Addressing the Twenty-First Century Need for a New Paradigm in Policing
This paper discusses the critical need for a new paradigm in policing: one that incorporates aspects of existing policing concepts in a manner that recognizes the significant changes in the twenty-first century criminal environment, the economic and social realities facing law enforcement entities, and the availability of potentially powerful technology-driven, crime-fighting tools.

SMART Policing Initiative Two-pager
This two-pager provides an overview of the Bureau of Justices Assistance SMART Policing Initiative. CNA assists 32 law enforcement departments and agencies nationwide in developing and implementing strategies, by providing training and technical assistance.

SMART Policing: Meeting the Challenge
The Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Smart Policing Initiative team members, Vivian Chu and James R. Coldren, discuss the need for employing a variety of management and operational practices that are evidence-based in order to stay successful in today's dynamic social, political, and economical environments.

SMART Policing: A Proposed National Initiative
This paper reviews the history of police operations and discusses the next evolution in policing and public safety strategy. SMART policing uses technology, research, and analysis to support the strategic management of police activities. Many jurisdictions are already employing some SMART policing approaches, such as the use of new technologies for more efficient data collection and display, information sharing, and data analysis.

Explosive Device Response Operations (EDRO) Capability Calculator
This free tool estimates the number of EDRO teams ("bomb teams") a jurisdiction might need and helps estimate the associated costs for those teams.

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