About RCPS

 

In an unprecedented way, RCPS engages all parts of the University and community agencies in exploring the needs and major consequences of heightened security.

© 2009 RCPS

Founded in 2002 as a University center based at the School of Criminal Justice, the Rutgers Center on Public Security (RCPS) offers a multi-disciplinary approach bringing together Rutgers-Newark faculty and students in the areas of terrorism, policing, globalization, environmental safety, business, public health and more.
 

RCPS's primary objective includes the academic study of the ways in which democratic societies can effectively address and cope with crime, terrorism and other threats to public security. The Center has included in its mandate an outreach component, coordinating discussions and consultations across academic, professional, corporate and governmental agencies.

RCPS has been active in a number of different areas of interest. Over the years it has sponsored conferences and symposia including: "Technology and Terrorism: Preparation and Response." (2003); "Social, Economic and Legal Consequences of Heightened Security" (2004); "Forum on Security and the Role of the Media" 2006 and "Private Security Concerns" (2007). This year (2009-2010) the center is involved in a series of programs on community crime, emerging global threats, and spatial risk management. The major projects include studies of drug related violence in Irvington, NJ; the effective use of surveillance cameras in Newark, NJ; and the impact of risk terrains on social disorder outcomes in these communities. The center is also engaged as a partner in the Emerging Threats 21 program sponsored by the Division of Global Affairs.

In an unprecedented way, The Center engages all parts of the University in exploring with community agencies the major consequences of heightened security. RCPS represents the Newark campus on the Rutgers University Homeland Security Initiative, is part of the statewide consortium on homeland security, and is represented on the Counter-terrorism Preparedness College of the State of New Jersey.