News & Events
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−NEWS & EVENTS−
2010
RTM in Action:: KCPD Chief Corwin's Blog: Risk Terrain Modeling (July 20, 2010)
PRESS RELEASE: Criminal Justice Professor's Free GIS Textbook Download Helps Crime-Fighting and Public Safety Practitioners Worldwide (May 26, 2010)
Drs. Kennedy and Caplan will be presenting their work on Risk Terrain Modeling at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego, CA (July 2010)
Dr. Kennedy is an invited presenter at a conference on Juvenile Delinquency in Turkey, sponsored by the state Governor, in Dyarbykar, Turkey (May 2010)
Dr. Kennedy presented at the Blue Sky Conference on GIVAS, UN Secretary General's office program on Voice of the Vulnerable, a new information based decision tool for UN agencies (Bellagio Center, Italy, April 2010)
Check out Les's and Joel's television interview on (the second half of) Episode 5 of Breakfast at the Barracks (2010)
Check out
our critically acclaimed publication, "GIS for Public Safety" and
take advantage of your Free Book Download
(2010)
RCPS Research Associate Eric Piza "...is a champion for the kind of geographic information systems technology that makes CompStat possible. The data empower police to make decisions they could not otherwise, said Mr. Piza, who was invited to talk by the [University of Scranton's] criminal justice program" Read more of the story from The Times-Tribune
"Today, the center is breaking new ground in the use of spatial modeling in developing innovative methods for data analysis and information dissemination..." Click here to read more from our write-up in the SCJ Newsletter (see pg. 3)
We have posted a number of new research briefs – see publications page. In addition, we are active in a number of research meetings and symposium.
Les Kennedy
coordinated the DGA colloquium
series on global risk assessment, see
http://dga.rutgers.edu/news/
Joel Caplan was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Rutgers Academic Excellence Fund to begin a research project entitled “Inmates with Severe Mental Illness: Institutional Behavior, Chances for Parole and Supervision Needs in the Community.”
We are pleased to invite you to the Symposium on Searching for a Common Methodology for the Study of Emergent Threats on March 18-19, 2010. The Symposium will be held at the:
Bove Auditorium at the
Division
of Global Affairs
Rutgers University
190 University Avenue
Engelhard Hall
Newark, NJ 07102
No Fee, but space is limited. REGISTER now:
http://www.et21symposium.org/registration
2009
Presentation
@ Department of Homeland Security,
Office of University Programs, Research Transition Workshop; at the
Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center, Woodlawn, MD
"Integrating Theory,
Data Collection and Analysis in Decision-making”
Leslie W. Kennedy, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
Lt. Col. Christopher J. Andreychak, New Jersey State Police
Joel Caplan, Rutgers School of
Criminal Justice
International Studies Association
presentation
@ New Orleans, LA
“Contrasting Approaches to Terrorism: A Multi-national Comparison”
Les
Kennedy
Erin van Brunschot
Presentations
@ American Society of Criminology
“A Risk Assessment of Violent Crime in Irvington and Newark, New Jersey”
Jie Xu
Les Kennedy
“Risk-Based
Policing: Applying Intelligence to Process”
Les
Kennedy
Erin Van Brunschot
“Sustaining
Stakeholder Satisfaction: Identifying the Needs of People who Provide
Input to Parole Boards”
Heather
Tubman Corbone
Joel Caplan
Turkish Meeting
Les Kennedy will present on
ET 21 the 1st International Symposium on Terrorism and Transnational Crime
(ITTS2009 Symposium) sponsored by the Turkish National Police College to
be held in Antalya, Turkey.
Threat Assessments:
Innovations and Applications in Data Integration and Analysis
New Jersey’s Regional Operations
Intelligence Center
West Trenton, NJ
| February 27, 2009
Food Borne Illness Bioterrorism Case Study
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, School of Health Sciences
Pomona, NJ
| April 2009
Joel Caplan participated in this panel presentation. It was taped and is broadcast on the Stockton TV Channel (Comcast Cable channel 9) Monday -Friday from 4:30-6 PM and Saturday and Sunday from 12:30 - 2pm. The video can also be found here (1.5hrs)