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Author: Rosenfeld, Richard

Title: Was There a "Ferguson Effect" on Crime in St. Louis?,

Summary: The Sentencing Project's analysis finds little support for a so-called "Ferguson effect" on crime in St. Louis, Missouri. The "Ferguson effect" describes a conjecture by some commentators that rising crime rates in some urban areas in recent months are the result of widespread protests against police misconduct and calls for reform. Those demonstrations spread across the nation in response to a stream of highly publicized killings of unarmed black men and boys by police, starting with the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri last August. Since Ferguson is part of the St. Louis greater metropolitan area, one could expect that if such an effect exists anywhere, it would be in St. Louis. To determine whether such an effect exists, criminologist Richard Rosenfeld analyzed St. Louis trend data on homicides, violent crimes, and property crime in St. Louis in recent years. The report, Was There a "Ferguson Effect" on Crime in St. Louis?, finds that the homicide count in St. Louis was higher in 2014 than in 2013 for most of the year, but the gap between the two years began to increase two months before the events in Ferguson. "We can conclude with reasonable certainty that the events in Ferguson were not responsible for the steep rise in homicide in St. Louis," the report states.

Details: Washington, DC: The Sentencing Project, 2015. 4p.

Source: Internet Resource: Policy Brief: Accessed march 14, 2016 at: http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Ferguson_Effect.pdf

Year: 2015

Country: United States

URL: http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Ferguson_Effect.pdf

Shelf Number: 138222

Keywords:
Crime Statistics
Ferguson
Homicides
Police Deadly Force
Police Use of Force

Author: Hing, Bill Ong

Title: From Ferguson to Palestine: Disrupting Race-Based Policing

Summary: Since Michael Brown's killing, "Ferguson" has become the battle cry of embattled black communities targeted by over-policing and activists protesting racist policing. The battle cry has been all too important, unfortunately, as more than a dozen other police on black shootings occurred over the next several months. The story has become all too familiar. A traffic stop or a call about someone acting out. The target might answer respectfully, blandly, or with some attitude. He or she might sprint to escape, sit still, or glance away with attitude. Whatever the trigger, the cop's violent reaction can end with another unarmed black man or woman shot in the head. This article is based on an understanding that police in many parts of the country often are guilty of abusing their authority in a racist manner. The over-policing of African American communities in many respects can be traced to the "broken windows" model of policing. The model focuses on the importance of disorder (e.g. broken windows) in generating and sustaining more serious crime. The problem is that this approach has evolved into a zero-tolerance mentality in the cop-on-the-street, manifested in constant harassment of young black males. Another problem is Urban Shield, a controversial law enforcement training and weapons expo held in Alameda County every year, where companies that make military-style weaponry market their products to local police and fire departments. Urban Shield is coordinated by the Urban Areas Security Initiative, a key program in the extreme militarization of police departments seen in Ferguson, Baltimore, and many other black communities nationwide. In short, Urban Shield also inculcates law enforcement officials with a hard core enforcement mentality. Broken windows policing and Urban Shield represent disruptions in how police work is done. Disruption (a term we may be more familiar with in the technology world) literally uproots and changes how we think, behave, do business, learn and go about our day-to-day. The question for us today is whether we can offer disruptive alternatives to policing that offer real public safety in a manner that is not racist. Black Lives Matter and others are working on disruptive alternatives to create true community policing that is about public safety for all. Their rebellious method of organizing recognizes that meaningful, lasting change can only come about through collaboration with allies with common goals and experiences. Working with the labor movement, immigrant rights groups, Latino and Asian American organizations, and pro-Palestinian leaders represents a strong foundation for collective change. What are the disruptive approaches that will result? More civilian monitoring of the police? Training civilians to be first responders? Better training of police officers in de-escalation techniques? Better integration of police forces? Or something much more innovative and unconventional that is yet to be described?

Details: California, 2016. 47p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 14, 2018 at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2763939

Year: 2016

Country: United States

URL: file:///C:/Users/AuthUser/Downloads/SSRN-id2763939.pdf

Shelf Number: 151532

Keywords:

Black Lives Matter
De-escalation Techniques,
Ferguson
Integration of Police Force
Militarization of Police
Over-Policing
Racist Policing
Training of Police
Urban Areas Security Initiative
Urban Shield