scholarly journals Across the borders in search of best practices: International comparative criminology at the UN

Temida ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
del Alvazzi
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Comparative Criminology ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Control

This paper analyzes the changes of the focus of the UN Committee on Crime Prevention and Control through time and the formation of the new Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The focus of the paper is the contribution of Dusan Cotic, the last Chairman of the Committee.

Community-driven disorder reduction: Crime prevention through a clean and green initiative in a legacy city

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (14) ◽  
pp. 2956-2972
Author(s):  
Jesenia M. Pizarro ◽  
Richard C. Sadler ◽  
Jason Goldstick ◽  
Brandon Turchan ◽  
Edmund F. McGarrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Additive Models ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Spatial Dependencies ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
And Control ◽  
Point Level ◽  
Over Time

This study examines the effects of a neighbourhood greening and beautification strategy called Clean & Green on crime prevention and reduction. Point level data for all Part I index crimes and Clean & Green efforts in the study area from 2005 to 2014 are analysed using spatial and linear regression with two key modifications: (1) controlling for temporal and spatial dependencies between points; and (2) allowing for potentially non-linear temporal trends in the effect of cumulative greening. To accommodate those modifications, generalised additive models (GAMs) were employed. The analyses of violent and property crimes suggest that greening efforts are increasingly protective over time. The findings demonstrate that the elimination of blight and disorder via neighbourhood greening and beautification efforts can be an effective tool for crime prevention and control in communities.

scholarly journals The datafication revolution in criminal justice: An empirical exploration of frames portraying data-driven technologies for crime prevention and control

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 205395172110496
Author(s):  
Anita Lavorgna ◽  
Pamela Ugwudike
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
And Control ◽  
Digital Capital

The proliferation of big data analytics in criminal justice suggests that there are positive frames and imaginaries legitimising them and depicting them as the panacea for efficient crime control. Criminological and criminal justice scholarship has paid insufficient attention to these frames and their accompanying narratives. To address the gap created by the lack of theoretical and empirical insight in this area, this article draws on a study that systematically reviewed and compared multidisciplinary academic abstracts on the data-driven tools now shaping decision-making across several justice systems. Using insights distilled from the study, the article proposes three frames (optimistic, neutral, oppositional) for understanding how the technologies are portrayed. Inherent in the frames are a set of narratives emphasising their ostensible status as vital crime control mechanisms. These narratives obfuscate the harms of data-driven technologies and evince idealistic imaginaries of their capabilities. The narratives are bolstered by unequal structural arrangements, specifically the unevenly distributed digital capital with which some are empowered to participate in technology development for criminal justice application and other forms of penal governance. In unravelling these issues, the article advances current understanding of the dynamics that sustain the depiction of data-driven technologies as prime crime prevention and law enforcement tools.

scholarly journals An innovative quality improvement approach for rapid improvement of infection prevention and control at health facilities in Sierra Leone

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilka Rondinelli ◽  
Gillian Dougherty ◽  
Caitlin A Madevu-Matson ◽  
Mame Toure ◽  
Adewale Akinjeji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Marked Improvement ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Rapid Improvement ◽  
And Control

Abstract Quality challenge The Sierra Leone (SL) Ministry of Health and Sanitation’s National Infection Prevention and Control Unit (NIPCU) launched National Infection and Prevention Control (IPC) Policy and Guidelines in 2015, but a 2017 assessment found suboptimal compliance with standards on environmental cleanliness (EC), waste disposal (WD) and personal protective equipment (PPE) use. Methods ICAP at Columbia University (ICAP), NIPCU and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designed and implemented a Rapid Improvement Model (RIM) quality improvement (QI) initiative with a compressed timeframe of 6 months to improve EC, WD and PPE at eight purposively selected health facilities (HFs). Targets were collaboratively developed, and a 37-item checklist was designed to monitor performance. HF teams received QI training and weekly coaching and convened monthly to review progress and exchange best practices. At the final learning session, a “harvest package” of the most effective ideas and tools was developed for use at additional HFs. Results The RIM resulted in marked improvement in WD and EC performance and modest improvement in PPE. Aggregate compliance for the 37 indicators increased from 67 to 96% over the course of 4 months, with all HFs showing improvement. Average PPE compliance improved from 85 to 89%, WD from 63 to 99% and EC from 51 to 99%. Lessons learned The RIM QIC approach is feasible and effective in SL’s austere health system and led to marked improvement in IPC performance. The best practices are being scaled up and the RIM QIC methodology is being applied to other domains.

scholarly journals Community participation in crime prevention and control in rural Nigeria

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. e05015
Author(s):  
Ogadimma Arisukwu ◽  
Chisaa Igbolekwu ◽  
Joseph Oye ◽  
Eyitayo Oyeyipo ◽  
Festus Asamu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Rural Nigeria ◽  
And Control
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