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Camila Alvarado, Cal Burton, Vivey Chen, Jessica Cutler, Sasha Derkacheva, Luciana Debenedetti, Valentina Lopez, Stephan

Crime Prevention and Perception (CP 2 ). Camila Alvarado, Cal Burton, Vivey Chen, Jessica Cutler, Sasha Derkacheva, Luciana Debenedetti, Valentina Lopez, Stephanie von Numers. Mentor: Dr. Charles Wellford . Property Crime. Burglary Breaking and entering to commit felony or theft Larceny

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Camila Alvarado, Cal Burton, Vivey Chen, Jessica Cutler, Sasha Derkacheva, Luciana Debenedetti, Valentina Lopez, Stephan

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  1. Crime Prevention and Perception (CP2) Camila Alvarado, Cal Burton, Vivey Chen, Jessica Cutler, Sasha Derkacheva, Luciana Debenedetti, Valentina Lopez, Stephanie von Numers Mentor: Dr. Charles Wellford

  2. Property Crime • Burglary • Breaking and entering to commit felony or theft • Larceny • Theft • Taking away of property • Robbery • Theft by force or threat of force

  3. District I College Park April - September Source: Prince George’s Police Department Crime Report

  4. Disparity- Risk of Crime On/Off Campus

  5. The Diamondback November 11, 2008 “Incidents of violent and property crime so far this year have fallen well below the six-year averages, but improving statistics have not necessarily translated into a greater perception of safety.” • "Perception can't be discounted even though crime rates are down." - University Police Spokesperson Paul Dillon

  6. The Importance of Perception • Research has shown that fear of crime may lead to: • Psychological effects • Avoidance behavior • Fear of crime negatively affects neighborhood cohesion. • Interpersonal distrust • Leads to greater amount of crime

  7. Source: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/trends/studentpoll/millennial/college-choice

  8. Routine Activity Theory There are three aspects that converge to create a direct contact crime:

  9. Research Questions 1. What is the relationship between a routine activity-based intervention that addresses target vulnerability, and the rate of property crime and robberies in off-campus student residential areas? 2. What is the relationship between a routine activity-intervention based that addresses target vulnerability and student’s perception of crime?

  10. Beat Map- District 1 Source: http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/Government/PublicSafety/Police/pdfs/Dist-I-Beats.pdf

  11. ArcGIS Map of College Park, MD Property crimes reported from Jan 07 – Apr 08 Larceny Burglary Robbery

  12. Clustering Kernel Density Estimation Nearest Neighborhood Hierarchical Clustering

  13. Methodology Overview • Longitudinal case study • Quasi-experimental nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design

  14. Contact UMPD and • PGCPD C • Obtain crime data C • Plot crime data on map C • Highlight areas of high • crime C Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  15. Spatial analysis of hot spots C • Select potential intervention sites C • Contact landlords 6 Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  16. Develop physical site assessment survey 6 • Research and enroll in relevant courses: • CPTED evaluation C • Survey design C • Interview techniques Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  17. Physical site assessment of selected area • Survey design C • Submit final thesis proposal C • Submit proposal to IRB C Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  18. Door-to-door volunteer recruitment • Conduct pre-survey • Demographic info • Security concerns • Crime awareness • Social cohesion • Bias identification • Recruitment for focus • group Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  19. Problem Oriented Policing (POP) • Determine appropriate intervention set • Physical • Social Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  20. Implement physical intervention Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  21. Implement and maintain physical intervention • Implement social intervention Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  22. Continue to collect crime data • Conduct post-intervention survey • Final focus group Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  23. Data analysis • Survey Results • Focus Results • Crime Data • Begin Writing Thesis Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  24. Final Thesis Presentation Spring 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2008

  25. Expert Opinions • Susan Riesling • University of Wisconsin, Chief of Police • Bob Ryan • City of College Park, Director of Public Services • Stephen Kowa • UMD Police, Lieutenant • Larry Voltz • UMD Police, Major • Dr. John Morgan • Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice • Dr. Jean McGloin • UMD Assistant Criminology and Criminal Justice Professor • Phil Canter • Chief Statistician, Analysis Unit, Baltimore County Police Department • Dr. Richard Valliant • UMD Joint Program in Survey Methodology

  26. Questions?

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