Research@Public Safety

Neighborhood/City of Boston

The Boston Police Department,  Monthly Crime Statistics: March 2005: the city’s latest crime statistics. Other monthly data.


Metro Boston/Massachusetts/New England

The Boston Foundation and the Crime and Justice Institute,  CORI: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Access (5/05): the challenges and opportunities for reform of the Criminal Offender Record Information System, Massachusetts’ computerized database of individuals arraigned on a criminal charge. PowerPoint presentation.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety,  Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Data and Information (12/04): juvenile population; child well-being, including health, economic conditions, education, and neglect; illegal activity through substance abuse, gang involvement and dating violence; and responses through the justice system, DYS, and alternative programs. 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Governor’s Commission on Correction Reform, Strengthening Public Safety, Increasing Accountability, and Instituting Fiscal Responsibility in the Department of Correction (6/04): a blueprint for reform of the corrections system - 97% of inmates statewide are released back into society, inadequately prepared for successful reentry.  Press Release.

The Northeastern University Institute on Race and Justice,  Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Final Report (5/04): analyzes disparities in 249 of the 366 state law enforcement agencies studied, including names of communities where specific disparities exist.

Northeastern University School of Law for the Stanley Jones Clean Slate Project,  Accessibility of Housing and Barriers to Re-entry for Ex-Offenders in Massachusetts (4/04): an in-depth review of legal, policy, and field-based research, including Massachusetts and national statistics and a resource list for ex-offenders.  Other Stanley Jones reports on CORI and ex-offenders.

From the 2002 Boston Indicators Report Archive:

Report on Massachusetts' judicial practice shows inequities.


National

Student Reports of Bullying: Results from the 2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, National Center for Education Statistics (7/05):  reports on the prevalence and nature of bullying as reported by students ages 12 through 18, with student characteristics, school characteristics, and victimization.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Caught in the Crossfire: Arresting Gang Violence by Investing in Kids (6/04): case studies of youth intervention including the “Boston Miracle” in which youth homicides dropped by 2/3 with supervision, support and services for gang members.

Sentencing Project, State Rates of Incarceration by Race (2004): in 2001, blacks were incarcerated at a rate seven times that of whites in Massachusetts. Sentencing Project Briefing Sheets include key facts about prison and prisoners, including racial and gender disparities.

From the 2002 Boston Indicators Report Archive:

Morgan Quitno releases 11th annual "City Crime Rankings" data.

Americans for Gun Safety Foundation addresses crime guns.

Report by U.S. Conference of Mayors on Homeland Security Funds.