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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Aug 7

What is intelligence-led policing? Wonder no more.
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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Aug 6

New post at www.instagram.com/reducingcrim... on intelligence-led policing, but for now, here are some thoughts on focused deterrence:
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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 30

If you are over on IG I’ve started a new series of short crime and policing- related reels like this one on procedurally-just speeding tickets reducing speeding.

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 28

EPISODE ALERT: #85 Nola Joyce

Nola has had leadership roles with the police departments of Chicago, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia where she held the rank of Deputy Commissioner. She discusses the role of civilian staff in policing.
Apple: apple.co/4lMVUJ8
Spotify: bit.ly/4fkPfnd

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 18

US cities are underpoliced.

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 13

If you are over on IG I’ve started a new series of short crime and policing- related reels like this one: www.instagram.com/reel/DLpeOhk...

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Jerry Ratcliffe @jerryratcliffe.net · Jul 4

Want short reels on crime and policing? Look no further… than reducingcrime_ on IG 😉

Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 4

New series of short reels over on Instagram at reducingcrime_
Come on over 😉
Here’s one on evidence-based policing.

Stacey Rothwell is the director of innovation action across seven police forces leading ERIN, the Eastern Region Innovation Network in the UK. After a career as a sworn officer, including as a detecti

Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 4

New series of short reels over on Instagram at reducingcrime_
Come on over 😉
Here’s one on evidence-based policing.

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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · Jul 3

Fantastic episode of the @reducingcrime.com podcast about rapid video response to domestic abuse calls.

It’s particularly interesting because so many people said the intervention wouldn’t work, but (contrary to ‘common sense’) it did.

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jul 4

If you are over on IG I’ve started a new series of short crime and policing- related reels … reducingcrime_

Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jun 30

EPISODE ALERT: #84 just released! Stacey Rothwell pioneered the evaluation of #RVR - Rapid Video Response in policing domestic abuse with some spectacular results. Better response times and satisfaction

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Spotify: spoti.fi/4lhGXys
SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/ZSdEPso8a1r7...

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Podcast Episode · Reducing Crime · 06/30/2025 · 37m

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Jerry Ratcliffe @jerryratcliffe.net · May 6

If you are an analyst in policing, then Loren Atherley has some top-notch advice on how to get traction and buy-in with your analytical products.
From the @reducingcrime.com podcast, episode #82.
Apple: apple.co/4jqD6yg
Spotify: spoti.fi/3Yn8wx8
SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/xVARcnK8dtrv...

Podcast Episode · Reducing Crime · 04/29/2025 · 36m

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Katy Barrow-Grint @ktbg1.bsky.social · May 10

I just listened to this @reducingcrime.com podcast with @jerryratcliffe.net & Gina V. Hawkins.
What a fantastic discussion about all sorts, but particularly about women in policing & the trials & tribulations of bringing up a family while being a senior leader. Well worth a listen!

Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Mar 27

EPISODE ALERT: #81 with Gina Hawkins, President of NAWLEE, with a powerful episode outlining why she is still in policing 35 years later, the challenges women still face, and the personal toll of being a police chief.
Apple: apple.co/4geaDKc
Spotify: spoti.fi/3DYyRun
or wherever you pod!

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Apr 29

EPISODE ALERT: #82 with (soon to be) Dr. Loren Atherley, Senior Director of Performance Analytics & Research and the Senior Research Scientist for the Seattle Police Department. It's all about evidence-based policing!
Apple: apple.co/4jqD6yg
Spotify: spoti.fi/3Yn8wx8

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Mar 27

EPISODE ALERT: #81 with Gina Hawkins, President of NAWLEE, with a powerful episode outlining why she is still in policing 35 years later, the challenges women still face, and the personal toll of being a police chief.
Apple: apple.co/4geaDKc
Spotify: spoti.fi/3DYyRun
or wherever you pod!

Podcast Episode · Reducing Crime · 01/29/2025 · 38m

Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Feb 27

EPISODE ALERT: #80 with Cliff Stott, a distinguished social psychologist specializing in crowd behavior, group identity, and public order policing. Time to debunk some old-fashioned myths about crowds.

Apple: apple.co/41wPdDA
Spotify: spoti.fi/3QXwmvr
Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/ro7ZX5vPBaUb...

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Jan 29

EPISODE ALERT: #79 of the podcast finds me chatting to Dr Kassy Alia Ray, whose husband was murdered on duty in 2015. She drops a ton of useful advice for how departments can plan ahead to mitigate a future disaster (we hope never comes)

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Spotify: spoti.fi/4hA2Vui

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Podcast Episode · Reducing Crime · 12/23/2024 · 40m

Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Dec 23

EPISODE ALERT: #78 with #Adrian_Raine from UPenn Criminology live now. He uses brain imaging to study the biology of antisocial and violent behavior, including psychopaths. He joined @jerryratcliffe.net to chat about his work.

Apple: apple.co/4iMti1I
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1x3y...

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Dec 8

From the @reducingcrime.com podcast back catalogue, here is #Cynthia_Lum on the importance of science in democracy, and the definition of evidence-based policing.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2MUt...

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Dec 3

From the @reducingcrime.com podcast back catalogue, here is @dralexpiquero.bsky.social on the importance as an academic of reading and writing daily.

Profs, pass this tip-laden episode on to your grad students.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2JTu...

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Dec 2

Now the @reducingcrime.com podcast is on #BlueSky, let's root through the archives for some nuggets of gold.
Here is the influential drug-policy advisor Keith Humphreys, on the risks of politization of science.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5oB5...

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Reducing Crime @reducingcrime.com · Dec 1

The @reducingcrime.com podcast is now officially on #BlueSky. Monthly conversations with influential thinkers in the police service and leading crime and policing researchers. Hosted by @jerryratcliffe.net

Apple: apple.co/4geaDKc
Spotify: spoti.fi/4fObd1i
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/reducingcrime

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