TTA Catalog

Foundations of Crime Analysis Training

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This training focuses on definitions, practical examples, and application of crime analysis for strategic crime reduction. It includes exercises, discussion, fieldwork, and application to the problems of individual jurisdictions.

Goal and Objectives:
  • Understand crime analysis for crime reductions.
  • Develop practical skills for conducting crime analysis.
Intended Audience:

Ideally a team that includes analysts and officers/detectives; law enforcement managers and those from prosecution and community corrections would also benefit.

Length:

This is a two-day course.

Agenda:

The course covers the following areas:

  • Day 1
    • Introductions and class participant crime problems
    • Problem-solving and the importance of analysis
    • Understanding problems
    • Analyst as researcher
    • Collecting data
    • Analyzing data
  • Day 2
    • Analyzing data, continued
    • Creating strategies
    • Evaluating a problem solving effort
    • Presenting all of the info
    • Moving forward/next steps
SMEs/Trainers:

Julie Wartell is an advisor on public safety issues relating to crime analysis, problem-solving, and justice systems. Ms. Wartell has held a variety of positions that include crime analyst coordinator for the San Diego, California, District Attorney’s Office, project director of the East Valley Community Mapping, Planning, and Analysis for Safety Strategies (COMPASS) Initiative (a regional analysis effort), crime analyst for the San Diego Police Department, researcher for the Institute for Law and Justice and the Police Executive Research Forum, and fellow at the National Institute of Justice Crime Mapping Research Center. Ms. Wartell has performed a wide range of research on and analysis of various crime problems and police-related issues, worked on strategic planning efforts, and coordinated the development of a series of crime-mapping training modules. She has provided extensive training and made presentations to officers and analysts throughout the country on topics relating to crime analysis and problem-oriented policing, has edited or authored numerous publications, and currently teaches GIS in Urban Studies at the University of California – San Diego. She has a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis on criminal justice administration.