lJMSL Department of Criminal Justice is no\\ partn r with the St. Loui ~1 e tropolitan Police Dep artm ~nt. JUSt before Christmas, the UlvlSL, said. '(For now our nity ro gain an understand­ the pro'cess [of data gather­ taking place. Often we are he said. .I think [the UniYersity ·of lvfissouri - Sc. work is prett), focused on ing of crini.e patterns in St. ing] more intelligenr and finding that the majority of partnership] is quite an im­ Louis' Depanmenc of Crim­ the way in which the police Louis that may not have more effecti e by using more the 'dangerous neighbor­ portant development for the inology and Criminal Justice enforce the law and how been available otherwise. evidence-based strategies, hoods' are actually relatively city. \lle want to take advan­ announced the formation those practices might help to For the partnership, more sophisticated analysis crime free, and that high tage of [the police depart­ and formalization of a three­ reduce crime ... A gracluate Deckard IS panicularly in­ of the data," Deckard said. levels of crime are concen­ ment's] openness and use wa. partnership berween studem is in the police de­ terested in hot Spot style Also, by studying crime trated 10 a few streets or our expertise in a way that UMSL, the office of lvfayor partmem 20 hours a week ... crime dis~ribution data. He at a micro level as opposed blocks with chronic crime." we can perhaps help the de­ Francis Slay and the St. Lou­ in the division that produc­ believes that learning more ro by neighborhood or re­ Along v{i th the ci ty, the partment be more effective." is !vietro Police Department) es police crime statistics." about \-vhere crime takes gion, Deckard believes a partnership also directly ben­ Though the UMSL crimi­ which is headed by Police The first goal of the part­ place in St. Louis will help better understanding of Sr. efits the eMSL criminology nology departmenr has, to a Chief Dan Isom, an alumnus nership is to better under­ the criminotogy depart­ Louis' idenrity could be dis­ department because, accord­ certain extent, been working of the U!'.,1SL Criminology stand where crime takes ment to better understand covered. Sr. Louis might not ing to Deckard, police data with Sr. Louis Police Depart­ PhD program. In this pan­ place in the St. Louis Metro St. Louis crime rates and be as dangerous as national can otherwise be difficult to rnem data for years, this is nership, faculty and srudencs Area. "What we \Nant to do give the police departmen t crime stanstlcs indicate. come by or may not be col­ the first formalization of the from the Ulv1SL ·criminolo­ is get a broader picture of and Mayor Slay's office ac­ "Think of any area in the lectedor distributed in a man­ partnership. This could rep­ gy department \vill maincain the distribution of crime ... cess ro more and better city typically chara~terized as ner most effective for study. resenr a better understanding a presence in the police de­ and evaluate the effective­ crime distribution infor­ 'dangerous' ," Deckard said. Rosenfeld sees the part­ of and future for St. Louis. partmem to gather data pri­ ness of particular [police] mation. This could change "Certain neighborhoods or nership as indicative of "There are many differ­ marily on the effectiveness of responses," Rosenfeld said. the. way the police depan- . groups of neighborhoods both the citv·s progressive enr stakeholders who have enforcement strategies em­ Michael Deckard, doc­ mem and ciry politicians come to mind. People tend willingness to work with a vested imerest in lower­ ployed by St. Louis Police. torate student, criminol­ approach crime, as well as to see those places as danger­ UMSL researchers and the ing crime," Deckard said. "You can classify it as a ogy, is t.he student who ·will indicate ways \,,thich police ous and avoid them. ~ ' hat criminology department's Ultimately, this partner­ polic.e- researcher partner­ carry out the parmership in and city resources could . e we are doing is 1 oking more interest in community bet- ship gi es all three par­ ship Profe.ssor RichJ.rd the p lice deparrmem. For used even more efiecrive.l ". sp cifi ally at where 'acci rment. "Our a chance Rqsenfeld, him, this offers an 0 "'\(!e're the of crime is 2 I ~h( {DJITrnt I FEBRUARY 6, 2012 I WWW.THECURRENT-ONLlNE.COM I I NEWS 1IChrQ:Uffrnt VOL. 45, ISSU 1367 WWW.THECURRENT-ONLINE.COM 200 UMSL students volunteer their EDITORIA L Editor-in-Chief... ......... .. ...................................... Matthew B. Poposky Managing Editor....... ... ............ ........... ... .. ... .. ...... .... .... Jeremy Zschau time in Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory News Editor.... .. ......... .................... .... ...... .. .... .. ............ Hali Flintrop ANGELA ACTON Features Editor.... ........... ......... .... .. ............. ........ .... .. ... Ashley Atki ns Staff Writer Sports Editor ...... ................. ... ..... ...... ...... .... .... .. .......... 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A Sodexo food Ridgeway, Janaca Scherer, Leon Devance, Sa ad Sharieff, Rachei!e This is the fourth annual volunteered their time and that gave (he young men a service employee reponed Brandel, Angela Acton, MLK Day of Service event supplies at various loeations chance to show ",·hat ther [he theft of $150 taken sponsored by the UMSL · DESIGN around St. Louis in honor of had just learned. T-shirts between 8:00 p.m. January the Dr. IvIartin Luther King, were given to the winners. Students of Service and 29, 2012 and 7:00 a.m . Design Editor ............................... .... ... .. .... ... ............... Janaca Scherer Jr. Day of Service. 11 different "The young men had an the Office of Student January 30. Disposition: Photo Editor. ............. .... ........ ... ........ .. ........ .. ................... Nikki Vahle sites received the help of opporcunity to connect with Life. Last year, double the Investigation coninuting. 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