Minutes of the Twentieth Meeting of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group Steering Committee Philadelphia, PA, USA – November 3, 2009 In attendance: Steering Committee David Farrington, Cambridge University, UK* Catherine Gallagher, George Mason University, USA Peter Grabosky, Australian National University, Australia (co-chair) Martin Killias, University of Zurich, Switzerland* Jerry Lee, Jerry Lee Foundation, USA Jianhong Liu, University of Macao/Southwest University of Political Science & Law, China Friedrich Lösel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg/Cambridge University, Germany/UK Phyllis Schultze, Rutgers University, USA Jonathan Shepherd, Cardiff University, UK Lawrence Sherman, Cambridge University, UK* Peter van der Laan, NSCR, Netherlands David Weisburd, Hebrew University/George Mason University, Israel/UK (co-chair) Brandon Welsh, Northeastern University, USA David Wilson, George Mason University, USA (editor-in-chief) Invited Guests Thomas Feucht, National Institute of Justice, USA* Charlotte Gill, University of Pennsylvania, USA (CCJG managing editor/coordinator) Tony Munton, Matrix Knowledge Group, UK Welmoed Spahr, Springer Publishing, USA* * Present for part of the meeting. 1. Welcome and Introductions David Weisburd, as meeting chair, welcomed everyone to the twentieth meeting of the Campbell Crime and Justice Group (CCJG) Steering Committee. Committee members Jan Andersson (National Council on Crime Prevention, Sweden), Vicente Garrido (Valencia University, Spain), Jacque Mallender (Matrix Knowledge Group, UK), Peter Neyroud (National Policing Improvement Agency, UK), and Hiroshi Tsutomi (Shizuoka University, Japan) sent their regrets at being unable to attend the meeting. The Committee welcomed new members Jianhong Liu (China) and Catherine Gallagher (USA) to the group. David Weisburd informed the Committee of the recent death of founding member Ulla Bondeson. The group paused for a minute’s silence in recognition of Ulla and her many contributions to the work of the CCJG. David Farrington will be writing an obituary for an upcoming issue of The Criminologist. 1 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting, Stockholm, June 24, 2009 The minutes of the previous meeting (Stockholm, Sweden, 24 June 2009) were approved, subject to Charlotte Gill clarifying with Jan Andersson the nature of the relationship of the Swedish Government with the Council of Europe in a section on the upcoming United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders. 3. Update from Peter Neyroud Peter Neyroud was unable to join the meeting by telephone as planned due to technical difficulties in the meeting room. David Weisburd reported on the issues Peter planned to discuss: the NPIA funding for CCJG reviews, and an update on POLKA (Police Online Knowledge Application). The NPIA funding for CCJG reviews on policing topics has proved to be very useful. Four full reviews and two systematic searches have been funded. A conference will be held outside London in March 2010 to showcase the reviews: Reviews: . Legitimacy in policing Lorraine Mazerolle (University of Queensland, Australia), Sarah Bennett, Matthew Manning, Patricia Ferguson, and Elise Sargeant . GIS effects on crime reduction efficacy Larry Hoover (Sam Houston State University), Yan Zhang, and Solomon Zhao . Interview and interrogation methods: effects on confession rate, quality of information elicited, and accuracy of credibility assessment Christian Meissner (University of Texas, El Paso) and Allison Redlich . Spatial displacement and diffusion of benefits among geographically focused policing initiatives Kate Bowers (UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science), Shane Johnson and Rob Guerette Searches: . Stress management training and development programs for police officers and recruits George T. Patterson (CUNY Hunter College) and Irene Chung . ‘Policing schools’: A systematic search for evaluative studies of non-curricular law enforcement strategies to prevent school crime and disorder Anthony Petrosino (WestEd) and Sarah Guckenberg NPIA has also generously funded two existing reviews to speed up their completion: . Police strategies for reducing illegal possession and carrying of firearms Christopher Koper (PERF), and Evan Mayo-Wilson . The effects of Pulling Levers policing on crime Anthony Braga (Harvard University), and David Weisburd Regular NPIA funding is unlikely to continue due to current budgetary constraints, but Peter Neyroud would like to continue to support CCJG with some money 2 he has available for special projects. Discussions are currently under way to work out how CCJG could receive money without being put in a grantor position. This was the case for the existing funds and there was some concern about how this fit with CCJG’s traditional approach of being community of scholars that is supportive of people who want to complete reviews. With the NPIA grant, CCJG had to request that potential grantees did a lot of work on protocols with no guarantee of being accepted. Committee members agreed that it was important to maintain both the group’s reputation with scholars and its commitment to high standards when making funding decisions, while avoiding potential conflicts of interest. A discussion followed about how future offers of funding should be managed. Funding agencies may not be willing to give money to reviews already in progress, because there appears to be no open competition, and the ability to bring new people into the group is limited. However, this is how CCJG has previously received funding for individual reviews, and it avoids requiring people to undertake ‘wasted’ work. Tony Munton noted that in addition to open competition, the UK government sometimes adopts a framework model for funding, by which certain people are identified as suitable for doing the work and can receive funds without having to go through procurement. It was agreed that the best possible solutions would be to either have a shorter application process, or identify people. David Weisburd and David Wilson also acknowledged that the full CCJG steering committee should have a broader role in the decision-making process in future. David Weisburd suggested having an open discussion with Peter Neyroud by email to raise and discuss some of these issues. Peter Neyroud will give a full report on the POLKA application at the next meeting. 4. Update from Jan Andersson Due to the technical difficulties in the meeting room, Jan Andersson was unable to call in as planned. Jan sent a memo, which David Weisburd supplemented from his recent meeting with Jan in Israel. Jan wished to update the CCJG on two issues: the 2010 Stockholm Criminology Symposium (June 14-16), and the United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, Salvador, Brazil, 12-19 April, 2010. In a change to recent years, the Stockholm Criminology Symposium will be held at a central location in the city, and there will be one main theme (Policing) instead of three. A secondary theme will be contemporary criminology, covering sentencing, corrections, etc. The number of parallel sessions will be reduced and sessions will not be scheduled at the same time as the plenaries. Jan is hoping to increase links with international organization, and is working with Peter Neyroud to bring in various policing and governmental organizations from around the world to participate in and sponsor sessions. High-visibility sessions will be funded by the symposium. Jan is hoping for several sessions on CCJG reviews and broader issues such as systematic review methodology and experimental research. Brandon Welsh will take the lead on organizing these, and will contact Jan with copies to the co-chairs. David Wilson and Charlotte Gill will help to identify potential reviews. Committee members suggested the following ideas for presentations and panels: . Adaptations of last year’s policing sessions, which were not well-attended due to clashes (Jonathan Shepherd) 3 . International context of ‘what works’ – how programs transfer between countries (Friedrich Lösel) . Designing a ‘buddy system’ of criminologists and policy-makers (Jerry Lee) . How can practitioners take away meaning from reviews of complex interventions (Catherine Gallagher). It has not yet been decided how Sweden will be participating in the UN Congress, but Jan will be discussing this further in a meeting on November 5. He still hopes that CCJG will be involved if possible, and reiterated an offer to pay for the travel of two CCJG members. The group envisaged giving a broader presentation about issues in systematic reviews, counter-intuitive findings, etc., rather than the results of systematic reviews. Provisionally, David Wilson and Brandon Welsh will attend, as two committee members who have been involved in a lot of reviews. 5. Progress Report on Current CCJG Titles Participants received a handout entitled ‘Campbell Collaboration Crime & Justice Group Progress Report.’ The key points on the progress of CCJG titles include: . 22 reviews have been published. 1 review is being revised with peer reviews completed. 3 reviews are under peer review. 3 reviews are being revised before seeking peer reviewers. 9 protocols have been approved but the review has not yet been submitted. 2 protocols are being revised with peer reviews completed. 3 protocols are under peer review. 3 protocols are being revised before peer review. 9 titles have been approved but the protocol has not yet been submitted. In summary, 22 reviews have been published,