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Consultant and grant writing to obtain a 3 year U. S. Department of Health and Human Service grant for $1.65 million to support a regional faith-based and social services collaboration to provide mentoring services for children of inmates.
-MoreThis project examines neighborhoods, crime, and collective efficacy in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
JSS selected eight neighborhoods for community surveys and systematic social observations.
Neighborhoods were defined as a contiguous set of primarily residential features consisting of approximately 2,000 to 4,000 residents, bounded by physical, social, or geographic features of the environment. We examined physical features (oceans [...]
Through grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. works closely with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Gang and Gun Unit to reduce gang violence throughout the county.
As the Research Partner, JSS supports members of the Gang and Gun Unit (Miami-Dade Police, City of Miami Police, Hialeah, HIDTA, and other agencies) [...]
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Boston Globe features JSS and their collaboration with Massachusetts Police Departments in Cambridge, Somerville and Everett to predict crime.
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The City of Cambridge, MA receives the Smart Policing Initiative grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and will work with JSS as a research partner using predictive policing analytics to prevent crime.
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Shellie Solomon discussed Service Network for Children of Inmates on National Public Radio's "Tell Me More.."
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