Minneapolis (MN) Hot Spots Experiment

This is an experiment carried out by the police to formulate strategies and address the problems associated with repeated emergency calls in specific areas of the city.
Four police officers and a sergeant selected 250 experimental regions to carry out any legal tactics available to solve the problems in the regions, including the dissemination of information, persuasion, coercion, and limited legal action.

Restrictions on the Hours of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages in Bogotá

The restriction on the hours of sale of alcoholic beverages in Bogotá was implemented by means of a 2009 decree, which limited the sale of alcoholic beverages in stores between 11 PM and 10 AM in well-defined zones in 9 of Bogotá’s 20 districts.
The decree did not affect establishments where alcoholic drinks are sold for consumption on the premises (bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and discos).
The restricted areas were chosen based on a qualitative and quantitative crime analysis:
1) Areas with higher rates of homicide, bodily injury, and robbery;

Problem-Oriented Policing Project in Low-Cost Hotels (California)

This is a policing program to reduce crime based on a regulatory policy that encourages good management in low-cost hotels that are considered points of disturbance and crime.
Police intervention involves three phases:
1) Contact with hotel managers and communication regarding the problems in the establishment;
2) Inspecting the property;
3) Granting operating licenses to hotels that meet the legal safety requirements.

Allegheny County (PA) Jail-Based Reentry Case Management Program

This is a social reintegration program with compulsory participation for medium to high-risk offenders. The aim is to facilitate reintegration into the community and reduce recidivism
The program consists of training prior to release (pre-release) from the prison system and community supervision after leaving prison and returning to the community (reentry).

Minnesota's Enhanced Supervision Release Program

This is an intensive community supervision program for parolees who are at a high risk of reoffending.
Those who have served at least two-thirds of their sentence can participate in the program. Participants are expected to spend approximately 40 hours a week on occupational activities, looking for a job, educational or training activities, or drug addiction treatment.
These are the program’s components:
1) House arrest for six months: includes four meetings a week with an intensive community supervision officer and weekly tests to detect drug abuse.

Project Greenlight

This is an institutional program for incarcerated individuals in the process of transitioning into the community. The aim is to reduce recidivism and offer reentry services at the lowest cost.
The program consists of a brief, intensive intervention focusing on the main problems encountered when reentering the community: housing, employment, and treatment for drug abuse, and follows the following principles:
1) Treatment of dynamic (criminogenic) factors;
2) Cognitive behavioral or multimodal approaches and social and emotional skills training;

Beyond Violence: A Program for Criminal Justice-Involved Women

This is a manualized curriculum for incarcerated women with a history of aggression and violence. The curriculum is based on a four-level model of violence prevention (individual, relational, community, and social).
The aim is to reduce outbursts of anger, symptoms of depression and anxiety, stimulate self-efficacy factors, stabilize rehabilitation, and develop an understanding of trauma and appropriate expressions of aggression.

Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS)

This is a coaching training for community supervision police officers. The aim is to teach how to translate the principles of effective action into practice and how to apply basic correctional practices in direct interactions with offenders.
The training seeks to increase the effectiveness of community supervision using the three components of the Risk, Demand, and Responsiveness model:
1) Risk: the intensity of police intervention should be equivalent to the risk posed by the offender, focusing on higher-risk offenders.

Harlem (NY) Parole Reentry Court

This is a reentry program for people transitioning from the prison system to probation. The aim is to create a support network and reduce recidivism. The program consists of a multidisciplinary collaborative action involving judges, case managers, police officers, and social workers.
The intervention lasts six to nine months and follows five main components:
1) Pre-release agreement, assessment, and reentry planning;
2) Active judicial supervision;
3) Coordination of assistance and support services;

Florida Work Release Program

This is a reentry program that promotes employment and income for former prisoners. The aim is to reduce recidivism as soon as they return to the community.
Participants must not have a history of violent crime, attempted escape, four or more convictions, and must be at least ten months into their custodial sentence.