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 Title:The Chicago Internet Experiment
Federal Agency: National Institute of Justice
Fiscal Year: July 1 through June 30
Award Information
Awardee
              Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, Chicago
Award #
              2004-IJ-CX-0021
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Chicago, IL
Awardee County
              Cook
Congressional District
              7
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2004
Total funding (to date)
              $298,644
Original Solicitation
              Solicitation for Crime and Justice Research
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2004, $298,644)
Despite progress in police accountability and community focus, law enforcement organizations have yet to develop data systems to measure 'what matters' to the public and to involve the community most productively in problem solving efforts. This study seeks to fill this gap by extending the Chicago Police Department's inofmation technology system (CLEAR) to its community oriented policing program (CAPS). A randomized experiment will be conducted to determine whether a comprehensive web-based community survey and associated website, by collecting and distributin new information elements, can enhance the problem solving process, introduce greater accountability by police and citizens, increase community engagement, and strengthen police-community relations. The University of Illinois, in cooperation with the Chicago Police Department, will conduct an internet survey in sixty police beats, matched by social demographics, levels of poverty, crime rates, and CAPS beat meeting attendance rates. The survey will be administered to 600 CAPS participants and 1000 randomly sampled residents with internet access in the sixty beats. Respondents will be randomly assigned to receive survey feedback from CAPS participants, from community residents, and no feedback conditions. They will also be randomly assigned to receive training or no training in interpretation of survey findings. Surveys will also be administered to 100 police officers in these beats. Findings will measure changes in resident perceptions and attitudes about crime, the police, fear, and other related issues and will examine changes in problem solving capacities of CAPS participants.



  
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                      Examining the Community Consequences of Arrests for Low-Level Criminal activity
                  Measuring Police and Community Performance Using Web-Based Surveys: Findings From the Chicago Internet Project Final Report

  
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