Dr. Christine Murray (Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships) received new funding from the Justice Research and Statistics Association for the project “Identifying High-Risk, Underserved Victim Populations in Cleveland County, NC, Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geographic Analyses.” This project is supported by funds from the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to the International Association of Chiefs of Police to support law enforcement-based victim services. Dr. Rick Bunch is co-principal investigator on the project.
This project involves a partnership between the Cleveland County Sheriff Office (CCSO; the LEV grantee) and interdisciplinary researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). The purpose of this project is to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geographic analyses to identify underserved populations by examining gaps between the victims served by the CCSO Victim Services Program and the population of violent crime victims in the general population of Cleveland County. The focus will be on all violent crimes reported in Cleveland County through 9-1-1 calls and law enforcement incident reports during the 2020 calendar year, which was the first year of operation of the CCSO Victim Services Program.
