SANDAG supports local criminal justice planning and policymaking by providing analyses of crime occurrence, crime trends, and responses to crime in the region. Current and historical information about crime patterns and prevention, and crime-reduction strategies are maintained.
The Clearinghouse provides the means to seek and secure research funds from state and federal sources to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of crime control programs. Assistance to member agencies occurs through various avenues: publishing crime and arrest reports, sharing resources and information, quality assurance studies of crime-related data, impact assessments of crime-reduction strategies, long-term evaluations of critical issues, and grant writing assistance for agencies seeking state and federal funding. Through the Clearinghouse, staff also conduct analyses of offender drug use.
Criminal Justice Research Division staff responds daily to requests for crime-related information from elected officials, criminal justice administrators, community agency practitioners, the public, and the media. Crime-related databases are continually updated. To remain current in the field, information resources are maintained on a variety of justice issues, as well as potential state and federal funding sources for local criminal justice operations. On a monthly basis, data from more than 20 public safety agencies are compiled, quality-controlled, and analyzed. To reduce regional duplication of effort, a regional criminal justice grants coalition coordinates grant funding requests. Additionally, staff participates as members of several local criminal justice related committees, councils, and strike forces.
Criminal Justice Faxes & Bulletins
The Criminal Justice Research Division provides brief monthly faxes that report on current projects and other topics of interest to criminal justice agencies, school administrators, public officials, city and county administrators, social service and health agencies, and the general public. In addition, the Division also produces CJ Bulletins on arrests, crime, and arrestee drug use on an annual basis, along with other special bulletins. These monthly faxes and CJ Bulletins are featured below in PDF format. Faxes and bulletins from previous years are available in our Criminal Justice Archive.
Current Crime Report - April 2009
CJ Bulletin April 2009 - Twenty-five Years of Crime in the San Diego Region: 1984 through 2008
If you would like to receive the products by e-mail as they are released, please contact Liz Doroski at ldo@sandag.org.
2009 - Faxes
May 2009 - Volume 12 Issue 5
The Unknown Cost and Future of Meth Use In These Uncertain Economic Times
April 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 4
Reentry Program Targets Highest Risk Youth to Help Them Remain Crime-Free
March 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 3
Regional Crime Preview: Violent and Property Crime Continues Downward Trend
February 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 2
Disproportionate Minority Contact: San Diego County's Proactive Response
January 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 1
Prisoner Reentry: Focus on Vocation, Substance Abuse, and Social Supports | 
