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 2010
Twenty-five Years of Crime in the San Diego Region: 1985 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.
2010 - Faxes
August 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 8
Locally Initiated Research Finds Most Arrestees are Not on Probation
August 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 7
A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Gang Activity in the City of San Diego
July2010 - Volume 12 Issue 6
SB 618 San Diego County Prisoner Reentry Program: Preliminary Outcomes
May 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 5
Monitoring Marijuana Use Among Youth
April 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 4
Tackling the Misuse of Prescription Drugs
March 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 3
Regional Crime Preview: Violent and Property Crime at a New 25 Year Low
February 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 2
Local Treatment Provider Demonstrates Success with High-Risk Youth
January 2010 - Volume 12 Issue 1
Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration Helps North County Cities Fight Gang-Related Crime
2009 - Faxes
December 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 12
San Diego Arrestees Less Likely to Use Marijuana and Cocaine, But More Likely to Use Methamphetamine
November 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 11
California's Prison Reform Could Increase Local Detention Population and Costs
October 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 10
One in Three Adult Arrestees Also Arrested as a Juvenile
September 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 9
Local Public Safety Agencies Take Steps to Reduce Impact of Budget Cuts
August 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 8
Evaluation as a Means to Successful Program Implementation
July 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 7
Project Safe Neighborhoods: Stregthening Local Partnerships to Reduce Gun Violence
June 2009 - Volume 11 Issue 6
Homicide Victimization Varies by Age, Ethnicity, and Motive
May 2009 - Volume 11 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 | 
