Alma Castro shared about the City of Long Beach Criminal Justice Lab as part of our Data Science to Solve Social Problems series

1. CASE STUDY
City of Long Beach
Criminal Justice Lab
Changing how LBPD addresses the
challenge of High Frequency Offenders
Alma Castro, i-team Deputy Director
Alma.Castro@longbeach.gov

2. The primary objective of our research was to better
understand the experience of High-Frequency
Offenders who frequently interact with the Public
Safety Continuum.
Questions of Interest
What are the reasons a high
frequency offender may
repeatedly commit crime?
What are the resources high
frequency offenders need in
order to break the cycle of
crime?
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3. APPROACH
TO THE WORK
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4. Poss Open Container
14% (2,207 Offenses)
Public Consumption
11% (1,774 Offenses)
Park/Beaches-Loitering
9% (1,354 Offenses)
Park/Beaches-No Camping
6% (946 Offenses)
FTA After Written PR
4% (602 Offenses)
Drunk, Alcohol
4% (597 Offenses)
Possess Unlawful Par
3.8% (588 Offenses)
Poss Controlled Subs
2.6% (422 Offenses)
Violation of Parole
2% (316 Offenses)
Littering
2% (307 Offenses)
APPROACH
TO THE WORK
Top Ten Offenses
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5. 5,002
Violent Offenses Analyzed
101,408
Analyzed Offenses
HFOs account for 12%
of all violent offenses
Five years of Arrest & Citation Records between
January 2012 and December 2016
Other Offender
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VIOLENT OFFENSES MAP

6. 85%
of all HFO offenses
are misdemeanors
Five years of Arrest & Citation Records between
January 2012 and December 2016
Misdemeanors by
Police Beat
14%
Felonies
1%
Infraction/Other
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HIGH FREQUENCY OFFENDER MISDEMEANORS

7. Street Address
Intersection
P.O. Box
Service Provider
Transient
41%
3% 1%
8%
47%
Hotel/Motel Other
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ADDRESSES OF HFO POPULATION

8. ADDRESSES OF HFO POPULATION
Five years of Arrest & Citation Records between
January 2012 and December 2016
MHA Village (34)
Safe Refuge (8)
Multi Service Center (6)
Department of Public Social Services (6)
Long Beach Rescue Mission (4)
Catholic Charities (3)
Cabrillo Village (2)
Allen House Residential Treatment Center (1)
Arbor Road Church (1)
Atlantic Recovery (1)
Care Dignity Center (1)
Friends Church (1)
Long Beach Courthouse (1)
Midnight Mission Health Center (1)
Prometric Test Center (1)
Redgate Recovery Center (1)
Tarzana Treatment Center (1)
73 (8%) High Frequency
Offenders reported a service
providers as their address
Residential
Addresses
Motels

9. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
OBSERVATION
SITE VISITS
DATA LANDSCAPING
SYSTEMS
OFFENDER
INTERVIEWS
SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERT
INTERVIEWS
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10. RESEARCH THEMES
AFFIRMATION
FROM PEOPLE
LACK OF FAMILY
SUPPORT FOR
YOUTH
STRUCTURE
OF THE
JUSTICE
SYSTEM
RELATIONSHIPS
& SKILLS
POLICE &
COMMUNITY
JAIL &
PRISON

11. PORTFOLIO APPROACH:
CO-CREATION
Brainstorming Make Connections Storyboarding
Sketch (draw thoughts) See (recognize/decipher) Speak + Listen
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12. PORTFOLIO
APPROACH:
BUILDING EMPATHY
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13. SOLUTION(S)
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14. CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAB
Clinician
in Jail
Citywide Data
Agreement
Data Mart Multi-Disciplinary
Team
Open Data Their Story Rising Scholars
Education Lab
Service
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