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Joel M. Caplan has a PhD (2008) in Social Welfare Policy from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Associate Professor at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice and Director of the Rutgers Center on Public Security (RCPS). He specializes in geospatial analysis and collaborates with people and agencies across many fields to improve research and practice.
As a computational criminologist, and from his grounded perspective as former police officer, 9-1-1 dispatcher, and emergency medical technician, he takes the strengths of several disciplines and builds new methods for the analysis of crime and crime patterns. Joel co-developed (with Leslie W. Kennedy) Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM), for which he received numerous professional awards and honors. Joel is internationally known for RTM and his ability to broker empirical research to practice in meaningful and actionable ways. In 2014, Forbes ranked RTM in a top 5 list of ways to use “big data for social good” that can “dramatically improve the lives of millions of people.” Joel has published dozens of journal articles, books and book chapters on issues of policing, terrorism, corrections, prisoner re-entry, and mental health. He has presented at professional conferences and public safety agencies around the world, and he is an active member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Society of Criminology.
Hobbies include photography, cooking, and D.I.Y. construction. Joel also writes children’s books. A recent book teaches young kids how to recognize an emergency and call 9-1-1. Another book teaches toddlers about strangers and how to avoid harm. Both of these books are used throughout the U.S. for early childhood education and community programming focused on public safety. Joel is professionally driven and his service activities are done with a sincere commitment to assist others and improve the world around him. He appreciates diverse audiences and individuals to achieve a rich understanding of their environs. This makes him an effective leader and a person who gets things accomplished.
As a computational criminologist, and from his grounded perspective as former police officer, 9-1-1 dispatcher, and emergency medical technician, he takes the strengths of several disciplines and builds new methods for the analysis of crime and crime patterns. Joel co-developed (with Leslie W. Kennedy) Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM), for which he received numerous professional awards and honors. Joel is internationally known for RTM and his ability to broker empirical research to practice in meaningful and actionable ways. In 2014, Forbes ranked RTM in a top 5 list of ways to use “big data for social good” that can “dramatically improve the lives of millions of people.” Joel has published dozens of journal articles, books and book chapters on issues of policing, terrorism, corrections, prisoner re-entry, and mental health. He has presented at professional conferences and public safety agencies around the world, and he is an active member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Society of Criminology.
Hobbies include photography, cooking, and D.I.Y. construction. Joel also writes children’s books. A recent book teaches young kids how to recognize an emergency and call 9-1-1. Another book teaches toddlers about strangers and how to avoid harm. Both of these books are used throughout the U.S. for early childhood education and community programming focused on public safety. Joel is professionally driven and his service activities are done with a sincere commitment to assist others and improve the world around him. He appreciates diverse audiences and individuals to achieve a rich understanding of their environs. This makes him an effective leader and a person who gets things accomplished.
a cutting-edge researcher and policy advisor on matters of public safety and security, locally and around the world.