Kenneth J Novak
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth J Novak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth J |
| FAMILY NAME | Novak |
| SIGNATURE | NOVAK K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9719-5366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Timely Intelligence Enhances Criminal Investigations
The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN), a database of ballistic evidence from crime scenes, seeks to provide investigative leads by linking separate offenses involving the same weapons. Using surveys about 570 gun crimes in Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Phoenix, we examine perceptions of NIBIN, and whether lead timeliness influences those perceptions. Detectives who receive NIBIN leads sooner after a crime occurs have sig…
Firearm shootings and the police response
This study explores the impact of gunshot detection technology (GDT) in Denver, CO, Milwaukee, WI, and Richmond, CA on officer workload and response times to firearm shooting notifications. All three departments experienced a twofold increase of being alerted to shooting incidents following GDT implementation, leading to a two- to threefold increase in staff time allocated to responding to these incidents. Response times to specific events were g…
Racial Threat, Suspicion, and Police Behavior
Racial bias in traffic enforcement has become a popular line of inquiry, but examinations into explanations for the disparity have been scant. The current research integrates theoretical insights from the racial threat hypothesis with inferences drawn from the empirical analyses of the factors that stimulate officer suspicion. The most intriguing finding from this beat-level examination of the structural predictors of several traffic stop outcome…
Assessing the relationship between individual characteristics, neighborhood context, and fear of crime
Reasonable officers, public perceptions, and policy challenges
Identifying variation in police officer behavior between juveniles and adults
Exploring the Basis of Citizens’ Attitudes Toward the Police
During the past 20 years, there has been an expanding body of research examining citizens’ attitudes toward the police. Most of this research has been directed at assessing the determinants of these attitudes. In contrast, less attention has been focused on the reasons why citizens hold certain attitudes. The present study uses the survey responses of 613 residents of a midwestern city to examine the information accessed by citizens when respondi…
Exploring officers' acceptance of community policing
Multijurisdictional drug task forces
Multijurisdictional drug task forces
Exploring officers' acceptance of community policing
Exploring the Basis of Citizens’ Attitudes Toward the Police
During the past 20 years, there has been an expanding body of research examining citizens’ attitudes toward the police. Most of this research has been directed at assessing the determinants of these attitudes. In contrast, less attention has been focused on the reasons why citizens hold certain attitudes. The present study uses the survey responses of 613 residents of a midwestern city to examine the information accessed by citizens when respondi…
Reasonable officers, public perceptions, and policy challenges
Identifying variation in police officer behavior between juveniles and adults
Assessing the relationship between individual characteristics, neighborhood context, and fear of crime
Racial Threat, Suspicion, and Police Behavior
Racial bias in traffic enforcement has become a popular line of inquiry, but examinations into explanations for the disparity have been scant. The current research integrates theoretical insights from the racial threat hypothesis with inferences drawn from the empirical analyses of the factors that stimulate officer suspicion. The most intriguing finding from this beat-level examination of the structural predictors of several traffic stop outcome…
Firearm shootings and the police response
This study explores the impact of gunshot detection technology (GDT) in Denver, CO, Milwaukee, WI, and Richmond, CA on officer workload and response times to firearm shooting notifications. All three departments experienced a twofold increase of being alerted to shooting incidents following GDT implementation, leading to a two- to threefold increase in staff time allocated to responding to these incidents. Response times to specific events were g…
Timely Intelligence Enhances Criminal Investigations
The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN), a database of ballistic evidence from crime scenes, seeks to provide investigative leads by linking separate offenses involving the same weapons. Using surveys about 570 gun crimes in Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Phoenix, we examine perceptions of NIBIN, and whether lead timeliness influences those perceptions. Detectives who receive NIBIN leads sooner after a crime occurs have sig…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)