Conover, TheresaDr. Theresa Conover - Assistant Professor, Justice and Community Studieshttp://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/60122024-03-29T10:46:23Z2024-03-29T10:46:23ZOhio Civic Health Index ReportForren, John P.Conover, Theresa Ervinhttp://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/61372017-06-27T03:06:02ZOhio Civic Health Index Report
Forren, John P.; Conover, Theresa Ervin
The 2016 Ohio Civic Health Index Report (OCHI) is the product of an ongoing partnership between the National Conference
on Citizenship (NCoC) – a Washington, D.C.-based organization chartered by Congress in 1953 – and Miami University, a public institution located in southwestern Ohio. As its title suggests, the Report, now in its sixth iteration, provides Ohioans with a periodic assessment of the degree to which Buckeye State residents forge bonds with their fellow citizens, interact with their local communities, and participate meaningfully in political and civic affairs. By examining various statewide indicators of civic engagement – including rates of volunteerism, charitable giving, group participation, voting behavior, non-voting political action, and informal social connectedness – the 2016 Ohio Civic Health Index Report presents educators, policymakers, and community leaders with a multi-faceted look at the strength of our communities and the overall vitality of our democracy. When appropriate, the Report provides benchmarks for comparison with the recent past in Ohio and with similar findings from other states.
The Police Engaging the Business Community: Using Survey Research to Examine NeedsConover, Theresa Ervinhttp://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/61362017-06-27T02:57:49ZThe Police Engaging the Business Community: Using Survey Research to Examine Needs
Conover, Theresa Ervin
This case study describes a survey research project in an experiential, classroom/field setting. It provides an example of the collaboration between a practitioner agency (police department) and researcher (the University). The research project provided students hands-on experience ‘doing’ survey research and they actively participated in the process from start to finish. The project gave students the opportunity to engage with the community, understand the issues that are important to local businesses as they relate to public safety, and perhaps most importantly, increased students' understanding of the research process which they will be able to use once they are practitioners themselves.
Policing on Demand: An Observational Study of Mobilization and Citizen Encounters across CommunitiesConover, Theresa ErvinLiederbach, Johnhttp://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/61352017-06-27T02:54:37ZPolicing on Demand: An Observational Study of Mobilization and Citizen Encounters across Communities
Conover, Theresa Ervin; Liederbach, John
Abstract
Police scholars generally accept that officers behave differently across communities and that those differences are
influenced by specific community-level measures. This consensus is based on surprisingly scant empirical support,
however. Studies designed to identify and explain community variation in police behavior have thus far largely
ignored the issue of mobilization, or the various ways in which communities demand police services. This study
provides information on how communities influence police using data collected through the systematic social
observation of police officers. The study includes measures designed to capture the specific manner in which the
police were mobilized, including instances where the police were dispatched through calls-for-service as well as
non-dispatched activities. Findings demonstrate that communities vary in regard to both the types of problems
handled by the police and the manner in which the police are mobilized. These differences are correlated with
specific community-level measures.
Integrating Community-based Research into a Criminal Justice Capstone CourseConover, Theresa Ervinhttp://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/61342017-06-27T02:51:44ZIntegrating Community-based Research into a Criminal Justice Capstone Course
Conover, Theresa Ervin
There have been a number of themes influencing teaching approaches in undergraduate education in recent years. These include experiential learning and an emphasis on providing research opportunities to students. Couple these themes with the current emphasis in the criminal justice field for researcher–practitioner collaboration and the confluence points toward a
community-based research (CBR) approach. This study discusses CBR pedagogy and provides a specific example of its implementation in a criminal justice capstone course. Student outcomes indicate that CBR is a positive way to integrate collaborative, experiential research opportunities for undergraduate students.