Criminology Colloquium Series - Charles Loeffler: "Detecting Gunshots Using Wearable Accelerometers"

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Criminology Colloquium Series - Charles Loeffler: "Detecting Gunshots Using Wearable Accelerometers"

Sep 18, 2014 at - | The Jerry Lee Center, 3809 Walnut St.

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Jerry Lee Assistant Professor of Criminology
Description

Gun violence continues to be a staggering and seemingly intractable issue in many communities. The prevalence of gun violence among the sub-population of individuals under court-ordered community supervision provides an opportunity for intervention using remote monitoring technology. Existing monitoring systems rely heavily on location-based monitoring methods, which have incomplete geographic coverage and do not provide information on illegal firearm use.