Samantha Rhinerson, M.A.
Senior Program Manager II
Training & Technical Assistance Division
Bio
Samantha Rhinerson is a Senior Program Manager II at NPI with nearly eight years of experience managing and providing training and technical assistance (TTA) nationally. She currently manages TTA for the Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI), which is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). In addition, she co-manages TTA for the Community Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS) Critical Response Program.
Before joining NPI, Ms. Rhinerson helped manage and deliver TTA on numerous multi-million-dollar grants and cooperative agreements, including the National Public Safety Partnership, Body-Worn Cameras TTA, National Training and Technical Assistance Center, Project Safe Neighborhoods, and Collaborative Reform. She also worked on after-action reviews for the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department, and the National Institute of Justice Correctional Officer Safety Equipment Study.
Ms. Rhinerson holds a Master of Arts in Forensic and Legal Psychology from Marymount University and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Jacksonville State University.
Publications
National Policing Institute. (2024, September). Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative 2023 Annual Report.
National Policing Institute. (2023, November). Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative 2022 Annual Report.
Rhinerson, S. (2019, July). Collaboration across the criminal justice system: Policing and prosecution [Executive session summary]. CNA Corporation. https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/ExecSum_Policing_Prosecution_Final_V2.pdf
Rhinerson, S., & Rodriguez, D. (2019, July). Strategic approaches to violent crime: The Arlington, Texas, Police Department’s Operation Safety Net. CNA Corporation. https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/e101830895_cna_spotlights_arlingtonsafetynet_final_new_508.pdf
Rhinerson, S., & Rodriguez, D. (2019, July). Using technology to address violent crime: The Arlington, Texas, Police Department’s unmanned aerial systems programs. CNA Corporation. https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/e101830895_CNA_Spotlights_ArlingtonUAS_Final_508.pdf
Rhinerson, S. (2019, March). Collaboration across the criminal justice system: Officer safety and wellness [Executive session summary]. CNA Corporation. https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/officer%20safety%20and%20wellness-executive%20session.pdf
Rhinerson, S. (2019, January). Targeting high-risk offenders: A collaboration between a probation department and a police department [Case study]. National Public Safety Partnership, CNA Corporation. https://nationalpublicsafetypartnership.org/clearinghouse/Resource/805
CNA Corporation. (2018). Technology assessment summary. National Public Safety Partnership. https://nationalpublicsafetypartnership.org/clearinghouse/Resource/813
Rhinerson, S. (2018, August). Collaborating to reduce violent crime in Compton, California [Case study]. National Public Safety Partnership, CNA Corporation. https://www.nationalpublicsafetypartnership.org/clearinghouse/Resource/818
Rhinerson, S. (2018, April). Innovative approaches to addressing violent crime: Technology, intelligence, and analytics [Executive session summary]. CNA Corporation. https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/CIM-2018-U-017467-Final.pdf
Rhinerson, S. (2018, January). National Public Safety Partnership: Crime analysis case study. CNA Corporation. https://nationalpublicsafetypartnership.org/clearinghouse/Resource/792
Rhinerson, S. (2017, November). Innovative approaches to addressing violent crime [Executive session summary]. CNA Corporation. https://www.cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/CSI-2017-U-016357-Final.pdf
Hargreaves-Cormany, H., Burke, S., & Rhinerson, S. (2019). Theories of noncontact sexual offending. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology.
Hargreaves-Cormany, H., & Rhinerson, S. (2019). Social learning and environmental determinants of psychopathy. In The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology.
Rhinerson, S., & Mellen, R. (2016, March/April). Perceptions of the criminal justice system. American Jails, 1, 33–36.
Areas of Focus
- Project management
- Violent crime reduction
- Training & technical assistance
- After-action reviews
- Data analytics