Research

Journal articles

• Overdose Prevention Centers, Crime, and Disorder in New York City, with Aaron Chalfin and Brandon del Pozo. 2023. JAMA Network Open 6(11):e2342228.
  – Open access version available at JAMA Network Open.
  – Replication code and data: Harvard Dataverse.
  – Media coverage: New York Times, Vice News, New York Daily News, Gothamist, JAMA Network Open Conversations.

• Can Deterrence Persist? Long-Term Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Street Lighting, with Sarah Tahamont, Jason Lerner, and Aaron Chalfin. 2022. Criminology & Public Policy 21(4): 865-891.
  – Pre-print version: March 2022.
  – Media coverage: CNN.

• Testing Public Policy at the Frontier: The Effect of the $15 Minimum Wage on Public Safety in Seattle, with Aaron Chalfin. 2021. Criminology & Public Policy 20(2): 291-328.
  – Pre-print version: July 2020.
  – Video presentation: CrimCon 2020.
  – Media coverage: American Society of Criminology Press Release, EurekAlert.

Working papers and in progress*

• Banks Against Crime: The Impact of Home Mortgage on Neighborhood Crime (draft).

• The Long-term Effects of Structural Discrimination on Public Safety: The 1930s Redlining Maps*

• Do Place-based Capital Investment Policies Influence Public Safety? Evidence from the Opportunity Zones Program (draft).
  – First prize, American Society of Criminology 2022 Gene Carte Student Paper Award

• Does Proactive Policing Really Increase Major Crime? Accounting for an Ecological Fallacy, with Aaron Chalfin and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. (draft), Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics.

• Does Urban Development Influence Crime? Evidence from Philadelphia’s New Zoning Regulations, with John M. MacDonald (draft, video), Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Urban Economics.