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 AwardDoes 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.