My research examines the importance of spatial and temporal correlates of crime at the neighborhood level. Or put more simply, I am interested in space, time and crime. I am primarily a quantitative scholar, but I have co-authored theoretical research as well. The primary thrust of my research has focused on interrogating the relationship of gentrification with crime, but I have also examined the importance of neighborhood and community correlates for crime on college campuses and in New Orleans neighborhoods pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina. My current research engages with urban bias in criminology by examining the neighborhood correlates of crime in smaller and medium-sized U.S. cities.
Research Areas:
- Available for Ph.D. Student Advising
- Neighborhood Change and Crime
- Community Correlates of Crime
- Crime in Small and Medium Size Cities
- Crime Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis
