Search Results - "De Biasi, Alaina"

Firearm purchasing and firearm violence during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study by Schleimer, Julia P., McCort, Christopher D., Shev, Aaron B., Pear, Veronica A., Tomsich, Elizabeth, De Biasi, Alaina, Buggs, Shani, Laqueur, Hannah S., Wintemute, Garen J.

“…BackgroundFirearm violence is a significant public health problem in the United States. A surge in firearm purchasing following the onset of the coronavirus…”
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Ignored but not Forgotten: The Broken Windows Tipping Point and the Question of Functional Form by De Biasi, Alaina

“…Abstract Wilson and Kelling provide a simple instruction to address disorder: direct limited police resources to neighbourhoods at the tipping point. In doing…”
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Capturing Crime at the Micro-place: A Spatial Approach to Inform Buffer Size by De Biasi, Alaina, Circo, Giovanni

“…Objectives The current study develops a methodology to identify spatially relevant buffer sizes for micro-place evaluation research. It applies this…”
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Neighborhood Racial and Economic Segregation and Disparities in Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Schleimer, Julia P, Buggs, Shani A, McCort, Christopher D, Pear, Veronica A, Biasi, Alaina De, Tomsich, Elizabeth, Shev, Aaron B, Laqueur, Hannah S, Wintemute, Garen J

“…To describe associations between neighborhood racial and economic segregation and violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. For 13 US cities, we obtained zip…”
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Decision Making in the Real World: Unpacking the Black Box of the Decision Process for Youth Violence by Gibbs, Carole, Cobbina-Dungy, Jennifer E., De Biasi, Alaina, Rivers, Louie, Light, Jessica, Momenee, Taylor

“…Criminologists typically test rational choice theory by examining the relationship between one aspect of decision making—the perceived costs and benefits of…”
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Understanding the Criminogenic Properties of Vacant Housing: A Mixed Methods Approach by Porter, Lauren C., De Biasi, Alaina, Mitchell, Susanne, Curtis, Andrew, Jefferis, Eric

“…Objectives: Abandoned houses may attract or generate crime; however, little is known about the nature of this relationship. Our study is aimed at better…”
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Unemployment and Crime in US Cities During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Schleimer, Julia P., Pear, Veronica A., McCort, Christopher D., Shev, Aaron B., De Biasi, Alaina, Tomsich, Elizabeth, Buggs, Shani, Laqueur, Hannah S., Wintemute, Garen J.

“…Unemployment and violence both increased during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States (US), but no studies to our knowledge have examined their…”
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Physical Distancing, Violence, and Crime in US Cities during the Coronavirus Pandemic by Schleimer, Julia P., McCort, Christopher D., Tomsich, Elizabeth A., Pear, Veronica A., De Biasi, Alaina, Buggs, Shani, Laqueur, Hannah S., Shev, Aaron B., Wintemute, Garen J.

“…Violent crime increased and most property crime decreased in many United States (US) cities during the coronavirus pandemic. Using negative binomial…”
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Ghost guns and crime: a tale of two California cities by De Biasi, Alaina, Braga, Anthony A, Velasquez, Brad, Wintemute, Garen

“…Privately made firearms (PMFs) or "ghost guns" are homemade, unserialized, untraceable firearms that have been increasingly used in violent crime in the United…”
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Community Engagement in Crime Reduction Strategies: A Tale of Three Cities by Nubani, Linda, Fierke-Gmazel, Harmony, Madill, Holly, De Biasi, Alaina

“…Violent crimes in the United States rose for the first time in four years in 2020 (FBI, 2020). The typical and seeming logical response by communities and…”
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The impact of the Detroit crime gun intelligence center on fatal and nonfatal shooting clearance rates by De Biasi, Alaina

“…Crime Gun Intelligence Centers (CGICs) are organized around the investigation of repeat shooting events that are connected through intelligence derived from…”
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Time-to-first shooting: a complementary measure to time-to-crime by De Biasi, Alaina

“…This study identifies the challenges and benefits of leveraging data systems managed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives toward…”
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Transforming vacant lots: Investigating an alternative approach to reducing fear of crime by De Biasi, Alaina

“…This preliminary study considers whether incorporating fundamental standards of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) into traditional urban…”
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“It’s the Best Thing in the World Around Here”: The Potential for Protective Places in a High Crime Neighborhood by Porter, Lauren C., De Biasi, Alaina, Jefferis, Eric, Curtis, Andrew

“…Our study explores whether certain establishments repel crime in a high-crime neighborhood. We draw on interviews with 35 neighborhood insiders in 2014 and…”
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Squatting and adverse possession by De Biasi, Alaina

“…In communities across the United States, abandoned properties serve as vestiges of past economic events that continue to contribute to neighbourhood…”
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Squatting and adverse possession: Countering neighbourhood blight and disinvestment by De Biasi, Alaina

“…In communities across the United States, abandoned properties serve as vestiges of past economic events that continue to contribute to neighbourhood…”
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A micro-place evaluation of the relationship between 'risky places' and risk perceptions by De Biasi, Alaina, Carr, James, Almanza, Matthew, Zwickle, Adam

“…The movement towards micro-place level assessments has contributed to the growing popularity of place-based police strategies. Complementing this movement,…”
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The impact of living in an un‐ or under‐furnished house on individuals who transitioned from homelessness by Nubani, Linda, De Biasi, Alaina, Ruemenapp, Marie A., Tams, Lisa D., Boyle, Robert

“…Very few empirical evaluations have been conducted on the impact of furniture on the lives of those who have transitioned from homelessness into permanent…”
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Assessing causal effects under treatment heterogeneity: an evaluation of a CCTV program in Detroit by Circo, Giovanni, McGarrell, Edmund F., Rogers, June Werdlow, Krupa, Julie M., De Biasi, Alaina

“…Objectives This study examines the effect Project Green Light Detroit (PGLD), an integrated CCTV program, on crime at commercial and non-commercial city…”
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Law Enforcement Officer Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, and Willingness to Use Extreme Risk Protection Orders by Pear, Veronica A, De Biasi, Alaina, Charbonneau, Amanda

“…Understanding knowledge of, attitudes toward, and willingness to use extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws among law enforcement officers (LEOs) can inform…”
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