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The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity by MacDonald, John M., PhD, Stokes, Robert J., PhD, Cohen, Deborah A., MD, MPH, Kofner, Aaron, MS, Ridgeway, Greg K., PhD

“…Background The built environment can constrain or facilitate physical activity. Most studies of the health consequences of the built environment face problems…”
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Propensity Score Analysis with Survey Weighted Data by Ridgeway Greg, Kovalchik Stephanie Ann, Griffin Beth Ann, Kabeto Mohammed U.

“…Propensity score analysis (PSA) is a common method for estimating treatment effects, but researchers dealing with data from survey designs are generally not…”
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Doubly Robust Internal Benchmarking and False Discovery Rates for Detecting Racial Bias in Police Stops by Ridgeway, Greg, MacDonald, John M.

“…Allegations of racially biased policing are a contentious issue in many communities. Processes that flag potential problem officers have become a key component…”
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Statisticians Engage in Gun Violence Research by Ridgeway, Greg, Rosenberger, James L., Xue, Lingzhou

“…Government reports document more than 14,000 homicides and more than 195,000 aggravated assaults with firearms in 2017. In addition, there were 346 mass…”
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The Role of Individual Officer Characteristics in Police Shootings by Ridgeway, Greg

“…Assessing whether individual characteristics of police officers such as age, race, and prior performance influence police behavior has been a long-standing…”
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Policing in the Era of Big Data by Ridgeway, Greg

“…Fifty years ago, the 1967 President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice urged the rapid adoption of information technology to improve…”
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Judges on the Benchmark: Developing a Sentencing Feedback System by Nguyen, Viet, Ridgeway, Greg

“…Judges receive limited information on how their sentencing practices contribute to inter-judge sentencing disparities which can undermine equity and the…”
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Bayesian inference for the distribution of grams of marijuana in a joint by Ridgeway, Greg, Kilmer, Beau

“…Highlights • Estimates of the average weight of marijuana in a joint is critical for drug policy. • Data on loose marijuana and joint purchases provide…”
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Looking for lumps: boosting and bagging for density estimation by Ridgeway, Greg

“…The solution to data mining problems often involves discovering non-linear relationships in large, noisy datasets. Bagging, boosting, and their variations have…”
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STOP-AND-FRISK IS ESSENTIAL ... AND REQUIRES RESTRAINT by Ridgeway, Greg

“…"Stop-and-frisk" is a policing tactic in which officers briefly stop suspicious individuals to determine whether they are criminally involved and, if they have…”
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Officer Risk Factors Associated with Police Shootings: A Matched Case-Control Study by Ridgeway, Greg

“…Particularly with the resurgence of concern over police use of deadly force, there is a pressing need to understand the risk factors that lead to police…”
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RESPONSE TO FAGAN by Ridgeway, Greg

“…Every policy decision involves trade-offs. Professor Fagan's point enumerates several of the key trade-offs that cities debating stop-and-frisk must make. As…”
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RESPONSE TO FAGAN: Point/Counterpoint by Ridgeway, Greg

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STOP-AND-FRISK IS ESSENTIAL … AND REQUIRES RESTRAINT: Point/Counterpoint by Ridgeway, Greg

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Loss Function Based Ranking in Two-Stage, Hierarchical Models by Lin, Rongheng, Louis, Thomas A, Paddock, Susan M, Ridgeway, Greg

“…Performance evaluations of health services providers burgeons. Similarly, analyzing spatially related health information, ranking teachers and schools, and…”
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Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearm Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeles by Ridgeway, Greg, Pierce, Glenn L, Braga, Anthony A, Tita, George, Wintemute, Garen

“…Could a data-driven, problem-solving approach yield new interventions to disrupt local, illegal gun markets serving criminals, gang members, and juveniles in…”
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Experiments in Criminology: Improving Our Understanding of Crime and the Criminal Justice System by Ridgeway, Greg

“…Crime is costly, yet we understand little about it. The United States justice system costs $280 billion per year, but compared to other areas, such as medicine…”
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Effect of public transit on crime: evidence from SEPTA strikes in Philadelphia by Wu, Yuhao, Ridgeway, Greg

“…Objectives We use the temporary closings of subway stations in Philadelphia to examine the effects of public transit on crime in the nearby communities…”
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Testing for Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops From Behind a Veil of Darkness by Grogger, Jeffrey, Ridgeway, Greg

“…The key problem in testing for racial profiling in traffic stops is estimating the risk set, or "benchmark," against which to compare the race distribution of…”
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Today's Police and Sheriff Recruits: Insights from the Newest Members of America's Law Enforcement Community by Castaneda, Laura Werber, Ridgeway, Greg

“…For much of the past decade, police and sheriff's departments faced considerable challenges in attracting and retaining recruits. This volume summarizes a…”
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