John MacDonald — Publications

Sources of Organizational Variability in Fatal Police Shootings in the USA

2025
The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police

2016
Decomposing Racial Disparities in Prison and Drug Treatment Commitments for Criminal Offenders in California

2014
Disparities in Criminal Court Referrals to Drug Treatment and Prison for Minority Men

2013
Reducing Crime by Shaping the Built Environment with Zoning: An Empirical Study of Los Angeles

2013
Are Immigrant Youth Less Violent? Specifying the Reasons and Mechanisms

2012
The Effect of Business Improvement Districts on the Incidence of Violent Crimes

2010
The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity

2010
Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing

2010
Doubly Robust Internal Benchmarking and False Discovery Rates for Detecting Racial Bias in Police Stops

2009
Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles

2009
The Efficacy of the Rio Hondo DUI Court: A 2-Year Field Experiment

2007
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Report

2007
Is the Drug Court Model Exportable? The Cost-Effectiveness of a Driving-Under-The-Influence Court

2006
Police Suspicion and Discretionary Decision Making During Citizen Stops

2006
Reducing Terrorism Risk at Shopping Centers: An Analysis of Potential Security Options

2006
Concentrated Disadvantage and Youth-On-Youth Homicide: Assessing the Structural Covariates Over Time

2005
Data-Driven Homicide Prevention: An Examination of Five Project Safe Neighborhoods Target Areas

2005
Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati

2005
The Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Risk-Taking Behaviors, and Youth Violence

2005
Self-Control, Violent Offending, and Homicide Victimization: Assessing the General Theory of Crime

2005
Interactive Police-Citizen Encounters That Result in Force

2004
Reducing Violence in Hayward, California: Learning from Homicides

2004
Studying the Characteristics of Arrest Frequency Among Paroled Youthful Offenders

2004
Police Use of Force: An Analysis of Organizational Characteristics

2001

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John MacDonald — Publications

Sources of Organizational Variability in Fatal Police Shootings in the USA

The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police

Decomposing Racial Disparities in Prison and Drug Treatment Commitments for Criminal Offenders in California

Disparities in Criminal Court Referrals to Drug Treatment and Prison for Minority Men

Reducing Crime by Shaping the Built Environment with Zoning: An Empirical Study of Los Angeles

Are Immigrant Youth Less Violent? Specifying the Reasons and Mechanisms

The Effect of Business Improvement Districts on the Incidence of Violent Crimes

The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity

Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing

Doubly Robust Internal Benchmarking and False Discovery Rates for Detecting Racial Bias in Police Stops

Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles

The Efficacy of the Rio Hondo DUI Court: A 2-Year Field Experiment

Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Report

Is the Drug Court Model Exportable? The Cost-Effectiveness of a Driving-Under-The-Influence Court

Police Suspicion and Discretionary Decision Making During Citizen Stops

Reducing Terrorism Risk at Shopping Centers: An Analysis of Potential Security Options

Concentrated Disadvantage and Youth-On-Youth Homicide: Assessing the Structural Covariates Over Time

Data-Driven Homicide Prevention: An Examination of Five Project Safe Neighborhoods Target Areas

Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati

The Relationship Between Life Satisfaction, Risk-Taking Behaviors, and Youth Violence

Self-Control, Violent Offending, and Homicide Victimization: Assessing the General Theory of Crime

Interactive Police-Citizen Encounters That Result in Force

Reducing Violence in Hayward, California: Learning from Homicides

Studying the Characteristics of Arrest Frequency Among Paroled Youthful Offenders

Police Use of Force: An Analysis of Organizational Characteristics