Jerry Ratcliffe It's probably worth re-boosting Eric L. Piza and Nate Connealy's paper on the Seattle police-free zone: it's really strong evidence of something that's hard to get evidence on (because thankfully police strikes are rare). crimrxiv.com/pub/n8lhb37h

Highlighting Tim Hart &my work on hot spots again: we found that crime levels at the 'Top 10' hot spots in several cities were significantly high, stable, & patrollable. Police could initiate a meaningful crime reduction at just 10 places. Post-print: crimrxiv.com/pub/su1enbv0/r…

Pleased to share my piece in @VItalCityNYC “Learning about ShotSpotter—and Gun Violence—from Chicago.” I discuss my colleagues and my National Institute of Justice funded evaluation of ShotSpotter in Chicago & Kansas City and the larger research evidence to contextualize Chicago cancelling ShotSpotter

Good day from Chicago! If you’re at Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference tomorrow (Wed. 3/20) Nate Connealy Daniel Lawrence and I are holding a panel on “Cutting Edge Evaluation Research on Gunshot Detection Technology.” We’re in Willford Room C at 8am. See you bright and early!

(1/6) New #OpenAccess article in J of Experimental Criminology: “Staggered Deployment of Gunshot Detection Technology in Chicago: A Matched Quasi‑Experiment of Gun Violence Outcomes” w/ Nate Connealy & crew doi.org/10.1007/s11292…. Research brief available @ bit.ly/gdt-chi-preven…

Proud Nate Connealy & my article "The effect of the Seattle police-free CHOP zone on crime" is a top cited paper in Criminology & Public Policy from 2022-2023: doi.org/10.1111/1745-9…. For those w/o subscription access an #OpenAccess postprint & research brief available at bit.ly/sea-chop

Thank you to The Conversation U.S. for publishing my essay on my National Institute of Justice funded research on ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City: theconversation.com/i-studied-shot…. #OpenAccess versions of all articles mentioned in the essay are available at bit.ly/gdt-nij.

(1/11) New #OpenAccess article w/ Nate Connealy Savannah Reid & C. Palermo “Using Automated Vehicle Locator Data to Classify Discretionary Police Patrol Across Space" in Journal of Criminal Justice: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcri…. A research brief is available at bit.ly/avl-clusters