John M. MacDonald

University of the Arts — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

56h-index10.3kcitations256works3.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Crime Patterns and Interventions(102), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis(34), Policing Practices and Perceptions(32), Homelessness and Social Issues(27), Gun Ownership and Violence Research(22)

Publications256 total

Fixing Up Places Is Easier Than Fixing People
American Journal of Public Health·2025Open Access
Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale?
Criminology & Public Policy·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Assessing atmospheric CO <sub>2</sub> capture with legacy paper mill waste in Scotland
Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Can Enhanced Street Lighting Improve Public Safety at Scale? 1
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Place-based approaches to reducing violent crime hot spots: A review of the evidence on public health approaches
Aggression and Violent Behavior·2024· 9 cited
Police reform in public housing contexts: Body‐worn cameras, surveillance, and harm reduction in New York City Housing Authority developments
Criminology & Public Policy·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Cities and Policing for Crime Prevention: Refocusing the Agenda to Maximize Benefits and Minimize Unintended Harms
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Does urban development influence crime? Evidence from Philadelphia’s new zoning regulations
Journal of Urban Economics·2024· 7 cited
Shootings and land use
Journal of Criminal Justice·2023· 9 cited
Criminal justice reform guided by evidence: social control works—The Academy of Experimental Criminology 2022 Joan McCord Lecture
Journal of Experimental Criminology·2023· 16 cited
Lessons Learned From a Citywide Abandoned Housing Experiment
Journal of the American Planning Association·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
The Impact of Renovating Vacant Properties into Low-Income Housing Units on Neighborhood Crime
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Private Security and Deterrence
Competitive government·2023
Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods
JAMA Internal Medicine·2022· 65 citedOpen Access
Where racial and ethnic disparities in policing come from: The spatial concentration of arrests across six cities
Criminology & Public Policy·2022· 8 cited
Changes in public–police cooperation following the murder of George Floyd
PNAS Nexus·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Association between race, shooting hot spots, and the surge in gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles
Preventive Medicine·2022· 32 citedOpen Access
Advancing health equity through integrated biology and population health research: A community-based sample cortisol feasibility and exploratory study
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Early life lead exposure from private well water increases juvenile delinquency risk among US teens
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
Do body-worn cameras improve community perceptions of the police? Results from a controlled experimental evaluation
Journal of Experimental Criminology·2021· 17 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Charles C. Branas(8), Michelle C. Kondo(7), Alex R. Piquero(5), Greg Ridgeway(5), Geoffrey P. Alpert(5), Eugenia C. South(4), Bernadette Hohl(4), Robert J. Stokes(4), Roger G. Dunham(3), Angela R. Gover(3), Pamela K. Lattimore(3), Richard A. Berk(2), Robert F. Valois(2), Philip J. Cook(2), Karen F. Parker(2), Patrick W. Manz(2), Richard L. Linster(2), Rose Cheney(1), Vicky Tam(1), Tara Jackson(1)