John M. MacDonald

John M. MacDonald

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 59

North America-United States

About John M. MacDonald

John M. MacDonald, With an exceptional h-index of 59 and a recent h-index of 43 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Pennsylvania, specializes in the field of criminology, crime, public policy, applied statistics, epidemiology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Defund the police? Considerations for reducing gang violence

Lessons learned from a citywide abandoned housing experiment

Does urban development influence crime? Evidence from Philadelphia’s new zoning regulations

849 Defund the Police? Considerations for Reducing Gang Violence

Where racial and ethnic disparities in policing come from: The spatial concentration of arrests across six cities

The Impact of Renovating Vacant Properties into Low-Income Housing Units on Neighborhood Crime

Understand—and Act On—the Realities of Criminal Offending; Facts and proven policies should guide effective reforms.

Effect of abandoned housing interventions on gun violence, perceptions of safety, and substance use in Black neighborhoods: a citywide cluster randomized trial

John M. MacDonald Information

University

Position

Department of Criminology

Citations(all)

11462

Citations(since 2020)

5566

Cited By

7974

hIndex(all)

59

hIndex(since 2020)

43

i10Index(all)

116

i10Index(since 2020)

100

Email

University Profile Page

University of Pennsylvania

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John M. MacDonald Skills & Research Interests

criminology

crime

public policy

applied statistics

epidemiology

Top articles of John M. MacDonald

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Defund the police? Considerations for reducing gang violence

Anthony A Braga

John M MacDonald

George Tita

2024/1/23

Lessons learned from a citywide abandoned housing experiment

Journal of the American Planning Association

John MacDonald

Ahuva Jacobowitz

Jason Gravel

Mitchell Smith

Robert Stokes

...

2024/1/2

Does urban development influence crime? Evidence from Philadelphia’s new zoning regulations

Journal of Urban Economics

David Mitre-Becerril

John M MacDonald

2024/7/1

849 Defund the Police? Considerations for Reducing Gang Violence

Anthony A Braga

John M MacDonald

George Tita

2024/1/23

Where racial and ethnic disparities in policing come from: The spatial concentration of arrests across six cities

Criminology & Public Policy

Roland Neil

John M MacDonald

2023/2

The Impact of Renovating Vacant Properties into Low-Income Housing Units on Neighborhood Crime

Available at SSRN 4374672

Benjamin Ukert

John MacDonald

Michelle Kondo

2023

Understand—and Act On—the Realities of Criminal Offending; Facts and proven policies should guide effective reforms.

City Journal

John M Macdonald

2023/11/13

Effect of abandoned housing interventions on gun violence, perceptions of safety, and substance use in Black neighborhoods: a citywide cluster randomized trial

JAMA internal medicine

Eugenia C South

John M Macdonald

Vicky W Tam

Greg Ridgeway

Charles C Branas

2023/1/1

Private Security and Deterrence

Jonathan Klick

John MacDonald

2023/11/9

Shootings and land use

Journal of Criminal Justice

Alex Knorre

John MacDonald

2023/5/1

Criminal justice reform guided by evidence: social control works—the academy of experimental criminology 2022 Joan McCord Lecture

Journal of Experimental Criminology

John MacDonald

2023/2/27

Advancing health equity through integrated biology and population health research: A community-based sample cortisol feasibility and exploratory study

Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology

Robin Ortiz

Joshua J Joseph

Charlie C Branas

John M MacDonald

Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako

...

2022/8/1

Early life lead exposure from private well water increases juvenile delinquency risk among US teens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

John M MacDonald

Michael Fisher

Xiwei Chen

Aralia Pawlick

...

2022/2/8

Body‐worn cameras, lawful police stops, and NYPD officer compliance: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Criminology

Anthony A Braga

John M MacDonald

James McCabe

2022/2

The effects of vacant lot greening and the impact of land use and business presence on crime

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Jesse Cui

Shane T Jensen

John MacDonald

2022/2

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

John MacDonald

George Mohler

P Jeffrey Brantingham

2022/12/1

Changes in Public-Police Cooperation Following the Murder of George Floyd P. Jeffrey Brantingham* Department of Anthropology 341 Haines Hall, UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90230

George Mohler

John MacDonald

2022

Changes in public–police cooperation following the murder of George Floyd

PNAS nexus

P Jeffrey Brantingham

George Mohler

John MacDonald

2022/11

Reducing crime by remediating vacant lots: the moderating effect of nearby land uses

Journal of experimental criminology

John Macdonald

Viet Nguyen

Shane T Jensen

Charles C Branas

2021/1/31

Do body-worn cameras improve community perceptions of the police? Results from a controlled experimental evaluation

Journal of experimental criminology

Anthony A Braga

John M MacDonald

Lisa M Barao

2021/11/22

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Co-Authors

H-index: 132
Alex Piquero

Alex Piquero

University of Miami

H-index: 66
Geoffrey P. Alpert

Geoffrey P. Alpert

University of South Carolina

H-index: 62
John R. Hipp

John R. Hipp

University of California, Irvine

H-index: 62
Philippe Bourgois

Philippe Bourgois

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 58
Douglas J. Wiebe

Douglas J. Wiebe

University of Pennsylvania

H-index: 55
Greg Ridgeway

Greg Ridgeway

University of Pennsylvania

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