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J. MacDonald

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h-index: 53
Works: 181
Citations: 9,477

Most-cited papers

Citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime, and fear
C. Branas, Eugenia C. South, M. Kondo, Bernadette C. Hohl +3 more
2018Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America426 citations Open access
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Effect of Greening Vacant Land on Mental Health of Community-Dwelling Adults
Eugenia C. South, Bernadette C. Hohl, M. Kondo, J. MacDonald +1 more
2018JAMA Network Open356 citations Open access
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The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity
J. MacDonald, R. Stokes, D. Cohen, A. Kofner +1 more
2010American Journal of Preventive Medicine262 citations Open access
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Public Safety through Private Action: an Economic Assessment of BIDS*
Philip J. Cook, J. MacDonald
2011174 citations Open access
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The Effects of Immigrant Concentration on Changes in Neighborhood Crime Rates
J. MacDonald, John R. Hipp, Charlotte Gill
2013167 citations Open access
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Neighborhood Interventions to Reduce Violence.
M. Kondo, E. Andreyeva, Eugenia C. South, J. MacDonald +1 more
2018Annual Review of Public Health161 citations Open access
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A Difference-In-Differences Study of the Effects of a New Abandoned Building Remediation Strategy on Safety
M. Kondo, Danya E. Keene, Bernadette C. Hohl, J. MacDonald +1 more
2015PLoS ONE135 citations Open access
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Urban Blight Remediation as a Cost-Beneficial Solution to Firearm Violence.
C. Branas, M. Kondo, S. Murphy, Eugenia C. South +2 more
2016American Journal of Public Health133 citations Open access
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The Effects of Local Police Surges on Crime and Arrests in New York City
J. MacDonald, Jeffrey A. Fagan, A. Geller
2016PLoS ONE130 citations Open access
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Reducing Crime by Shaping the Built Environment with Zoning
James M. Anderson, J. MacDonald, R. Bluthenthal, J. Ashwood
2013103 citations Open access
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Policing the homeless: An evaluation of efforts to reduce homeless-related crime
R. Berk, J. MacDonald
201095 citations
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Community Design and Crime: The Impact of Housing and the Built Environment
J. MacDonald
2015Crime and justice91 citations
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Count Models in Criminology
J. MacDonald, P. Lattimore
201088 citations
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The effect of business improvement districts on the incidence of violent crimes
J. MacDonald, D. Golinelli, R. Stokes, R. Bluthenthal
2010Injury Prevention84 citations Open access
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Effect of Remediating Blighted Vacant Land on Shootings: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial.
Ruth A. Moyer, J. MacDonald, G. Ridgeway, C. Branas
2019American Journal of Public Health80 citations Open access
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The World in a City
J. MacDonald, R. Sampson
201280 citations
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Children drinking private well water have higher blood lead than those with city water
J. Gibson, Michael B Fisher, Allison Clonch, J. MacDonald +1 more
2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America78 citations Open access
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EXAMINING THE GENERALITY OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT–CRIME ASSOCIATION†
M. Aaltonen, J. MacDonald, P. Martikainen, Janne Kivivuori
201368 citations
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Creating Safe And Healthy Neighborhoods With Place-Based Violence Interventions
Bernadette C. Hohl, M. Kondo, Sandhya Kajeepeta, J. MacDonald +3 more
2019Health Affairs66 citations Open access
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Disparities in criminal court referrals to drug treatment and prison for minority men.
N. Nicosia, J. MacDonald, J. Arkes
2013American Journal of Public Health60 citations Open access
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Are Immigrant Youth Less Violent? Specifying the Reasons and Mechanisms
J. MacDonald, J. Saunders
201260 citations
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Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial.
Eugenia C. South, J. MacDonald, Vicky W. Tam, G. Ridgeway +1 more
2022JAMA Internal Medicine59 citations
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The Downstream Effects of Bail and Pretrial Detention on Racial Disparities in Incarceration
Ellen A. Donnelly, J. MacDonald
201855 citations
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The effect of private police on crime: evidence from a geographic regression discontinuity design
J. MacDonald, Jonathan Klick, Ben Grunwald
201655 citations Open access
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Document Title: A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes: Final Report to the National Institute of Justice
Michael R. Smith, R. Kaminski, G. Alpert, Lorie A. Fridell +1 more
201052 citations
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Association Between Structural Housing Repairs for Low-Income Homeowners and Neighborhood Crime
Eugenia C. South, J. MacDonald, Vincent J. Reina
2021JAMA Network Open51 citations Open access
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A Developmental Approach for Measuring the Severity of Crimes
R. Ramchand, J. MacDonald, Amelia M. Haviland, A. Morral
200951 citations
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Reducing Crime by Remediating Vacant Lots: The Moderating Effect of Nearby Land Uses
J. MacDonald, Viet Nguyen Viet, Shane T. Jensen, C. Branas
2021Journal of Experimental Criminology48 citations Open access
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Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing
G. Ridgeway, J. MacDonald
201048 citations
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Effect of Rail Transit on Crime: A Study of Los Angeles from 1988 to 2014
G. Ridgeway, J. MacDonald
2016Journal of quantitative criminology47 citations
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Gentrification, Land Use, and Crime
J. MacDonald, R. Stokes
2020annual review of criminology46 citations
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A Simple Strategy to Transform Health, All Over the Place
C. Branas, J. MacDonald
2014Journal of Public Health Management and Practice44 citations Open access
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The effects of closing urban schools on students’ academic and behavioral outcomes: Evidence from Philadelphia
Matthew P. Steinberg, J. MacDonald
2019Economics of Education Review43 citations
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Effect of Gang Injunctions on Crime: A Study of Los Angeles from 1988–2014
G. Ridgeway, Jeffrey T. Grogger, Ruth A. Moyer, J. MacDonald
2018Journal of quantitative criminology42 citations
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An Experimental Evaluation of Notification Strategies to Increase Property Tax Compliance: Free-Riding in the City of Brotherly Love
Michael Chirico, R. Inman, Charles E. Loeffler, J. MacDonald +1 more
2016Tax Policy and the Economy40 citations Open access
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A Method for Internal Benchmarking of Criminal Justice System Performance
G. Ridgeway, J. MacDonald
201437 citations
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Association between race, shooting hot spots, and the surge in gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles
J. MacDonald, G. Mohler, P. Brantingham
2022Preventive Medicine36 citations Open access
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Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles. Technical Report.
J. MacDonald, R. Bluthenthal, D. Golinelli, A. Kofner +4 more
200936 citations Open access
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Body‐worn cameras, lawful police stops, and NYPD officer compliance: A cluster randomized controlled trial*
Anthony A. Braga, J. MacDonald, James E. McCabe
2021Criminology (Beverly Hills)33 citations
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Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati
K. Riley, Susan F. Turner, J. MacDonald, G. Ridgeway +6 more
200933 citations Open access
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Did Post-Floyd et al. Reforms Reduce Racial Disparities in NYPD Stop, Question, and Frisk Practices? An Exploratory Analysis Using External and Internal Benchmarks
J. MacDonald, Anthony A. Braga
201932 citations
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The Effect of a Sunday Liquor Sales Ban Repeal on Crime: A Triple Difference Analysis
Seunghoon Han, C. Branas, J. MacDonald
2016Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research31 citations Open access
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The Privatization of Public Safety in Urban Neighborhoods: Do Business Improvement Districts Reduce Violent Crime Among Adolescents?
J. MacDonald, R. Stokes, Ben Grunwald, R. Bluthenthal
201329 citations
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Socially Desirable Response Bias in Criminology: An Example of Its Effect in Testing the Effects of Self-Control
J. MacDonald, A. Morral, A. Piquero
201128 citations
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Schools as places of crime? Evidence from closing chronically underperforming schools
Matthew P. Steinberg, B. Ukert, J. MacDonald
2019Regional Science and Urban Economics27 citations
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Evaluating the Role of Race in Sentencing: An Entropy Weighting Analysis
J. MacDonald, Ellen A. Donnelly
201927 citations
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Effect of scaling back punishment on racial and ethnic disparities in criminal case outcomes
J. MacDonald, S. Raphael
202024 citations
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Linking Specialization and Seriousness in Criminal Careers
J. MacDonald, Amelia M. Haviland, R. Ramchand, A. Morral +1 more
2014Advances in Life Course Research24 citations Open access
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Mobile Phones and Crime Deterrence: An Underappreciated Link
Jonathan Klick, J. MacDonald, Thomas Stratmann
201224 citations Open access
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Decomposing Racial Disparities in Prison and Drug Treatment Commitments for Criminal Offenders in California
J. MacDonald, J. Arkes, N. Nicosia, R. Pacula
2014The Journal of Legal Studies23 citations Open access
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