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“Decision Making Under Threat: Israeli and Palestinian Public Opinion,” (with Sheila Kohanteb, Sheila and Ben-Parot, Guy) submitted to Journal of Peace and Conflict Research, 2017.
“Threats to Peace: Threat Perception and the Persistence or Desistence of Violent Conflict,” with Amy Sliva, Mikhail Malyutov, and Xin Li, Proceedings of the European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC2013), August 2013.
“An Inter-group Conflict Model Integrating Perceptions of Threat and Vested Interest: Extending Rational Choice to Incorporate Psychological Dynamics” with Christopher Boulay, and Mikhail Malioutov. (2013), Game Theory and Applications., Volume 16, NOVA Publishers.
“Interpreting the Empirical Evidence on Illegal Gun Market Dynamics.” (with Braga, Anthony A., Garen J. Wintemute, Glenn L. Pierce, Philip J. Cook, and Greg Ridgeway). Journal of Urban Health, June 2012.
“Reconsidering the Ballistic Imaging of Crime Bullets Gun Law Enforcement Operations” (with Anthony A. Braga), Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal, 2011, 2:3, 105-117
“Race and Death Sentencing in North Carolina, 1980-2007” (with Michael L. Radelet), North Carolina Law Review, September 2011, Vol. 89, No. 2, pages 2120 – 2160.
“Death Sentencing in East Baton Rouge Parish, 1990–2008” (with Michael L. Radelet), Louisiana Law Review, Winter 2011, Vol., No. 2, pages 647 – 673.
“Intervening in gun markets: an experiment to assess the impact of targeted gun-law messaging” (with Greg Ridgeway & Anthony A. Braga & George Tita), Journal of Experimental Criminology: Volume 7, Issue 1 (2011), pages 103-109.
“Gun shows and gun violence: fatally flawed study yields misleading results” (with Garen J. Wintemute, David Hemenway, Daniel Webster, Anthony A. Braga), American Journal of Public Health, October 2010, Vol. 100, No. 10, pages 1856 – 1860.
“The Strategic Prevention of Gun Violence among Gang-Involved Offender.” ( with Braga, Anthony A., Jack McDevitt, Brenda J. Bond, and Shea Cronin, Justice Quarterly, Volume 25, Issue 1 March 2008 , pages 132 – 162.
“Monitoring Death Sentencing Decisions: Challenges and Barriers to Equity” (with Michael Radelet) Human Rights, American Bar Association, 34 (2) Spring 2007.
“Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking: Creating an Assessment Framework from the U.S. Experience,” (with Timothy Gildea) The Nonproliferation Review. 14 (1) 1-31 March 2007.
“The Criminal Purchase of Firearm Ammunition” (with George Tita, Anthony Braga, and Greg Ridgeway) Injury Prevention, October 2006 12: 308-311. doi:10.1136/ip.2006.013052
“Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets in Boston: the Effects of Operation Ceasefire on the Supply of New Handguns to Criminals,” (with Anthony Braga) Criminology & Public Policy. November 4 (4) 2005.
“The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing for California Homicides, 1990-99,” (with Michael Radelet). Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 46 (1) 2005.
“Closing the Digital Divide: Understanding Racial, Ethnic, Social Class, Gender and Geographic Disparities in Internet Use Among School Age Children in the United States,” (with Paul Cleary and Eileen Trauth). Universal Access in the Information Society, International Journal. , 4 (4) 2005.
“Understanding and Preventing Gang Violence: Problem Analysis and Response Development in Lowell, Massachusetts,” (with Anthony Braga and Jack McDevitt). Police Quarterly (2005).
“Linking Crime Guns: The Impact of Ballistics Imagining Technology on the Productivity of the Boston Police Department’s ballistics Unit,” (with Anthony Braga) Journal of Forensic Science, 49 (4) 701-706, July 2004.
“The Characteristics and Dynamics of Illegal Firearms Markets: Implications for a Supply-side Enforcement Strategy (with Anthony Braga, Raymond Hyatt and Christopher Koper) Justice Quarterly, 21 (2) 391-422, June 2004.
Race, Region, and Death Sentencing in Illinois, 1988-1997. (with Michael Radelet), Oregon Law Review, 81 (1): 39-96, Spring 2002.
Reprinted in Pp. 245-304 in Austin Sarat (ed.), The Death Penalty, Vol. II. Ashgate Publishing, 2005.
“Urban Neighborhood Information Systems: Crime Prevention and Control Applications” (with April Pattavina and Alan Saiz) in Urban Technology Review, April 2002.
“Evaluation of a Comprehensive Violence Prevention Education: Effects on Student Behavior” (with Alice Hausman and LeBaron Briggs), Journal of Adolescent Health, 19: 104-110, 1996.
“Reexamining Social Disorganization Theory Using Calls to the Police As A Measure of Crime” (with Barbara D. Warner), Criminology, November, 1993.
“Choosing Those Who Will Die: Race And The Death Penalty in Florida” (with Michael L. Radelet), Florida Law Review, Vol. 43, Number 1, January, 1991.
“The Role and Consequences of the Death Penalty in American Politics” (with Michael L. Radelet), New York University, Review of Law and Social Change, Vol. XVIII, Number 3, 1990-1991.
“Day Reporting Centers: An Analysis of client Characteristics and Program Effectiveness” (with Jack McDevitt and Robyn Miliano), IARCA Journal, March, 1990.
“How Flexible Our Civil Commitment Statutes” (with William Fisher and Paul Appelbaum), Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 39: 711‑744, 1988.
“The Impact of Public Policy and Publicity on Admissions to State Mental Health Hospitals” (with Mary Durham and William Fisher), The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 11(1):41‑66, Spring 1986.
“Civil Commitment Legislation and the Utilization of Mental Health Facilities” (with Mary Durham), The Annals AAPSS, 484:42‑55, March 1986.
“Civil Commitment Reform: Context and Consequences” (with William Fisher), Psychiatric Quarterly, 57: 217‑223, 1985.
“The Impact of Broadened Civil Commitment Laws on Length of Stay in a State Mental Health Hospital” (with Mary Durham and William Fisher), Law Medicine and Health Care, 13(6):290‑296, December 1985.
“Race and Prosecutorial Discretion in Criminal Homicide Cases” (with Michael Radelet), Law and Society, 19(4):589‑621, 1985.
Reprinted in Richard Abel (ed.) Law and Society Reader, New York University Press, New York, 1995.
“The Impact of Change in Civil Commitment Legislation on Admission to State Mental Health Facilities” (with Mary Durham and William Fisher), American Journal of Psychiatry 142(1):104‑107, 1985.
“Police Involvement and Influence in Involuntary Civil Commitment” (with Mary Durham and Harold Carr), Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 35(6):580-584, 1984.
“Impact of Raising the Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20” (with Ralph Hingson, etal.), American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 78, No. 1, 1983.
“Legislative Policy and Resource Allocation in Involuntary Civil Commitment” (with Mary Durham and William Fisher in Julius Roth (ed.), Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, Inc., 1983.
“The Bartley‑Fox Gun Law’s Short‑Term Impact on Crime in Boston” (with William J. Bowers), The Annals AAPSS, Vol. 455, May 1981.
Reprinted in Economics of Crime: A Reader. Neil Alper and Darell Hellman, Editors. 1988, Needham, MA: Ginn Press.
“Arbitrariness and Discrimination under Post‑Furman Capital Statutes” (with William J. Bowers), Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 563‑635, October 1980.
Reprinted in Economics of Crime: A Reader. Neil Alper and Darell Hellman, Editors. 1988, Needham, MA: Ginn Press.
“Massachusetts’ Mandatory Minimum Sentence Gun Law: Enforcement, Prosecution, and Defense Impact” (with David Rossman, Paul Froyd, William J. Bowers, John McDevitt), Criminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 150‑163, March-April 1980.
“Deterrence or Brutalization: What is the Effect of Executions?” (with William J. Bowers), Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 453‑484, October 1980.
Reprinted in Economics of Crime: A Reader. Neil Alper and Darell Hellman, Editors. 1988, Needham, MA: Ginn Press
Reprinted in Readings: Criminal Justice. Volume III. George S. Bridges, Editor. 1996
“The Illusion of Deterrence in Isaac Ehrlich’s Research on Capital Punishment” (with William J. Bowers), Yale Law Journal 85 (December 1975), pp. 187‑208.
Reprinted in Hugo A. Bedau and Chester Pierce, (eds.) Capital Punishment, AMS Press, New York, 1976.
Reprinted in R.F. Boruch et al. (eds.), Reanalyzing Program Evaluations, San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass, 1981.
BOOK CHAPTERS & ENTRIES FOR REFERENCE WORKS
“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Resolving Homicides” (with Michael Radelet). In The Next Generation of Death Penalty Research. James Acker, Charles Lanier and William Bowers, eds. Carolina Academic Press (2008).
“Computer-Assisted Dispatching (CAD),” In Encyclopedia of Police Science, Third Edition. Jack Greene, ed. Routledge Press, (2006).
“Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,” (with Roberta Griffith). In Encyclopedia of Police Science, Third Edition. Jack Greene, ed. Routledge Press, (2006).
“Firearms Regulation and Control,” (with Roberta Griffith). in Encyclopedia of Police Science, Third Edition. Jack Greene, ed. Routledge Press, (2006).
“Firearms Tracing” (with Roberta Griffith). in Encyclopedia of Police Science, Third Edition. Jack Greene, ed. Routledge Press, (2006).
“The Role of Victim’s Race and Geography on Death Sentencing Illinois,” (with Michael Radelet). In From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America. Charles Ogletree and Austin Sarat, eds. New York University Press (2006).
Comprehensive Planning of Criminal Justice Information and Intelligence Systems: ATF’s Experience in Implementing Firearms Tracing in the United States (with Roberta Griffith) Information Technology and the Criminal Justice System. April Pattavina, ed. Sage Publications (2005).
“Connecting the Community: Using Information Technology to Leverage Community Assets” (with Gordana Rabrenovic) In Social Capital and Social Citizenship. Sophie Body-Gendrot and Marilyn Gittel, eds. Lexington Books. 2003.
“Criminal Justice Information Systems” (with Roberta Griffith), in David Levinson, ed. Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Thousand Oaks, CA Sage, 2002.
“Spreading the Wealth: Economic Partnership and Community Development” (WITH Gordana Rabrenovic), Research in Politics and Society, Volume VII. Nancy Kleniewski and Gordana Rabrenovic, eds., 1999.
“Identifying Households at Risk of Domestic Violence” (with Susan Spaar), Violence – The Changing Criminal Justice Response, Auburn House, Domestic, pp.59-77, 1992.
“Information and Law Enforcement” (with Jerry Mechling and Charles Gruber), ed. William Geller in Local Government and Police Management, International City Management Association 1991.
Legal Homicide (assisted William Bowers with John McDevitt), Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1984.
“Racial Discrimination and the Death Penalty in Florida, Georgia, and Texas Since 1976” (with William J. Bowers) in Hugo A. Bedau (ed.), The Death Penalty in America (2nd edition, 1980).
Access to Postsecondary Education, Boston (with William J. Bowers, Carolyn Blitch, Carolyn, & Andrea Carr), Center for Applied Social Research, Northeastern University Research 1978.
REPORTS AND PAPERS
“New Approaches to Understanding and Regulating Primary and Secondary Illegal Firearms,” (with Anthony Braga, Garen Wintemute and Matthew Dolliver), report to the National Institute of Justice, December 2012. U.S. Export Control Regime: Border Data Systems: Component II, Timothy Gildea and Glenn Pierce, Northeastern University, April 2010. This component examines export-related trade data systems and their targeting capabilities for U.S. export enforcement An Analysis of Mexican Illicit Firearms: Policy Options for ICE, Timothy Gildea and Glenn Pierce, Northeastern University, October 2009, Report to ICE on Illicit Firearms Trade to Mexico
“Understanding Illegal Firearms Markets: A Case Study of Los Angles” Technical Report (with Greg Ridgeway, Anthony A. Braga, George Tita, Garen Wintemute and Wendell Roberts) June 2008, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica.
Race and Death Sentencing in Ohio 1981 to 2000, (with Michael Radelet and Raymond Paternoster), August 2007, Report to American Bar Association, Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project.
“Understanding Illegal Firearms Markets In Los Angeles: Developing Information Resources, Analytic Capacity, and Interventions” (with Greg Ridgeway, Anthony A. Braga, George Tita, Garen Wintemute and Wendell Roberts) June 2007, RAND Corporation, Final Report to the National of Justice
Information Led Enforcement: Developing the Firearms Trace Analysis Capacity of ATF (with Anthony Braga, Marc Bjorkland, Roberta Griffith, Terrence Austin and Wendell Roberts) June 2007, Report, Institute for Security and Public Policy, Northeastern University.
Race and Death Sentencing in Indiana 1981 to 2000, (with Michael Radelet and Raymond Paternoster), February 2007, Report to American Bar Association, Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project.
Race and Death Sentencing in Tennessee 1981 to 2000, (with Michael Radelet and Raymond Paternoster), December 2006, Report to American Bar Association, Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project.
Firearms Trace Analysis Workstation User’s Guide, (with Marc Bjorkland and Anthony Braga), May 2006, A user’s guide prepared for a firearms trance analysis system developed for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and currently being field tested in 5 cities.
Recent Patterns of Death Sentencing in Georgia, (with Michael Radelet and Raymond Paternoster), March 2006, Report to American Bar Association, Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project.
Evaluation of Boston Public Schools Transition Services Program: Final Report, (with John Portz, Alan Saiz, et. al.) report to the Boston Public Schools, November 2003.
Determinants of Citizen and Police Involvement in Community Policing, (with Luis Garcia; Joanne Gu; April Pattavina, Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, April 2003.
The Characteristics and Dynamics of Crime Gun Markets: Implications for Supply-Side Focused Enforcement Strategies, ( with Anthony Braga, Christopher Koper, Jack Mcdevitt, David Carlson, Jeffery Roth, Alan Saiz, and Raymond Hyatt), Final Report to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, March, 2003.
Race, Region, and Death Sentencing in Illinois, 1988-1997. (with Michael Radelet), report to the Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment, April, 2002.
An Assessment of the Information Systems of Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, (with Roberta Griffith and Susan Ginsburg), commissioned paper for the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Law and Justice, Washington, DC, July 2002.
Evaluation of Boston Public Schools Summer 2001 Transition Services Program, Phase I Report Part I: Attendance, Promotion Status and Benchmark Achievement, (with John Portz) report to the Boston Public Schools, September 2001.
“Children and Families Database Project — Geographic and Temporal Variation in the Status and Well Being of Children and Youth in Boston”, Project Reports to the Boston Foundation, Various Years 1993 to 2000.
“National Report on Firearm Trace Analysis for 1996-1997,” Report to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (with LeBaron Briggs and David Carlson), United States Department of the Treasury, December 1998.
“Identifying Patterns of Firearms Trafficking: Implications for Focused Enforcement Strategies (with LeBaron Briggs and David Carlson), Report to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 1995.
“The Character of Police Work: Implications for the Delivery of Police Service” (with Susan Spaar and LeBaron Briggs), Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, 1988.
“The Character of Police Work” (with Susan Spaar and LeBaron Briggs), Preliminary Report to the National Institute of Justice, 1986.
Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-1983 (with James Alan Fox), Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, August 1986 (Grant Number 84-BJ-CX_0010).
“Assessing Lifelong Learning Needs of Engineers and Scientists in Massachusetts High Tech Companies” (with Paula Leventman), in Keeping Pace with Change: The Challenge for Engineers and Scientists, Boston: Northeastern University and the Massachusetts High Technology Council, 1985
Assessing Local Policies to Deter Crime (with William Bowers and Raymond Hyatt), Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, 1984.
Uniform Crime Reports: National Time Series Community-Level Database, 1967 – 1980 (with William Bowers, James Baird, and Joseph Heck), Ann Arbor: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, 1984.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“A Study on the Impact of Victim Race and Gender and Prosecutorial Effort on Charging and Sentencing,” (with Chad Posnik, Micheal Radelet and Timothy Lyman ), The American Society of Criminology. November 19, 2013, Atlants, Georgia.
“Understanding Contemporary Maritime Piracy – A Case Study of Somalia,” (co-author with Anamika Agnieszka Twyman-Ghoshal and Nikos Passas), The American Society of Criminology. November 19, 2013, Atlants, Georgia.
“Building National and Cross-Border Illicit Firearms Information Management and Analysis Capcity,” presentation for Technical Consultants on the United Nations Secretary-General’s Report on recent developments in weapon marking, record-keeping and tracing technology, November 19, 2013, UN Headquarters, New York.
“Threats to Peace: Threat Perception and the Persistence or Desistence of Violent Conflict,” (with Amy Sliva, Mikhail Malyutovy, and Xin Liy), European Intelligence & Security Informatics Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, August 12-14, 2013. To be published in conference proceedings.
“Everyone Needs a Home: The Changing Nature of Opportunity for Youth and Its Implications,” (with Paul Cleary), Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) , Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, July 8-11, 2013
“Reconsidering the Ballistic Imaging of Crime Bullets in Gun Law Enforcement Operations” , (Glenn Pierce and Anthony Braga), Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE), Buffalo, New York, June 25-26, 2012.
“New Approaches to Understanding and Identifying Illegal Firearms Markets and the Impact of State Laws on Controlling Trafficking: Final Report Findings” , (Glenn Pierce, Anthony Braga, Garen Wintemute), US National Institute of Justice Annual Meeting, Washington DC, June 18-21, 2012.
Fears and Careers: The Political Limits and “Opportunities” of Perceived Threat (Gordana Rabrenovic and Glenn L Pierce) Eastern Sociological Society New York, NY (February 23-26, 2012)
“The Impact of State Firearm Laws and Regulations on Controlling Firearm Trafficking”, (Glenn L Pierce), Congressional Briefing, Reducing Gun Violence: Lessons from Research and Practice Rayburn Building of the House of Representatives, Washington DC (February 22, 2012)
“New Approaches to Understanding and Regulating Primary and Secondary Illegal Firearms.” , (Glenn Pierce, Anthony Braga, Garen Wintemute), American Society of Criminology, Washington DC ( November 18, 2011)
“An Inter-group Conflict Model Integrating Perceived Threat, Vested Interests and Alternative Strategies for Cooperation,” (Glenn Pierce, Christopher Boulay, Mikhail Malioutov), SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, Hyatt Regency Baltimore (July 24-27, 2011)
“Race and Death Sentencing in North Carolina, 1980-2007, (Glenn Pierce and Michael Radelet, Michigan State University Law Symposium, “Moving Beyond Racial Blindsight,” East Lansing, Michigan (April 9, 2011)
“The Impact of Threat on Public Opinion, Political Leadership, and Public Policy Regarding the Peace Process in Israel and Palestine.” (Sheila Kohanteb and Glenn Pierce) Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Chicago, Il (March 31-April 3, 2011)
“Death Sentencing in East Baton Rouge Parish, 1990–2008” (Glenn L. Pierce and Michael L. Radelet), The American Society of Criminology. November 15, 2010, San Francisco, California.
“Counter Proliferation Investigations: The Next Ten Years” (Organizers Tim Gildea and Glenn Pierce), Workshop for ICE and Department of Energy staff on new approaches to counter proliferation, Northeastern University, Boston (October 22 – 23, 2010). An Inter-group Conflict Model Integrating Perceptions of Threat and Vested Interest: Extending Rational Choice to Incorporate Psychological Dynamics, (Glenn Pierce, Christopher Boulay, Mikhail Malioutov), EPSRC Symposium Workshop on Game theory for finance, social and biological sciences (GAM) at the Warwick Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, UK, April 14-17, 2010.
US Illegal Firearms Markets: Potential Methods of Control” New Directions in Drug and Crime Control Policies (with Anthony Braga) Hosted by El Colegio de México, the Programme for Mexican Studies, Oxford University and CIDE, April 28, 2008, Mexico City, Mexico
“New Approaches to Identifying Secondary Market Sources of Illegal Firearms” (with Anthony Braga and Garen Wintemute) The American Society of Criminology. November 12, 2007, St Louis, Missouri.
“Disparities in Arrest by Race and Ethnicity of Victims of Homicide and Aggravated Assault: Implications for the Death Penalty Decision Process” (with April Pattavina and Michael Radelet) The American Society of Criminology. November 16, 2007, Atlanta, California.
“Convergence and Divergence: Regulatory Trends and the Challenge of Compliance with UN Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) proposals” Seminary on Policies to Control Illegan Firearms Trafficking and Illegal Access to Firearms, November 1, 2007, Moreles Mexico.
“An Assessment Process to Develop Law Enforcement’s Capacity to Indentify and Control Firearms Trafficking” Seminary on Policies to Control Illegan Firearms Trafficking and Illegal Access to Firearms, November 1, 2007, Moreles Mexico.
“Organizational Complements for the Virtual Delivery of Software: Optimizing Value for Students” June 5, 2007. Northeast Regional Computing Program, Special Interest Group Workshop on On Demand Software Services, Norwood MA.
“The Impact of Integrated Ballistics Imaging Systems on the Productivity of the Boston Police Department” (with Anthony Braga) International Forensic Technology Symposium. April 24-26, 2007. Kwa Maritane, South Africa.
“Small Arms and Light Weapons Trade: Assessment of Cross Border Controls” International Forensic Technology Symposium. April 24-26, 2007. Kwa Maritane, South Africa.
“Crime Analysis and Intelligence as A Supply Chain Process” The American Society of Criminology. November 16-19, 2007. Los Angles, California.
“Disparities in Homicide Arrests by the Race and Ethnicity of Victims” (with Michael Radelet) The Next Generation of Death Penalty Research: Priorities, Strategies, and an Agenda, The Albany Symposium On Crime And Justice, School of Criminal Justice, University of Albany, October 6-7, 2006
“Integrating Death Penalty Research in Capital Defense Strategies” Race and the Death Penalty, Harvard Law School, Cambridge Massachusetts, May 5-6, 2006.
“The Impact of Illegal Gun Markets on the Use of Guns in Crime ”Toronto ASC Meetings November 16 – 19, 2005.
“ATF Gun Tracing as a Tool for Identification and Control of Illegal Firearms Markets.” The American Society of Criminology. November 16-19, 2004. Nashville, Tennessee
“One-Gun-A-Month Laws and the Supply of Guns to Criminals” (with Christopher Koper) The American Society of Criminology. November 16-19, 2004. Nashville, Tennessee
“The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on the Death Sentencing in California” (with Michael Radelet) The American Society of Criminology. November 16-19, 2004. Nashville, Tennessee
“Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic” (with Gordana Rabrenovic) Eastern Sociological Society, February 19-22, 2004. New York , NY
“Variations in Illegal Gun Markets Across Urban Communities: Implications for Public Policy “ The Second International Conference on Urban Health. October 15-18, 2003. New York, NY.
“Fears and Careers: The Role of Intra-group Political Dynamics in Inter-group Conflict” (with Paul Cleary) International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting. July, 16-19 2003. Boston, MA
“Presentation and Demonstration of Prototype Firearm Violence Intelligence System.” Project Safe Neighborhoods 2003 National Conference. January 30-Feburary 1, 2003. Philadelphia, PA
“Death Penalty in Illinois: Criminologist’ Report to Governor George Ryan: Political, Psychological, Racial Factors.” (with Michael l. Radelet) The American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois November 13-16, 2002.
“Race, Region, and Death Sentencing in Illinois, 1988-1997.” (with Michael l. Radelet) The American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois November 13-16, 2002.
“Illinois’ Examination of the Death Penalty: Issues and Conclusions.” Justice Research and Statistics Association Annual Meetings. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3-4, 2002
“Understanding Gender, Racial, Social Class and Geographic Disparities in Internet Use among School-Age Children in the United States.” (with Paul Cleary and Eileen M. Trauth) Annual Telecommunication Research Conference. Alexandria, Virginia. September 28-30, 2002.
“The Politics of Social Control.” (with Paul Cleary) International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting. Berlin, Germany July. 16-19 2002.
“Regulation of the Proliferation of Small Arms in Resolution of Ethnic Conflicts” (with Timothy Gildea), Joint Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law. Budapest, Hungary. July 4-7, 2001
“ATF Information Systems” (with Anthony A. Braga and Susan Ginsberg) Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms, National Research Council, Washington DC, January 16-17 2002.
“The Character of Local illegal Firearms Markets and Information Resources: Implications for Enforcement and Policy.” (with Anthony A. Braga) The American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, November 6-10 2001.
“Race and Death Sentencing in Florida and Illinois: Some Recent Findings.” (with Michael l. Radelet) The American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Atlanta, November 6-10 2001.
“Identifying Illegal Gun Markets in Multiple Cities: Cross Site Analysis.” The American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, November 14-18, 2000.
The Temporal and Geographic Character of Illegal Gun Markets.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. New Orleans, Louisiana April 4-7, 2001.
“Connecting the Community: Leveraging Community Assets.” Civil Participation and Civil Society: A Comparative Perspective. (with Gordana Rabrenovic) Bellagio Study and Conference Center. Bellagio, Italy. April 6-10, 1999.
“Disinvestment in Children and Youth,” International Conference on Socio-Economics. Montreal, Canada. July 5-7, 1997.
“Social Control, Public Policy and Delivery of Human Services: Framework for Analysis.” American Society of Criminology annual meeting. San Diego, CA. November 19-22, 1997.
“A Framework for Technology Planning in the Human Services”. National Organization for Human Service Education. Boston, MA. October 22-25, 1997
“Disinvestment in Children and Youth – The Impact on Urban Crime”, Paper Presented to American Society of Criminology, 1993.