Research Funding

$6,976,441
in total funds raised

2026-2027
Principal Investigator: New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center [Multi-Year Scholar Grant Funding Track]
($200,000)
– Does Gunshot Detection Technology Improve Shooting Survivability? A Matched Quasi-Experiment in Paterson, NJ

2025-2026
Principal Investigator: Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program
($150,000)
– Statewide Research Partner

2025-2027
Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Field-Initiated Action Research Partnerships [15PNIJ-24-GG-05456]
($398,884)
– Establishing Police-Led Science in the Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Police Department

2025-2027
Co-Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices [15PNIJ-24-GG-02567-RESS]
($1,325,889)
– Does Training Police Officers In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Improve Use Of Force Outcomes? An Experimental Evaluation With Systematic Social Observation in the Colorado Springs Police Department

2025-2026
Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Research and Evaluation of Policing Practices [15PNIJ-24-GG-02572-RESS]
($877,946)
– Intelligence-Led Policing in New Jersey: Data Integration to Support the Investigation of Gun Crimes

2024-2025
Principal Investigator: County of Mecklenburg Department of Public Health
($99,000)
– Research and Evaluation in Support of Mecklenburg County’s “The Way Forward” Community Violence Strategic Plan

2024-2025
Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives [15PNIJ-23-GG-05490-RESS]
($862,804)
– Exploring Officer Patrol Behaviors Using Automated Vehicle Locator and Body-Worn Camera Data in Kansas City, Missouri

2023-2025
Co-Principal Investigator: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Engage Grant
($23,422 CAD)
– An Investigation of the Toronto Police Service Body-Worn Camera Program

2022-2025
Co-Principal Investigator: City of Paterson, NJ Police Department
($313,925)
– Analytical Assistance to the Coalition for Opioid Response and Assessment

2020-2023
Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence [2019-R2-CX0004]
($503,129)
– The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation

2020-2021
Co-Principal Investigator: U.S. Department of State
($306,720)
– Western Hemisphere Regional Transnational Crime Assessment and Analysis

2020-2021
Principal Investigator: City of Paterson, NJ Police Department
($146,851)
– Developing and Evaluating a Data-Driven Approach to Address the Opioid Epidemic

2019-2020
Principal Investigator: Charles Koch Foundation, Criminal Justice &
Policing Reform Program
($100,000)
– Identifying Situational Determinants of Police Use of Force: A Systematic Social Observation of Body Camera Footage in Newark, NJ

2018-2020
Co-Principal Investigator: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program [2017-BC-BX-0045]
($496,920)
– Newark Public Safety Department Body-Worn Camera Enhancement Project

2017-2018
Co-Principal Investigator: The Swedish National Council for Crime
Prevention (Brå)
(£11,250)
– The Effect of CCTV on Crime and Perceptions of Safety: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2014-2017
Co-Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Testing Geospatial
Predictive Policing Strategies [2013-IJ-CX-0053]
($461,384)
– Policing by Place: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Effectiveness of Risk Terrain Modeling for Allocating Police Resources in New York City

2013-2015
Co-Principal Investigator: National Institute of Justice, Testing Geospatial
Police Strategies and Exploring their Relationship to Criminological
Theories [2012-IJ-CX-0038]
($499,633)
– A Multi-Jurisdictional Test of Risk Terrain Modeling and a Place-Based Evaluation of Environmental Risk-Based Patrol Deployment Strategies

2011-2013
Co-Principal Investigator (for Newark Police Department): National
Institute of Justice, Research on Policing [2010-IJ-CX-0026]
($188,620)
– Detection of Crime, Resource Deployment, and Predictors of Success: A Multi-Level Analysis of CCTV in Newark, NJ

2010
Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology & Criminal Justice
Dissertation Award
($3,000)
– Project Title: Identifying the Best Context for CCTV Camera Deployment: An Analysis of Micro-Level Features