Gregory Ridgeway
· Professor of Criminology, Professor of Statistics and Data ScienceUniversity of Pennsylvania · Statistics and Data Science
Active 1976–2026
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About
Gregory Ridgeway is the Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Criminology and Statistics at the University of Pennsylvania. His professional affiliation with both criminology and statistics highlights a multidisciplinary approach to the study of crime and justice. Ridgeway's position at a leading institution such as the University of Pennsylvania situates him among prominent scholars dedicated to advancing research and policy in the field of criminology. The information provided identifies his academic title and institutional association but does not include further details about his specific research focus, background, or key contributions.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Demography
- Computer Science
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Information Retrieval
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Law
- Operations research
Selected publications
JAMA Internal Medicine · 2022 · 67 citations
Importance: Structural racism has resulted in long-standing disinvestment and dilapidated environmental conditions in Black neighborhoods. Abandoned houses signal neglect and foster stress and fear for residents, weakening social ties and potentially contributing to poor health and safety. Objective: To determine whether abandoned house remediation reduces gun violence and substance-related outcomes and increases perceptions of safety and use of outdoor space. Design, Setting, and Participants:…
Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups: A Tutorial for the R TWANG Package
RAND Corporation eBooks · 2022 · 55 citations
1st authorCorrespondingThis tutorial describes the use of the TWANG package in R to estimate propensity score weights when there are two treatment groups, and how to use TWANG to estimate nonresponse weights. Specifically, it describes the
Effect of Gang Injunctions on Crime: A Study of Los Angeles from 1988–2014
Journal of Quantitative Criminology · 2018-11-01 · 47 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingThe Role of Individual Officer Characteristics in Police Shootings
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 2020 · 34 citations
1st authorCorrespondingAssessing whether individual characteristics of police officers such as age, race, and prior performance influence police behavior has been a long-standing topic of social science research. The effect of officer characteristics on their risk of shooting people is confounded by police assignments and by the environmental factors associated with those assignments. This article provides a method to separate out the influence of individual officer characteristics from environmental factors. Using da…
Value in Health · 2018-05-08 · 20 citations
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Frequent coauthors
- 41 shared
Susan Turner
- 41 shared
Terry Fain
- 17 shared
John M. MacDonald
University of Pennsylvania
- 16 shared
K. Jack Riley
- 13 shared
Andrew R. Morral
RAND Corporation
- 12 shared
George Tita
- 12 shared
Daniel F. McCaffrey
- 11 shared
Anthony A. Braga
University of Pennsylvania
Labs
Education
- 1999
Ph.D., Statistics
University of Washington
- 1995
BS, Statistics
California Polytechnic State University
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