Overview
biography
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Rob T. Guerette is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of International and Public Affairs. He holds a doctorate from Rutgers University-Newark and was a Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He is affiliated with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing and serves as the advisor and coordinator for the annual International Herman Goldstein Awards for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing, a program supported by the United States Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). He has worked on projects in consultation or affiliation with the Department of Homeland Security - U.S. Border Patrol, the National Research Council, United States Department of Justice-Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), British Home Office Research Directorate, the Miami Police Department and the New Jersey Department of Probation and Parole.
His research has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed outlets including Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Crime Prevention Studies, Criminology & Public Policy, the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Security Journal. He is author of Migrant Death: Border Safety and Situational Crime Prevention on the U.S.-Mexico Divide (2007); co-editor of the book Migration, Culture Conflict, Crime, and Terrorism (2006); and co-author of a book chapter in Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence (2002). Formerly, he was a private criminal and civil investigator where he worked an assortment of cases on federal and state levels.
research interests
- Situational Crime Prevention | Problem and Community-Oriented Policing | Transnational Crime | Program and Policy Evaluation
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2023The Effect of Self-Defense Laws on Firearm Use Among Criminal Offenders. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 69:2826-2845.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/00111287221077629 Web of Science: 000765306500001
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2023Does the Rapid Deployment of Information to Police Improve Crime Solvability? A Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluation of Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) Technologies on Violent Crime Incident Outcomes. JUSTICE QUARTERLY. 40:950-974.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2023.2264362 Web of Science: 001078061600001
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2023The Role and Impact of the Use of Information Technologies by Police in Response to Violence against Women. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 20.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20126125
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2023Applying an empirically derived effect size distribution to benchmark the practical magnitude of interventions to reduce recidivism in the USA. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11292-023-09561-1 Web of Science: 000961195400001
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2023Findings from a natural experiment on the impact of covid-19 residential quarantines on domestic violence patterns in New Orleans. JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. 38:203-214.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10896-022-00380-y Web of Science: 000780165500001
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2021From Research Partner to Embedded Criminologist: A Synthesized Taxonomy and Reflections From the FieldFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/police/paz044 Web of Science: 000733820000008
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2021Cyber Place Management and Crime Prevention: The Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Against Phishing AttacksFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/10439862211001628 Web of Science: 000634031700001
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2020Improving policing through better analysis: an empirical assessment of a crime analysis training and enhancement project within an urban police department. POLICE PRACTICE AND RESEARCH. 22:1425-1442.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2020.1861448 Web of Science: 000598938800001
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2020Do Views on Sex Offending Vary by Nationality? A Comparative Analysis of Community Sentiment Toward Sex Offense Legislation in the United States and United Kingdom. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 65:1242-1261.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0306624X20964168 Web of Science: 000581795900001
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2020The Forgotten (Practical) Side of School Safety: What Do Clery Reports Say about CPTED and Crime on College Campuses?. PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH. 35:396-417.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2020.1740417 Web of Science: 000524439800001
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2019A Test of Time-constraint Predictions on Residence-to-Crime Distances among Sex Offenders. VICTIMS & OFFENDERS. 15:119-139.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2019.1661318 Web of Science: 000486614600001
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2018Detecting the Determinants and Trajectories of Homicide Among Ransom Kidnappings: A Research Note. HOMICIDE STUDIES. 22:214-229.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1088767916685367 Web of Science: 000429812000005
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2017Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level: A Matched-Case Control Design. STUDIES IN CONFLICT & TERRORISM. 40:139-156.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1168656 Web of Science: 000396859900003
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2016Parental Low Self-Control, Family Environments, and Juvenile Delinquency. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 60:1623-1644.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0306624X15584907 Web of Science: 000382857200003
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2014Crime displacement: what we know, what we don't know, and what it means for crime reduction. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY. 10:549-571.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11292-014-9209-4 Web of Science: 000346056300008
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2014THE CRIME TRIANGLE OF KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM INCIDENTS IN COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA A 'Litmus' Test for Situational Crime Prevention. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY. 54:784-808.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azu044 Web of Science: 000344651700005
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2013Instigating Bystander Intervention in the Prevention of Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Analysis of Data Regarding Mass Media Campaigns. JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 74:205-211.Full Text via DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.205 Web of Science: 000315138200003
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2011Spatial displacement and diffusion of benefits among geographically focused policing initiatives: a meta-analytical review. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY. 7:347-374.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11292-011-9134-8 Web of Science: 000296644400004
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2010Explaining Victim Self-Protective Behavior Effects on Crime Incident Outcomes A Test of Opportunity Theory. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 56:198-226.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128707311644 Web of Science: 000275146800002
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2009ASSESSING THE EXTENT OF CRIME DISPLACEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF BENEFITS: A REVIEW OF SITUATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION EVALUATIONS. CRIMINOLOGY. 47:1331-1368.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00177.x Web of Science: 000272517700010
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2009Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaign. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 37:608-616.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.009 Web of Science: 000272404300009
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2007IMMIGRATION POLICY, BORDER SECURITY, AND MIGRANT DEATHS: AN IMPACT EVALUATION OF LIFE‐SAVING EFFORTS UNDER THE BORDER SAFETY INITIATIVE*. CRIMINOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY. 6:245-266.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9133.2007.00433.x
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2005Border enforcement, organized crime, and deaths of smuggled migrants on the United States - Mexico border. EUROPEAN JOURNAL ON CRIMINAL POLICY AND RESEARCH. 11:159-174.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10609-005-6716-z
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2005Understanding offense specialization and versatility: A reapplication of the rational choice perspective. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 33:77-87.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.10.005 Web of Science: 000226277700007
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2003Product Life Cycles and Crime: Automated Teller Machines and Robbery. SECURITY JOURNAL. 16:7-18.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sj.8340122
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A field experiment of the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police officer behavior and perceptions. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 53:102-109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.10.003 Web of Science: 000415141200011
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2022Future Directions in the Study of Displacement and Convergence Among Transnational Crime Flows. 215-230.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95301-0_12
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2022The Displacement and Convergence of Transnational Crime Flows. 9-25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95301-0_2
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2020
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2019Cross-border policing. 275-280.
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2019
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2018The individual perspective. 84-104.
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2017Situational Crime Prevention. 261-268.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44124-5_22 Web of Science: 000412521600022
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2016Preventing migrant deaths: A possible role for situational crime prevention. 185-197.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315595351-22
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2016Situational crime prevention. 104-114.Web of Science: 000412940700011
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2014Does opportunity make the poacher? An analysis of neo-tropical illicit parrot markets. 44-61.Web of Science: 000340924100004
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2014Effectiveness of Situational Crime Prevention. 1318-1329.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_553
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2012"Own the Place, Own the Crime" PreventionFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917938.003.0021
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2012Crime Displacement and Diffusion of BenefitsFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398823.013.0017
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2012Place-Based Crime Prevention: Theory, Evidence, and PolicyFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398823.013.0018
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Other Scholarly Work
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2020A field experiment of the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police officer behavior and perceptions (volume 53, pg 102, 2017). JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101690 Web of Science: 000537856000007
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
Research
principal investigator on
- The Miami Real Time Crime Center (MRTCC) Violence Response Initiative: An Embedded Police Academic Partnership awarded by City of Miami 2019 - 2022
- Flows - Displacement and Convergence of Illicit Flows (Humans & Goods) awarded by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2019 - 2021
- A Predictive Modeling Approach to Improve Problem-Solving and Crime Incident Case Clearance awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2015 - 2020
Contact
full name
- Rob Guerette
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7535-3941 (confirmed)
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publication subject areas
Citation index-derived subject areas the researcher has published in