2026 Anthony A. Braga: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	75	551	477	260	222	230	19856

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2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

Anthony A. Braga is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within the social sciences, particularly in the fields of sociology, political science, and health. The subfields that characterize their work include sociology and political science, health, political science and international relations, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

The main areas of study covered by Braga encompass:

Crime Patterns and Interventions
Gun Ownership and Violence Research
Policing Practices and Perceptions
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
Homelessness and Social Issues

Braga has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

Criminology & Public Policy
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Criminology
Journal of Experimental Criminology
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Recent scholarly articles include:

"Reforming the police through procedural justice training: A multicity randomized trial at crime hot spots" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Does Hot Spots Policing Have Meaningful Impacts on Crime? Findings from An Alternative Approach to Estimating Effect Sizes from Place-Based Program Evaluations" (2020), published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology
"Firearm Instrumentality: Do Guns Make Violent Situations More Lethal?" (2020), published in Annual Review of Criminology
"Underground Gun Markets and the Flow of Illegal Guns into the Bronx and Brooklyn: A Mixed Methods Analysis" (2020), published in Journal of Urban Health
"Body-worn cameras, lawful police stops, and NYPD officer compliance: A cluster randomized controlled trial*" (2021), published in Criminology

Frequent coauthors include Brandon Turchan, John M. MacDonald, David Weisburd, Philip J. Cook, and Brian Wade.

Braga has authored books published by Cambridge University Press:

A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime (2021)
The Future of the Criminology of Place (2025)

Best Publications

The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;Andrew V. Papachristos;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

954
Citations
Problem-Oriented Policing, Deterrence, and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston's Operation Ceasefire

Anthony Allan Braga;David M. Kennedy;Elin J. Waring;Anne Morrison Piehl

820
Citations
Problem-oriented policing in violent crime places: A randomized controlled experiment

Anthony A. Braga;David L. Weisburd;Elin J. Waring;Lorraine Green Mazerolle

812
Citations
POLICING CRIME AND DISORDER HOT SPOTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL*

Anthony A. Braga;Brenda J. Bond

731
Citations
The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime

Anthony Allan Braga

592
Citations
Youth violence in Boston: Gun markets, serious youth offenders, and a use-reduction strategy

David M. Kennedy;A. M. Piehl;Anthony Allan Braga

578
Citations
Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

David Weisburd;Anthony A. Braga

552
Citations
Stress and Hardship after Prison.

Bruce Western;Anthony A. Braga;Jaclyn Davis;Catherine Sirois

550
Citations
The Concentration and Stability of Gun Violence at Micro Places in Boston, 1980–2008

Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;Andrew V. Papachristos;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

542
Citations
The Corner and the Crew: The Influence of Geography and Social Networks on Gang Violence

Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau;Anthony Allan Braga

489
Citations
The Effects of Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence

Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;David L. Weisburd;David L. Weisburd

458
Citations
Hot spots policing and crime prevention: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Anthony A. Braga

386
Citations
Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Prevention

Anthony A. Braga

329
Citations
Hot spots policing and crime reduction: an update of an ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis

Anthony A. Braga;Brandon S. Turchan;Brandon S. Turchan;Andrew V. Papachristos;David M. Hureau

309
Citations
Policing Problem Places

Anthony A. Braga;David L. Weisburd

306
Citations
Hot spots policing effects on crime

Anthony A. Braga;Andrew Papachristos;David Hureau

287
Citations
Can Policing Disorder Reduce Crime? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis:

Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;Brandon C. Welsh;Cory Schnell

287
Citations
Social Networks and the Risk of Gunshot Injury

Andrew V. Papachristos;Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;David M. Hureau

275
Citations
The Relevance of Micro Places to Citywide Robbery Trends: A Longitudinal Analysis of Robbery Incidents at Street Corners and Block Faces in Boston

Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;David M. Hureau;Andrew V. Papachristos

271
Citations
Focused Deterrence Strategies and Crime Control

Anthony A. Braga;David Weisburd;Brandon Turchan

266
Citations
The Effects of “Pulling Levers” Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime

Anthony A. Braga;David L. Weisburd

240
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew V. Papachristos Northwestern University

Brandon C. Welsh Northeastern University

Garen J. Wintemute University of California, Davis

Jerry H. Ratcliffe Temple University

Shane D. Johnson University College London

Kate J. Bowers University College London

Christopher Winship Harvard University

Mark H. Moore Harvard University

Lorraine Mazerolle University of Queensland

Tom R. Tyler Yale University

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