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Overview

David C. Pyrooz is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Social Sciences, with a notable focus on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Political Science and International Relations, and Health.

The topics covered in their work include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

The scientist has published extensively across several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • CrimRxiv
  • Criminology
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Health & Justice
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by David C. Pyrooz include:

  • "Views on COVID-19 from Inside Prison: Perspectives of High-security Prisoners," 2020, Justice Evaluation Journal
  • "Non-random Study Attrition: Assessing Correction Techniques and the Magnitude of Bias in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison," 2021, Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • "Culture in prison, culture on the street: the convergence between the convict code and code of the street," 2020, Journal of Crime and Justice
  • "Head injury in prison: Gang membership and the role of prison violence," 2020, Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "Correctional services during and beyond COVID-19," 2021, FACETS

David C. Pyrooz has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jennifer J. Tostlebe
  • James A. Densley
  • Scott H. Decker
  • José Antonio Sánchez
  • Ryan M. Labrecque

Best Publications

  • Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community

    David G. Curry;Scott H. Decker;David C. Pyrooz

  • Continuity and Change in Gang Membership and Gang Embeddedness

    David C. Pyrooz;Gary Sweeten;Alex R. Piquero

  • What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here

    Scott H. Decker;Chris Melde;David C. Pyrooz

  • Motives and methods for leaving the gang: Understanding the process of gang desistance

    David C. Pyrooz;Scott H. Decker

  • The Ties That Bind Desistance From Gangs

    David C. Pyrooz;Scott H. Decker;Vincent J. Webb

  • Taking Stock of the Relationship Between Gang Membership and Offending: A Meta-Analysis

    David C. Pyrooz;Jillian J. Turanovic;Scott H. Decker;Jun Wu

  • Criminal and Routine Activities in Online Settings: Gangs, Offenders, and the Internet

    David C. Pyrooz;Scott H. Decker;Richard K. Moule

  • De-policing and crime in the wake of Ferguson: Racialized changes in the quantity and quality of policing among Missouri police departments

    John A. Shjarback;David C. Pyrooz;Scott E. Wolfe;Scott H. Decker

  • Disengaging From Gangs and Desistance From Crime

    Gary Sweeten;David C. Pyrooz;Alexis R Piquero

  • Disengagement From Gangs as Role Transitions

    Scott H. Decker;David C. Pyrooz;Richard K. Moule

  • “From Your First Cigarette to Your Last Dyin’ Day”: The Patterning of Gang Membership in the Life-Course

    David C. Pyrooz

  • Was there a Ferguson Effect on crime rates in large U.S. cities

    David C. Pyrooz;Scott H. Decker;Scott E. Wolfe;John A. Shjarback

  • Gang Membership Between Ages 5 and 17 Years in the United States

    David C. Pyrooz;Gary Sweeten

  • The Contribution of Gang Membership to the Victim–Offender Overlap

    David C. Pyrooz;Richard K. Moule;Scott H. Decker

  • Validating Self-Nomination in Gang Research: Assessing Differences in Gang Embeddedness Across Non-, Current, and Former Gang Members

    Scott H. Decker;David C. Pyrooz;Gary Sweeten;Richard K. Moule

  • Gangs, Migration, and Crime: The Changing Landscape in Europe and the USA

    Scott H. Decker;Frank van Gemert;David C. Pyrooz

  • From Colors and Guns to Caps and Gowns? The Effects of Gang Membership on Educational Attainment:

    David C. Pyrooz

  • Gangs, Terrorism, and Radicalization

    Scott H. Decker;David Pyrooz

  • On the Validity and Reliability of Gang Homicide: A Comparison of Disparate Sources

    Scott H. Decker;David C. Pyrooz

  • From the street to the prison, from the prison to the street: understanding and responding to prison gangs

    David C Pyrooz;Scott H Decker;Mark Fleisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Rogers
Richard G. Rogers University of Colorado Boulder
Alex R. Piquero
Alex R. Piquero University of Miami
Jean Marie McGloin
Jean Marie McGloin University of Maryland, College Park
Ben Crewe
Ben Crewe University of Cambridge

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