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David McDowall is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York. Their research spans multiple fields within social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, and health-related topics. Their publications primarily explore crime patterns, criminal justice, governance, and issues related to gun ownership and violence.

The primary topics covered in McDowall's work include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
  • Law, Rights, and Freedoms

McDowall has published extensively in the domain of social sciences, especially in sociology and political science, with additional contributions to health fields and clinical psychology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McDowall include Colin Loftin, Richard McCleary, Guillermo Jesús Escaño, William Alex Pridemore, and Sishi Wu.

Their work has appeared in a range of scholarly journals. Notable publication venues where McDowall has contributed include:

  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • Criminology
  • CrimRxiv
  • Justice Quarterly
  • Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David McDowall include:

  • "Does Bail Reform Increase Crime in New York State: Evidence from Interrupted Time-Series Analyses and Synthetic Control Methods," 2023, Justice Quarterly
  • "Examining the state repression-terrorism nexus: Dynamic relationships among repressive counterterrorism actions, terrorist targets, and deadly terrorist violence in Israel," 2020, Criminology & Public Policy
  • "Empirical Properties of Crime Rate Trends," 2023, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
  • "Levels and Changes in Defensive Firearm Use by US Crime Victims, 1987-2021," 2024, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Are High-Immigrant Neighborhoods Disadvantaged in Seeking Local Government Services? Evidence from Baltimore City, Maryland," 2024, Social Forces

Best Publications

  • Contextual Effects in Models of Criminal Victimization

    Terance D. Miethe;David McDowall

  • Criminalizing delinquency: The deterrent effects of the New York juvenile offender law

    Simon I. Singer;David McDowall

  • Social Change and Crime Rates: An Evaluation of Alternative Theoretical Approaches

    Terance D. Miethe;Michael Hughes;David McDowall

  • Seasonal Cycles in Crime, and Their Variability

    David McDowall;Colin Loftin;Matthew Pate

  • The Police, Crime, and Economic Theory: An Assessment

    Colin Loftin;David McDowall

  • Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Drug Use, Peers, and Beliefs: A Five-Wave Panel Model

    Marvin D. Krohn;Alan J. Lizotte;Terence P. Thornberry;Carolyn Smith

  • Collective Security and the Demand for Legal Handguns.

    David McDowall;Colin Loftin

  • A Comparison of Supplementary Homicide Reports and National Vital Statistics System Homicide Estimates for U.S. Counties

    Brian Wiersema;Colin Loftin;David McDOWALL

  • MANDATORY SENTENCING AND FIREARMS VIOLENCE: EVALUATING AN ALTERNATIVE TO GUN CONTROL

    Colin Loftin;Milton Heumann;David McDowall

  • A Comparative Study of the Preventive Effects of Mandatory Sentencing Laws for Gun Crimes

    David McDowall;Colin Loftin;Brian Wiersema

  • BOOT CAMP PRISONS AND RECIDIVISM IN EIGHT STATES

    Doris Layton Mackenzie;Robert Brame;David McDOWALL;Claire Souryal

  • Interrupted Time Series Analysis

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  • Escaping crime: the effects of direct and indirect victimization on moving

    Min Xie;David Mcdowall

  • Underreporting of Justifiable Homicides Committed by Police Officers in the United States, 1976-1998

    Colin Loftin;Brian Wiersema;David McDowall;Adam Dobrin

  • Prior Police Contact and Subsequent Victim Reporting: Results from the NCVS

    Min Xie;Greg Pogarsky;James P. Lynch;David McDowall

  • The Impact of Youth Curfew Laws on Juvenile Crime Rates

    David McDowall;Colin Loftin;Brian Wiersema

  • Do US City Crime Rates Follow a National Trend? The Influence of Nationwide Conditions on Local Crime Patterns

    David McDowall;Colin Loftin

  • The Deterrent Effects of the Florida Felony Firearm Law

    Colin Loftin;David McDowall

  • THE EFFECTS OF RESIDENTIAL TURNOVER ON HOUSEHOLD VICTIMIZATION

    Min Xie;David Mcdowall

  • The Use of Official Records to Measure Crime and Delinquency

    Colin Loftin;David McDowall

  • Firearm Availability and Homicide Rates in Detroit, 1951–1986

    David McDowall

  • The incidence of defensive firearm use by US crime victims, 1987 through 1990

    David M. McDowall;Brian Wiersema

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Lizotte
Alan J. Lizotte University at Albany, State University of New York
Terence P. Thornberry
Terence P. Thornberry University of Maryland, College Park
Marvin D. Krohn
Marvin D. Krohn University of Florida
Stanley Presser
Stanley Presser University of Maryland, College Park
Janet L. Lauritsen
Janet L. Lauritsen University of Missouri–St. Louis
Eric P. Baumer
Eric P. Baumer Pennsylvania State University
Robert Brame
Robert Brame University of South Carolina
Carolyn A. Smith
Carolyn A. Smith University at Albany, State University of New York
Doris Layton MacKenzie
Doris Layton MacKenzie Pennsylvania State University
D. Wayne Osgood
D. Wayne Osgood Pennsylvania State University

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