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Edmund F. McGarrell is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research output spans primarily the social sciences, with a focus on several subfields including sociology and political science, health, clinical psychology, political science and international relations, and safety, risk, reliability, and quality.

The scientist's published work covers a variety of topics related to crime, justice, and public safety. Main topics of their work include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Edmund F. McGarrell has published in several academic journals, with multiple papers appearing in the following venues:

  • Journal of Crime and Justice
  • Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • Urban Studies
  • Justice Evaluation Journal
  • Health & Justice

Their recent scientific articles include:

  • Estimating the impact of an integrated CCTV program on crime, 2020, Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • Community-driven disorder reduction: Crime prevention through a clean and green initiative in a legacy city, 2020, Urban Studies
  • Focused Deterrence and Program Fidelity: Evaluating the Impact of Detroit Ceasefire, 2020, Justice Evaluation Journal
  • Comprehensive approaches to addressing mental health needs and enhancing school security: a hybrid type II cluster randomized trial, 2020, Health & Justice
  • Assessing causal effects under treatment heterogeneity: an evaluation of a CCTV program in Detroit, 2022, Journal of Experimental Criminology

Frequent co-authors who have contributed to multiple collaborative projects with Edmund F. McGarrell include:

  • Giovanni Circo
  • Alaina De Biasi
  • Julie M. Krupa
  • Justin E. Heinze
  • Jason Rydberg

The areas of study encompassed by Edmund F. McGarrell's research indicate an interdisciplinary approach bridging social sciences with health and psychological perspectives, often applied to issues surrounding crime prevention, law enforcement practices, and community safety initiatives.

Best Publications

  • Neighborhood disorder, integration, and the fear of crime

    Edmund F. McGarrell;Andrew L. Giacomazzi;Quint C. Thurman

  • Introducing Conservation Criminology Towards Interdisciplinary Scholarship on Environmental Crimes and Risks

    Carole Gibbs;Meredith L. Gore;Edmund F. McGarrell;Louie Rivers

  • Enhancing Security Throughout the Supply Chain

    David J. Closs;John H. McConnell;Edmund F. McGarrell

  • Media coverage of police misconduct and attitudes toward police

    Steven Chermak;Edmund McGarrell;Jeff Gruenewald

  • Reducing Homicide through a “Lever‐Pulling” Strategy

    Edmund F. McGarrell;Steven Chermak;Jeremy M. Wilson;Jeremy M. Wilson;Nicholas Corsaro

  • Intelligence-Led Policing As a Framework for Responding to Terrorism

    Edmund F. McGarrell;Joshua D. Freilich;Steven Chermak

  • REDUCING FIREARMS VIOLENCE THROUGH DIRECTED POLICE PATROL

    Edmund F. McGarrell;Steven Chermak;Alexander Weiss;Jeremy M. Wilson

  • Family Group Conferencing and Re‐Offending Among First‐Time Juvenile Offenders: The Indianapolis Experiment

    Edmund F. McGarrell;Natalie Kroovand Hipple

  • Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment: Preference for the Penalty or Mere Acceptance?:

    Marla Sandys;Edmund F. McGARRELL

  • Citizens' perceptions of aggressive traffic enforcement strategies

    Steven Chermak;Edmund F. McGarrell;Edmund F. McGarrell;Alexander Weiss

  • The Misperception of Public Opinion Toward Capital Punishment: Examining the Spuriousness Explanation of Death Penalty Support

    Edmund F. McGARRELL;Marla Sandys

  • Problem-Oriented Policing and Open-Air Drug Markets: Examining the Rockford Pulling Levers Deterrence Strategy

    Nicholas Corsaro;Rod K. Brunson;Edmund F. McGarrell

  • Fear of crime among citizens of Turkey

    Onder Karakus;Edmund F. McGarrell;Oguzhan Basibuyuk

  • The Impact of Drug Market Pulling Levers Policing on Neighborhood Violence

    Nicholas Corsaro;Eleazer D. Hunt;Natalie Kroovand Hipple;Edmund F. McGarrell

  • Project Safe Neighborhoods and Violent Crime Trends in US Cities: Assessing Violent Crime Impact

    Edmund F. McGarrell;Nicholas Corsaro;Natalie Kroovand Hipple;Timothy S. Bynum

  • Transnational white-collar crime and risk: Lessons from the global trade in electronic waste

    Carole Gibbs;Edmund F. McGarrell;Mark Axelrod

  • Public Perceptions of the Criminal Courts: The Role of Demographic and Related Attitudinal Variables

    Timothy J. Flanagan;Edmund F. McGARRELL;Edward J. Brown

  • Trends in Racial Disproportionality in Juvenile Court Processing: 1985-1989

    Edmund F. McGarrell

  • Community Policing in a Rural Setting

    Quint Thurman;Edmund F. McGarrell

  • Restorative Justice Conference as an Early Response to Young Offenders

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  • Testing a promising homicide reduction strategy: re-assessing the impact of the Indianapolis “pulling levers” intervention

    Nicholas Corsaro;Edmund F. McGarrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Chermak
Steven M. Chermak Michigan State University
Leslie W. Kennedy
Leslie W. Kennedy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Marc A. Zimmerman
Marc A. Zimmerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul B. Stretesky
Paul B. Stretesky Northumbria University
Amy M. Kilbourne
Amy M. Kilbourne University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel J. Kruger
Daniel J. Kruger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joshua D. Freilich
Joshua D. Freilich John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Alan J. Lizotte
Alan J. Lizotte University at Albany, State University of New York

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