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Jerry H. Ratcliffe

Jerry H. Ratcliffe

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
11218
World Ranking
3558
National Ranking
1706

Overview

Jerry H. Ratcliffe is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and has a research background focused on social sciences, particularly within sociology, political science, information systems, epidemiology, and general health professions.

Their research portfolio includes a range of topics that predominantly cover crime patterns and interventions, policing practices and perceptions, crime, illicit activities, and governance, as well as cybercrime and law enforcement studies. Other areas of focus include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, gun ownership and violence research, and issues related to homelessness and social concerns.

The scientist has published extensively across several frequent venues, indicating an ongoing contribution to the academic community. These venues include:

  • Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • CrimRxiv
  • Crime Science
  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice

Jerry H. Ratcliffe has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, reflecting sustained partnerships in research projects. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ralph B. Taylor
  • Camille Faubert
  • David Décary-Hêtu
  • Aili Malm
  • Hayley Wight

Recent published papers exemplify their research interests and contributions, including the following works:

  • Policing and public health calls for service in Philadelphia, 2021, Crime Science
  • The Philadelphia predictive policing experiment, 2020, Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • Policing the largest drug market on the eastern seaboard: officer perspectives on enforcement and community safety, 2022, Policing An International Journal
  • Was the pope to blame? Statistical powerlessness and the predictive policing of micro-scale randomized control trials, 2020, Criminology & Public Policy
  • The disproportionate impact of post-George Floyd violence increases on minority neighborhoods in Philadelphia, 2023, Journal of Criminal Justice

Throughout their career, Jerry H. Ratcliffe has concentrated research efforts on the interplay between law enforcement and public health, predictive policing methodologies, drug market enforcement, and the social implications of violence in minority communities.

Best Publications

  • GIS and Crime Mapping

    Spencer Chainey;Jerry Ratcliffe

  • Intelligence-Led Policing

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • THE PHILADELPHIA FOOT PATROL EXPERIMENT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF POLICE PATROL EFFECTIVENESS IN VIOLENT CRIME HOTSPOTS*

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe;Travis Taniguchi;Elizabeth R. Groff;Jennifer D. Wood

  • Geocoding crime and a first estimate of a minimum acceptable hit rate

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • GIS and Crime Mapping: Chainey/GIS and Crime Mapping

    Spencer Chainey;Jerry Ratcliffe

  • Space-time patterns of risk: A cross national assessment of residential burglary victimization

    Shane D. Johnson;Wim Bernasco;Kate J. Bowers;Henk Elffers

  • The Hotspot Matrix: A Framework for the Spatio‐Temporal Targeting of Crime Reduction

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • No . 248 Intelligence-led Policing

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  • Near-Repeat Patterns in Philadelphia Shootings

    Jerry H Ratcliffe;George F Rengert

  • Crime Mapping: Spatial and Temporal Challenges

    Jerry Ratcliffe

  • Hotbeds of crime and the search for spatial accuracy

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe;Michael J. McCullagh

  • Aoristic Signatures and the Spatio-Temporal Analysis of High Volume Crime Patterns

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • A Temporal Constraint Theory to Explain Opportunity-Based Spatial Offending Patterns:

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • Intelligence-led policing and the problems of turning rhetoric into practice

    Jerry Ratcliffe

  • DOES WHAT POLICE DO AT HOT SPOTS MATTER? THE PHILADELPHIA POLICING TACTICS EXPERIMENT*

    Elizabeth R. Groff;Jerry H. Ratcliffe;Cory P. Haberman;Evan T. Sorg

  • Nonresidential Crime Attractors and Generators Elevate Perceived Neighborhood Crime and Incivilities

    Eric S. McCord;Jerry H. Ratcliffe;R. Marie Garcia;Ralph B. Taylor

  • On the accuracy of TIGER-type geocoded address data in relation to cadastral and census areal units

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • The Crime Reduction Effects of Public CCTV Cameras: A Multi‐Method Spatial Approach

    Jerry H. Ratcliffe;Travis Taniguchi;Ralph B. Taylor

  • TESTING FOR TEMPORALLY DIFFERENTIATED RELATIONSHIPS AMONG POTENTIALLY CRIMINOGENIC PLACES AND CENSUS BLOCK STREET ROBBERY COUNTS

    Cory P. Haberman;Jerry H. Ratcliffe

  • Strategic thinking in criminal intelligence

    Jerry Ratcliffe

  • A Micro-Spatial Analysis of the Demographic and Criminogenic Environment of Drug Markets in Philadelphia:

    Eric S. McCord;Jerry H. Ratcliffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph B. Taylor
Ralph B. Taylor Temple University
Anthony A. Braga
Anthony A. Braga University of Pennsylvania
Kate J. Bowers
Kate J. Bowers University College London
Shane D. Johnson
Shane D. Johnson University College London
Tom R. Tyler
Tom R. Tyler Yale University
Stephen D. Mastrofski
Stephen D. Mastrofski George Mason University
Wim Bernasco
Wim Bernasco Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement
Daniel S. Nagin
Daniel S. Nagin Carnegie Mellon University

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