John E. Eck

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Law
• Social science
• Criminology

John E. Eck mostly deals with Criminology, Crime prevention, Evidence-based policing, Problem-oriented policing and CompStat. Criminology and Street segment are commonly linked in his work. His Crime prevention study results in a more complete grasp of Law.

His work on Justice and Adult education as part of general Law research is frequently linked to Drug education and Thinking skills, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Problem-oriented policing study incorporates themes from Fear of crime and Law enforcement. The CompStat study combines topics in areas such as Violent crime and Community policing.

His most cited work include:

• Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising (949 citations)
• What Can Police Do to Reduce Crime, Disorder, and Fear? (576 citations)
• Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising. Research in Brief. National Institute of Justice. (418 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Criminology, Crime prevention, Law, Public relations and Problem-oriented policing. His Criminology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social science and Unit of analysis. His research on Crime prevention also deals with topics like

• Organised crime which connect with Computer security,
• Psychological intervention that intertwine with fields like Intervention.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Control, Randomized experiment and Renting. His Problem-oriented policing study is concerned with Community policing in general. The study incorporates disciplines such as Displacement and Intervention in addition to Crime control.

He most often published in these fields:

• Criminology (35.40%)
• Crime prevention (27.43%)
• Law (10.62%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

• Crime prevention (27.43%)
• Criminology (35.40%)
• Context (4.42%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Crime prevention, Criminology, Context, Psychological intervention and Intervention. John E. Eck integrates Crime prevention and Index in his research. John E. Eck studies Criminology, focusing on Criminal investigation in particular.

Other disciplines of study, such as Spatial change, Relocation, Crime displacement, Transport engineering and Process, are mixed together with his Context studies. John E. Eck combines subjects such as Social psychology, Program evaluation and Risk analysis with his study of Psychological intervention. Intervention is frequently linked to Timeline in his study.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

• Weak Intervention Backfire and Criminal Hormesis: Why Some Otherwise Effective Crime Prevention Interventions Can Fail at Low Doses (10 citations)
• Regulation for High-Crime Places: Theory, Evidence, and Principles: (7 citations)
• A Theory-Driven Algorithm for Real-Time Crime Hot Spot Forecasting: (6 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Law
• Social science
• Social psychology

His primary areas of investigation include Crime prevention, Economic geography, Criminal investigation, Criminology and State dependence. Crime prevention and Hormesis are two areas of study in which John E. Eck engages in interdisciplinary research. His State dependence study spans across into areas like Volume, Hot spot, Algorithm and Population Heterogeneity.