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Overview

Ralph B. Taylor is affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, with particular contributions in sociology, political science, transportation, general health professions, physiology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics covered in Taylor's work include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Traffic and Road Safety

Taylor's recent publications involve studies published between 2020 and 2024. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Taylor include:

  • "Was the pope to blame? Statistical powerlessness and the predictive policing of micro-scale randomized control trials," 2020, Criminology & Public Policy
  • "The Philadelphia predictive policing experiment," 2020, Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • "The disproportionate impact of post-George Floyd violence increases on minority neighborhoods in Philadelphia," 2023, Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "Crime-related perceptions and walking for recreation inside and outside one's home neighborhood," 2024, Health & Place
  • "Predicting initiation to treatment for youth on probation: A multi-level approach," 2022, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Taylor include:

  • Jerry H. Ratcliffe
  • Caterina G. Roman
  • Terry L. Conway
  • Christina M. Patch
  • Kelli L. Cain

Publications by Taylor are distributed across several academic journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Health & Place
  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

The interdisciplinary nature of Taylor's work intersects criminal justice research with aspects of public health, urban transport, and behavioral interventions, reflecting a diverse approach to addressing social and health-related issues through empirical analysis.

Best Publications

  • FEAR OF CRIME IN URBAN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS: Implications of Between‐ and Within‐Neighborhood Sources for Current Models

    Jeanette Covington;Ralph B. Taylor

  • Ecological Assessments of Community Disorder: Their Relationship to Fear of Crime and Theoretical Implications

    Douglas D. Perkins;Ralph B. Taylor

  • Testing Alternative Models of Fear of Crime

    Ralph B. Taylor;Margaret Hale

  • Breaking Away From Broken Windows: Baltimore Neighborhoods And The Nationwide Fight Against Crime, Grime, Fear, And Decline

    Ralph B. Taylor

  • Block Crime and Fear: Defensible Space, Local Social Ties, and Territorial Functioning:

    Ralph B. Taylor;Stephen D. Gottfredson;Sidney Brower

  • The physical-environment of street blocks and resident perceptions of crime and disorder: Implications for theory and measurement

    Douglas D. Perkins;John W. Meeks;Ralph B. Taylor

  • Social Order and Disorder of Street Blocks and Neighborhoods: Ecology, Microecology, and the Systemic Model of Social Disorganization

    Ralph B. Taylor

  • The physical environment of street crime: Defensible space, territoriality and incivilities.

    Douglas D. Perkins;Abraham H. Wandersman;Richard C. Rich;Ralph B. Taylor

  • The ecology of empowerment: Predicting participation in community organizations

    Douglas D. Perkins;Barbara B. Brown;Ralph B. Taylor

  • Community Structural Change and Fear of Crime

    Ralph B. Taylor;Jeanette Covington

  • Neighborhood responses to disorder and local attachments: The systemic model of attachment, social disorganization, and neighborhood use value

    Ralph B. Taylor

  • Multilevel longitudinal impacts of incivilities: Fear of crime, expected safety, and block satisfaction

    Jennifer B. Robinson;Brian A. Lawton;Ralph B. Taylor;Douglas D. Perkins

  • NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL LINKS BETWEEN PHYSICAL FEATURES AND LOCAL SENTIMENTS DETERIORATION, FEAR OF CRIME, AND CONFIDENCE

    Ralph B. Taylor;Sally Ann Shumaker

  • Human Territorial Functioning: An Empirical, Evolutionary Perspective on Individual and Small Group Territorial Cognitions, Behaviors, and Consequences

    Ralph B. Taylor

  • NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES IN ECOLOGY AND VIOLENCE

    Ralph B. Taylor;Jeanette Covington

  • 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

  • Environmental Design, Crime, and Prevention: An Examination of Community Dynamics

    Ralph B. Taylor;Stephen Gottfredson

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

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

  • Street Blocks with more Nonresidential Land Use have more Physical Deterioration: Evidence from Baltimore and Philadelphia

    Ralph B. Taylor;Barbara A. Koons;Ellen M. Kurtz;Jack R. Greene

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry H. Ratcliffe
Jerry H. Ratcliffe Temple University
Douglas D. Perkins
Douglas D. Perkins Vanderbilt University
Jonathan M. Ellen
Jonathan M. Ellen Johns Hopkins University
Susan G. Sherman
Susan G. Sherman Johns Hopkins University
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
Abraham Wandersman
Abraham Wandersman University of South Carolina
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
Barbara B. Brown
Barbara B. Brown University of Utah

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