Aaron Chalfin

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Aaron Chalfin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Chalfin has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Aaron Chalfin's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (34 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (10 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (7 papers). Aaron Chalfin is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (34 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (10 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (7 papers). Aaron Chalfin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Belgium. Aaron Chalfin's co-authors include Justin McCrary, Caterina G. Roman, Jacob Kaplan, Ray Paternoster, Thomas A. Loughran, Theodore Wilson, John Roman, Benjamin Hansen, Carly Knight and Charles Loeffler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Chalfin

51 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Criminal Deterrence: A Review of the Literature

2017 335 citations Aaron Chalfin, Justin McCrary profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Can enhanced street lighting improve public safety at scale? 2025 ·Criminology & Public Policy ·John M. MacDonald, Aaron Chalfin, Mark Moritz, (unknown), (unknown), Anthony A. Braga, Eugenia C. South	0
2	Measuring Changes in Bias-Motivated Attacks: Evidence from Anti-Asian Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic* 2025 ·Justice Quarterly ·(unknown), (unknown), Aaron Chalfin	1
3	Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in U.S. Prisons: Perspectives from a Statewide Survey of Incarcerated People 2024 ·Vaccines ·(unknown), Erin M. Kerrison, Aaron Chalfin, Jordan M. Hyatt	0
4	Place-based approaches to reducing violent crime hot spots: A review of the evidence on public health approaches 2024 ·Aggression and Violent Behavior ·John M. MacDonald, (unknown), (unknown), Aaron Chalfin	1
5	Investments in Policing and Community Safety 2024 ·Aaron Chalfin	1
6	No ground truth? No problem: Improving administrative data linking using active learning and a little bit of guile 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Zubin Jelveh, (unknown), Shi Yan, Aaron Chalfin, Benjamin Hansen	2
7	Activity-adjusted crime rates show that public safety worsened in 2020 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Aaron Chalfin	12
8	Ambient lighting, use of outdoor spaces and perceptions of public safety: evidence from a survey experiment 2021 ·Security Journal ·Jacob Kaplan, Aaron Chalfin	19
9	Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City 2021 ·Journal of Quantitative Criminology ·Aaron Chalfin, Benjamin Hansen, (unknown), (unknown)	65
10	Can Precision Policing Reduce Gun Violence? Evidence from “Gang Takedowns” in New York City 2021 ·Journal of Policy Analysis and Management ·Aaron Chalfin, (unknown), Jacob Kaplan	19
11	Immigration enforcement, crime, and demography 2020 ·Criminology & Public Policy ·Aaron Chalfin, (unknown)	9
12	More sneezing, less crime? Health shocks and the market for offenses 2019 ·Journal of Health Economics ·Aaron Chalfin, Shooshan Danagoulian, (unknown)	19
13	New Evidence on Mexican Immigration and Crime in the United States: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Immigration Enforcement 2017 ·Aaron Chalfin	4
14	Work and Crime 2011 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·Aaron Chalfin, Steven Raphael	13
15	The Effect of Police on Crime: New Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1960-2008 2011 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Justin McCrary, Aaron Chalfin	2
16	The Relation of the Perceived Environment to Fear, Physical Activity, and Health in Public Housing Developments: Evidence from Chicago 2009 ·Journal of Public Health Policy ·Caterina G. Roman, Carly Knight, Aaron Chalfin, Susan J. Popkin	49
17	Reassessing the Cost of the Death Penalty Using Quasi-Experimental Methods: Evidence from Maryland 2009 ·American Law and Economics Review ·John Roman, Aaron Chalfin, Carly Knight	2
18	The DNA field experiment: a randomized trial of the cost-effectiveness of using DNA to solve property crimes 2009 ·Journal of Experimental Criminology ·John Roman, Shannon E. Reid, Aaron Chalfin, Carly Knight	55
19	Fear of Walking Outdoors 2008 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Caterina G. Roman, Aaron Chalfin	156
20	What does cost-benefit analysis add to decision making? Evidence from the criminal justice literature 2008 ·Journal of Experimental Criminology ·Kevin Marsh, Aaron Chalfin, John Roman	15

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