Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Author "O'Brien, Daniel"

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Ecometrics in the Age of Big Data: Measuring and Assessing "Broken Windows" Using Large-scale Administrative Records

Sampson, Robert J.; Winship, Christopher; O'Brien, Daniel T. (SAGE Publications, 2015)

The collection of large-scale administrative records in electronic form by many cities provides a new opportunity for the measurement and longitudinal tracking of neighborhood characteristics, but one that requires novel ...
Public and Private Spheres of Neighborhood Disorder: Assessing Pathways to Violence Using Large-scale Digital Records

O'Brien, Daniel T.; Sampson, Robert J. (2015)

Objectives: “Broken windows” theory is an influential model of neighborhood change, but there is disagreement over whether public disorder leads to more serious crime. This article distinguishes between public and private ...