
Overview
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Rob T. Guerette is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of International and Public Affairs. He holds a doctorate from Rutgers University-Newark and was a Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He is affiliated with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing and serves as the advisor and coordinator for the annual International Herman Goldstein Awards for Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing, a program supported by the United States Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). He has worked on projects in consultation or affiliation with the Department of Homeland Security - U.S. Border Patrol, the National Research Council, United States Department of Justice-Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), British Home Office Research Directorate, the Miami Police Department and the New Jersey Department of Probation and Parole.
His research has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed outlets including Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Crime Prevention Studies, Criminology & Public Policy, the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Security Journal. He is author of Migrant Death: Border Safety and Situational Crime Prevention on the U.S.-Mexico Divide (2007); co-editor of the book Migration, Culture Conflict, Crime, and Terrorism (2006); and co-author of a book chapter in Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence (2002). Formerly, he was a private criminal and civil investigator where he worked an assortment of cases on federal and state levels.
research interests
- Situational Crime Prevention | Problem and Community-Oriented Policing | Transnational Crime | Program and Policy Evaluation
Scholarly & Creative Works
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Article
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2022The Effect of Self-Defense Laws on Firearm Use Among Criminal OffendersFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/00111287221077629 Web of Science: 000765306500001
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2021From Research Partner to Embedded Criminologist: A Synthesized Taxonomy and Reflections From the FieldFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/police/paz044 Web of Science: 000733820000008
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2021Cyber Place Management and Crime Prevention: The Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Awareness Training Against Phishing AttacksFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/10439862211001628 Web of Science: 000634031700001
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2020The Forgotten (Practical) Side of School Safety: What Do Clery Reports Say about CPTED and Crime on College Campuses?Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2020.1740417 Web of Science: 000524439800001
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2019A Test of Time-constraint Predictions on Residence-to-Crime Distances among Sex OffendersFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2019.1661318 Web of Science: 000486614600001
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2018Detecting the Determinants and Trajectories of Homicide Among Ransom Kidnappings: A Research NoteFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1088767916685367 Web of Science: 000429812000005
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2017A field experiment of the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police officer behavior and perceptionsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.10.003 Web of Science: 000415141200011
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2017Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level: A Matched-Case Control DesignFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1168656 Web of Science: 000396859900003
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2016Parental Low Self-Control, Family Environments, and Juvenile DelinquencyFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0306624X15584907 Web of Science: 000382857200003
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2014Crime displacement: what we know, what we don't know, and what it means for crime reductionFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11292-014-9209-4 Web of Science: 000346056300008
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2014THE CRIME TRIANGLE OF KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM INCIDENTS IN COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA A 'Litmus' Test for Situational Crime PreventionFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azu044 Web of Science: 000344651700005
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2011Spatial displacement and diffusion of benefits among geographically focused policing initiatives: a meta-analytical reviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11292-011-9134-8 Web of Science: 000296644400004
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2010Explaining Victim Self-Protective Behavior Effects on Crime Incident Outcomes A Test of Opportunity TheoryFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128707311644 Web of Science: 000275146800002
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2009Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaignFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.009 Web of Science: 000272404300009
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2005Understanding offense specialization and versatility: A reapplication of the rational choice perspectiveFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.10.005 Web of Science: 000226277700007
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2003Product Life Cycles and Crime: Automated Teller Machines and RobberyFull Text via DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sj.8340122
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2022Future Directions in the Study of Displacement and Convergence Among Transnational Crime Flows. 215-230.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95301-0_12
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2022The Displacement and Convergence of Transnational Crime Flows. 9-25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95301-0_2
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2020
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2019Cross-border policing. 275-280.
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2018The individual perspective. 84-104.
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2017Situational Crime Prevention. 261-268.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44124-5_22 Web of Science: 000412521600022
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2016Preventing migrant deaths: A possible role for situational crime prevention. 185-197.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315595351-22
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2016Situational crime prevention. 104-114.Web of Science: 000412940700011
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2014Does opportunity make the poacher? An analysis of neo-tropical illicit parrot markets. 44-61.Web of Science: 000340924100004
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2014Effectiveness of Situational Crime Prevention. 1318-1329.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_553
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2012"Own the Place, Own the Crime" PreventionFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917938.003.0021
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2012Crime Displacement and Diffusion of BenefitsFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398823.013.0017
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2012Place-Based Crime Prevention: Theory, Evidence, and PolicyFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195398823.013.0018
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Other Scholarly Work
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
Research
principal investigator on
- The Miami Real Time Crime Center (MRTCC) Violence Response Initiative: An Embedded Police Academic Partnership awarded by City of Miami 2019 - 2022
- Flows - Displacement and Convergence of Illicit Flows (Humans & Goods) awarded by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2019 - 2021
- A Predictive Modeling Approach to Improve Problem-Solving and Crime Incident Case Clearance awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2015 - 2020
Contact
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- Rob Guerette
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