Honored to be inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement & excellence in doctoral education. It’s named after Edward Alexander Bouchet, the 1st self-identified African American to earn a PhD from a US university (Yale).

Honored to be included in this list of University of Miami colleagues Pratim Biswas & Antonio Nanni for scoring in the top 5% of our Association of American Universities (AAU) peers on several academic metrics calculated by Academic Analytics.

Research by @dralexpiquero.bsky.social & @johnkroman.bsky.social found that for all racial groups, firearm homicide rates peaked in 2021. Rate for white individuals peaked at 4.3 per 100,000, but rate for Black individuals ages 20-24 was greater than 80 per 100,000 individuals - 18+ times higher

Looking forward to giving congressional testimony on gun violence data infrastructure.

So honored to just learn that I have been inducted into the prestigious Bouchet Honor Society in recognition of achievements as a scholar and embodiment of the values and mission of the Bouchet Society. Thank you to all who’ve invested & supported me in my career.

Five years ago, as the U.S. grappled with COVID, social unrest, and a contentious presidential election, Americans began buying guns in record numbers. Now, that boom appears to be ending. The Trace’s Chip Brownlee explains why the market might be cooling:

Happy to be part of this excellent @nytimes.com piece by James Forman Jr. of @Yale Law School “What happened when America emptied its youth prisons.” Check it out: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/m...

Honored to be part of a special issue of Vital City “Crime: Looking back at 2024, and ahead to 2025”. My piece with Chandler Hall & Nick Wilson looks at The Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic Gun Violence: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...

Honored to be participating in a Congressional Briefing on Preventing Gun Violence. Agenda and registration can be found here: cebcp.org/outreach-sym...

Honored to be on this call today:

Great speaking w/ Voice of America News about car theft trends: www.voanews.com/a/us-customs...

New paper in @JAMA Network Open (w/ Chandler Hall & Nick Wilson) looks at gun violence trends in US cities during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find variation in both the timing & surge of gun violence between cities. Read it Open Access here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I am proud to announce that I will be serving as a Distinguished Advisory Board member with the @University of Virginia's @UVA Center for Public Safety and Justice.

Let’s go Canes 🏈 🟧_🟩

Great speaking w/ Amanda Hernandez of @stateline.org about shoplifting data & trends: stateline.org/2024/12/19/n...

Great speaking w/ @thebaltimorebanner.com about trends in juvenile firearm violence: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

Honored to be back at the White House to attend a meeting sponsored by the Office on Gun Violence Prevention & the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss the use of data & evidence-based approaches to prevent gun violence.

Honored to be appointed to the US Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

Great speaking w/ @nytimes.com about our recent work (w/ Andy Wheeler) on developing better estimates of domestic violence & how San Antonio is trying out new policy options: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...

That was a great afternoon in a courtyard in Florence. Such a great time & honor to be part of Jerry’s podcast!

From the @reducingcrime.com podcast back catalogue, here is @dralexpiquero.bsky.social on the importance as an academic of reading and writing daily. Profs, pass this tip-laden episode on to your grad students. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2JTu...

Our new paper examines the effects that Prudential Center (NJ) events had on crime in downtown Newark from 2007 to 2015 in terms of incident counts and spatial characteristics. Great teaming up w/ Eric Piza, Gian Campedelli, & Justin Kurland. Open access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congrats to my colleagues, Shirelle Jackson & Marvin Dawkins for being recognized by the ACC for their efforts at promoting diversity & inclusion among our student-athletes & community: news.miami.edu/stories/2024...

I was privileged to be at the White House recently as President Biden signed an EO to improve gun violence data. It was nice to spend time w/ him, to thank him for his service, & for appointing me to serve as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Honor of a lifetime.

So proud of our 🟧_🟩 student athletes who posted a 4-year Graduation Success Rate of 93% in the latest NCAA report: miamihurricanes.com/news/2024/11...

Happy to talk w/ @themarshallproject.org about crime data and what needs to improved (along w/ @johnkroman.bsky.social): www.themarshallproject.org/2024/06/27/t...

@dralexpiquero.bsky.social discusses his findings from multiple studies of the relationship between stop and search, and reports of knife crime in London: "Fewer stop and searches means you're going to have more knife injuries. This tracks perfectly over the time period [studied]." #ebp

John Roman & I published a study in JAMA Network Open that shows that death by firearm homicide was concentrated among Black individuals aged 15-24 years before, during, and subsequent to the COVID-19 pandemic & in 2021, the rate was 27x higher. Free to read: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Great speaking to @usatoday.com about crime rates, trends, & the facts alongside friends & colleagues @jeffasher.bsky.social & @jeffreybutts.bsky.social / Read it here: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Maryland’s juvenile justice reform bill is based on anecdote and not the data. In this piece for The Baltimore Sun, Heather Warnken & I lay out the bill, it’s problems, & our recommendations: www.baltimoresun.com/2024/04/09/g...

Public safety demands better funding for the nation’s science agencies. Check out my piece for Inside Sources here: dcjournal.com/public-safet...

Great to see our meta analysis on early family/parent training programs be listed in the top ten of the most cited such papers in Journal of Experimental Criminology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Honored to be named as a Board Member to the National Academies Committee on Law and Justice. Read about the members and our work here: www.nationalacademies.org/claj/about#s...

Last year I had the honor of giving a keynote at the @giffords.bsky.social CVI Conference on using disaggregated crime data to invest in people & places. Thanks to @rohdesign.bsky.social for the great graphic!

Thank you very much for listening and the very kind words!

Honored to be part of this podcast!

So thankful that Jerry included me in his excellent podcast series. Bonus: we got to tape this in the gorgeous Florence 🇮🇹

Great talking w/ PolitiFact about what homicide trends look like and why/why not they may be moving the way they do (along w/ @jeffasher.bsky.social). Read it here: www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Carjacking 🔽🔼 or ? I spoke w/ The National Desk about what we know & more importantly what we don’t know | wjla.com/news/nation-...

Thank you University of Miami for doing this feature about my time serving the Biden-Harris Administration as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics: news.miami.edu/stories/2024...

Great talking with Washington Post about Jan 6, data, science, and facts: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Happy to talk w/ The National Desk about the lack of a relationship between immigration & crime: thenationaldesk.com/news/america...

Thanks to The National Desk for covering my new study on racial disparities in firearm homicide: thenationaldesk.com/amp/news/ame...

My new paper using data from the CDC and BJS-NCVS shows that Black Americans suffer disproportionately from firearm homicide at rates that far exceed those of whites as well as Hispanics. Read here open acess: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great being w/ Emilio Estefan tonite @ 🟧_🟩. An honor & inspiration in so many 🇨🇺 ways.

Fines and fees do a lot more harm than good. Check out the piece that Alexes Harris & I did for The Conversation that summarizes our research & the policy changes states are doing: theconversation.com/certain-stat...

This morning I spoke w/ @npr.org during the Morning Edition show w/ Michel Martin about hate crime data & trends: www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1...

Happy to talk about Florida crime trends and data w/ NYPost: nypost.com/2023/11/22/n...

Yesterday, I testified to the United States Commission on Civil Rights about race/ethnic disparities in crime & victimization & the need for disaggregated data. My official remarks are at: 31:40 and then some closing points at 1:29:30. Here is the link: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvW...