Alaina DeBiasi (hm1896)
University information
Title: Assistant Professor
Unit: Criminology & Criminal Justice
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Science
Contact information
656 W Kirby St
Detroit, 48202
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department:
Title:
Assistant Professor
Email:
adebiasi@wayne.edu
Office:
3249 Faculty/Administration (FAB)
656 W. Kirby St.
Detroit MI, 48202
Curriculum Vitae:
https://people.wayne.edu/profile/hm1896/1578/cv_debiasi_01_24.pdf
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Biography:
Dr. Alaina De Biasi is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Wayne State University. Her research interests include understanding the causes and consequences of firearm violence, leveraging law enforcement data systems to advance crime gun intelligence, evaluating the effectiveness of violence prevention initiatives, conducting community-engaged research, and exploring the geography of crime. Through her work, she seeks to develop new and better policies and practices aimed at violence prevention.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise:
- Policing
- Firearm violence
- Crime and place
- Evaluation research
- Community-engaged research
Selected publications:
- De Biasi, A. (2023). Time-to-first shooting: A complementary measure to time-to-crime. Journal of Crime and Justice. Advanced on publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2023.2299761
- De Biasi, A. (2021). Ignored but not forgotten: The broken windows tipping point and the question of functional form. British Journal of Criminology, 62(2), 413-430. doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab057
- De Biasi, A. & Circo, G. (2020). Capturing crime at the micro-place: A spatial approach to inform buffer size. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 37(2), 393-418. doi.org/10.1007/s10940-020-09488-0
- Circo, G., McGarrell, E., Krupa, J., & De Biasi, A. (2019). The individual-level deterrent effect of “call-in” meetings on time to re-arrest. Crime & Delinquency, 66(11), 1630-1651. doi.org/10.1177/0011128719885869
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