RAND Expert Biography
Greg Ridgeway
Associate Director, Safety and Justice Program, RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Expertise
Illegal firearms and ammunition, racial profiling
Recent Work
Racial profiling analysis in Oakland, CA, and Cincinnati, OH
Education
Ph.D. and M.S. in statistics, University of Washington, Seattle; B.S. in statistics, California Polytechnic State University
Publications of Interest
Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati: Year Two Evaluation Report, Greg Ridgeway et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
"The Criminal Purchase of Firearm Ammunition in Los Angeles, California," G. E. Tita et al., Injury Prevention, Vol. 12, No. 5, Oct 2006
"Testing for Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops from Behind a Veil of Darkness," Jeffrey Grogger and Greg Ridgeway, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 101, No. 475, Sept 2006
"Assessing the Effect of Race Bias in Post-Traffic Stop Outcomes Using Propensity Scores," Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 22, No. 1, Mar 2006
Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles, George Tita et al., RAND Corporation, 2003
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Cincinnati Enquirer; New York Times; WLW Radio Cincinnati
Commentary: Dallas Morning News; Law Enforcement News; Washington Post
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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