Alaina DeBiasi
Assistant Professor
Room 3149, Faculty/Administration (FAB), 656 W. Kirby. Detroit MI, 48202
Alaina DeBiasi
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
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 police and ATF data systems to explore illicit firearm markets, 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., Circo, G., Krupa, J., Rzotkiewicz, A., & Liebler, J. (2022). An Investigation of the impact of the pandemic era on shooting victimizations in Detroit, Michigan. Journal of Crime and Justice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2022.2148712
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. https://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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128719885869