Charles M Katz
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 288707 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Charles M Katz |
| NOMBRES | Charles M |
| APELLIDO | Katz |
| FIRMA | KATZ C M |
| AFILIACIONES | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7251-3110 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 68 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Examining public health crises
At-risk Youth in Honduras
Prior research highlights the importance of developmental domains—community, family, school, peer, and individual—in shaping youth problem behaviors such as delinquency, drug use, and violence. However, few instruments measuring risk and protective factors have been psychometrically evaluated in developing countries, particularly in Central America. This study examines the psychometric properties of the Instrumento de Medicion de Comportamientos …
Timely Intelligence Enhances Criminal Investigations
The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN), a database of ballistic evidence from crime scenes, seeks to provide investigative leads by linking separate offenses involving the same weapons. Using surveys about 570 gun crimes in Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Phoenix, we examine perceptions of NIBIN, and whether lead timeliness influences those perceptions. Detectives who receive NIBIN leads sooner after a crime occurs have sig…
Assessing the Importance of the Operationalization of Gang Membership and Its Relationship with Risk Factors and Delinquency
The Eurogang operationalization of gang membership introduced an innovation in measuring gang involvement, improving the validity of cross-cultural research on gangs. This study fills a gap by focusing on English-speaking Caribbean countries, often overlooked in gang research but key for understanding gangs beyond the Global North. It builds on previous work that assessed the validity of three operational definitions of gang involvement by compar…
The Validity and Reliability of Body-Worn Camera Meta-Data and Its Utility for Understanding Policing
Police departments nationwide collect and store volumes of visual and audio data from body-worn cameras (BWCs). These meta-data have been underutilized by police and researchers. In this study, we explore whether BWC meta-data can provide more information on officer activity than what can be achieved from data in a department’s records management system (RMS) alone. The research examines the similarities and differences in officer activity by com…
Validating Social Control, Self-Control, and Social Learning Constructs Among a Sample of Youth in Nine English-Speaking Caribbean Nations
Measures in international self-report surveys drawn from criminological theories have rarely been validated. Instruments that have been tested suggest that they might lack reliability and validity depending on the nation. The present study uses a large sample of school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean countries to examine the reliability and validity of three theoretical constructs—social control, self-control, and social learni…
Characterizing an intersection between heat-related illness and overdose deaths in Arizona
Gender differences in gang participation in the English-speaking Caribbean
Immigration status and its relationship with delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
Family Structure and Delinquency in the English-Speaking Caribbean
Growing up in a household without two parents present is an established risk factor for youth delinquency. However, much of the research on family structure and delinquency derives from U.S. samples, limiting applicability to the developing world. The present study explores the role of traditional and non-traditional family structures on self-reported delinquency in eight English-speaking Caribbean nations. We further examine the moderating role …
The Achilles Heel of Police Body-Worn Cameras
While body-worn cameras (BWCs) are increasingly becoming commonplace in police organizations, researchers and policymakers still know little about their implementation in the field and the factors related to their actual use. Using data collected from 146,601 incidents in Phoenix, Arizona, the present study examines the prevalence and correlates of BWC activation. In doing so, we examine the impact of incident-level factors, officer characteristi…
Characteristics of Overdose Deaths Related to Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl – Arizona, July 2019 – June 2020
Using the Arizona State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (AZ-SUDORS), the study aims to identify the social and drug characteristics of illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF)-related overdose deaths. The data include drug overdose deaths from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Decedents were categorized into four groups by types of opioids detected: (1) IMF-positive; (2) heroin-positive (negative for IMF); (3) pharmaceutical opioid-positiv…
Delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
In this study, the authors examine the prevalence of self-reported delinquency, drug use, and gang membership among school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean nations including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. We also examine the frequency of these problem behaviors by gender and ethnicity. In doing so, we seek to gain …
Impact of Family-Based Secondary Prevention Programming on Risk, Resilience, and Delinquency
The present study examines the impact of Proponte Más, a family-based, multiple gated prevention program in Honduras. The primary goal of Proponte Más is to reduce the risk factors for problem behavior associated with youth in Honduras through family-based intervention services. At risk youth were randomly assigned to a treatment and control group. Data for the study were sourced primarily from the Behavior Measurement Instrument and FACES IV ins…
Understanding Gang Joining from a Cross Classified Multi-Level Perspective
The present study seeks to address the gap in our understanding of the role of community- and school-level factors on individual-level gang joining. We assess our research question by bringing together data from a statewide survey of more than 35,000 school youth who were enrolled in more than 250 schools and resided in more than 300 communities. We first use multilevel modeling techniques to examine the independent relationship of community and …
Officer Perceptions of Body-Worn Cameras Before and After Deployment
Over the past few years, several events have highlighted the strained relationship between the police and residents in many communities. Police officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been advocated as a tool by which police–community relations can be strengthened, while simultaneously increasing transparency and accountability of police departments. Support for BWCs from the public and federal government is strong, and some studies have examined p…
Gangs in the Caribbean
For decades, gangs have been emerging across the globe, disrupting citizen security, the rule of law, health and education, and local economies. The Caribbean, like many other regions, has a significant gang problem. Unfortunately, however, there has been limited academic attention given to the issue. Gangs in the Caribbean is intended to fill this gap by providing sound research conducted by leading Caribbean criminologists that encourages thoug…
The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Disorder Before and During the Housing Crisis
Objectives The objectives of this study were to examine whether an increasing number of foreclosures in a neighborhood subsequently increase disorder and whether the temporal relationship between foreclosures and disorder is different before and during the housing crisis. Methods We employ longitudinal data to examine the impact of foreclosure on crime in G lendale, A rizona, a city at the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure problem. We rely on…
Understanding the relationship between violent victimization and gang membership
Risk and protective factors associated with gang-involved youth in Trinidad and Tobago
Gang membership among public school youth is about as prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago as it is in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, but further research is needed. Although risk factors associated with gang involvement were present in all four domains, peer-individual risk factors were disproportionately likely to be associated with gang status. The most effective gang prevention strategies might be those that focus on multiple risk…
Why homicide clearance rates decrease
Police agencies and researchers have devoted significant attention to understanding and improving homicide clearance rates, which often serve as an overall barometer of police performance. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this study examines the factors that contributed to a rapid decline in homicide clearances in the developing island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. A variety of explanations are explored, including characteristics of homi…
Social Workers Serving Poor Clients
This qualitative study extends current research on social workers' perceptions of poverty and the views of their roles by investigating how these perceptions are manifested in actions. How are the perceptions of poverty, poor clients, and the roles and the responsibilities of social work directors of council social services in Israel reflected in their definition and implementation of the services’ poverty related policy, i.e., the services they …
Understanding the Black Box of Gang Organization
This article examines the influence of gang organization on several behavioral measures. Using interview data from juvenile detention facilities in three Arizona sites, this article examines the relationship between gang organizational structure and involvement in violent crime, drug sales, victimization, and arrest. The gang literature suggests that gangs are not very well organized. However, the findings from the current research suggest that e…
Policing Gangs in America
Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. The focus of this 2006 book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. A discussion of research, statistical facts, theory, and policy with regard to gangs, gang members, and gang activity is used as a backdrop. The book is broadly focused on desc…
The Establishment of a Police Gang Unit
Although researchers have begun to document the programs and activities performed by police gang units, little research has examined why police gang units are created and why they have responded to local gang problems in the way they have over the past 10 years. Using a multimethodological research design, the present study examines the factors that shaped a Midwestern police department's response to its community's gang problem. The results from…
The Establishment of a Police Gang Unit
Although researchers have begun to document the programs and activities performed by police gang units, little research has examined why police gang units are created and why they have responded to local gang problems in the way they have over the past 10 years. Using a multimethodological research design, the present study examines the factors that shaped a Midwestern police department's response to its community's gang problem. The results from…
The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Disorder Before and During the Housing Crisis
Objectives The objectives of this study were to examine whether an increasing number of foreclosures in a neighborhood subsequently increase disorder and whether the temporal relationship between foreclosures and disorder is different before and during the housing crisis. Methods We employ longitudinal data to examine the impact of foreclosure on crime in G lendale, A rizona, a city at the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure problem. We rely on…
Why homicide clearance rates decrease
Police agencies and researchers have devoted significant attention to understanding and improving homicide clearance rates, which often serve as an overall barometer of police performance. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this study examines the factors that contributed to a rapid decline in homicide clearances in the developing island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. A variety of explanations are explored, including characteristics of homi…
Understanding the relationship between violent victimization and gang membership
Delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
In this study, the authors examine the prevalence of self-reported delinquency, drug use, and gang membership among school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean nations including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. We also examine the frequency of these problem behaviors by gender and ethnicity. In doing so, we seek to gain …
Social Workers Serving Poor Clients
This qualitative study extends current research on social workers' perceptions of poverty and the views of their roles by investigating how these perceptions are manifested in actions. How are the perceptions of poverty, poor clients, and the roles and the responsibilities of social work directors of council social services in Israel reflected in their definition and implementation of the services’ poverty related policy, i.e., the services they …
Understanding Gang Joining from a Cross Classified Multi-Level Perspective
The present study seeks to address the gap in our understanding of the role of community- and school-level factors on individual-level gang joining. We assess our research question by bringing together data from a statewide survey of more than 35,000 school youth who were enrolled in more than 250 schools and resided in more than 300 communities. We first use multilevel modeling techniques to examine the independent relationship of community and …
Gender differences in gang participation in the English-speaking Caribbean
Immigration status and its relationship with delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
The validity of self-reported marijuana and cocaine use
The Establishment of a Police Gang Unit
Although researchers have begun to document the programs and activities performed by police gang units, little research has examined why police gang units are created and why they have responded to local gang problems in the way they have over the past 10 years. Using a multimethodological research design, the present study examines the factors that shaped a Midwestern police department's response to its community's gang problem. The results from…
Policing Gangs in America
Policing Gangs in America describes the assumptions, issues, problems, and events that characterize, shape, and define the police response to gangs in America today. The focus of this 2006 book is on the gang unit officers themselves and the environment in which they work. A discussion of research, statistical facts, theory, and policy with regard to gangs, gang members, and gang activity is used as a backdrop. The book is broadly focused on desc…
Understanding the Black Box of Gang Organization
This article examines the influence of gang organization on several behavioral measures. Using interview data from juvenile detention facilities in three Arizona sites, this article examines the relationship between gang organizational structure and involvement in violent crime, drug sales, victimization, and arrest. The gang literature suggests that gangs are not very well organized. However, the findings from the current research suggest that e…
Risk and protective factors associated with gang-involved youth in Trinidad and Tobago
Gang membership among public school youth is about as prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago as it is in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, but further research is needed. Although risk factors associated with gang involvement were present in all four domains, peer-individual risk factors were disproportionately likely to be associated with gang status. The most effective gang prevention strategies might be those that focus on multiple risk…
Why homicide clearance rates decrease
Police agencies and researchers have devoted significant attention to understanding and improving homicide clearance rates, which often serve as an overall barometer of police performance. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this study examines the factors that contributed to a rapid decline in homicide clearances in the developing island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. A variety of explanations are explored, including characteristics of homi…
Social Workers Serving Poor Clients
This qualitative study extends current research on social workers' perceptions of poverty and the views of their roles by investigating how these perceptions are manifested in actions. How are the perceptions of poverty, poor clients, and the roles and the responsibilities of social work directors of council social services in Israel reflected in their definition and implementation of the services’ poverty related policy, i.e., the services they …
Understanding the relationship between violent victimization and gang membership
The Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhood Disorder Before and During the Housing Crisis
Objectives The objectives of this study were to examine whether an increasing number of foreclosures in a neighborhood subsequently increase disorder and whether the temporal relationship between foreclosures and disorder is different before and during the housing crisis. Methods We employ longitudinal data to examine the impact of foreclosure on crime in G lendale, A rizona, a city at the epicenter of the nation's foreclosure problem. We rely on…
Gangs in the Caribbean
For decades, gangs have been emerging across the globe, disrupting citizen security, the rule of law, health and education, and local economies. The Caribbean, like many other regions, has a significant gang problem. Unfortunately, however, there has been limited academic attention given to the issue. Gangs in the Caribbean is intended to fill this gap by providing sound research conducted by leading Caribbean criminologists that encourages thoug…
Officer Perceptions of Body-Worn Cameras Before and After Deployment
Over the past few years, several events have highlighted the strained relationship between the police and residents in many communities. Police officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) have been advocated as a tool by which police–community relations can be strengthened, while simultaneously increasing transparency and accountability of police departments. Support for BWCs from the public and federal government is strong, and some studies have examined p…
Understanding Gang Joining from a Cross Classified Multi-Level Perspective
The present study seeks to address the gap in our understanding of the role of community- and school-level factors on individual-level gang joining. We assess our research question by bringing together data from a statewide survey of more than 35,000 school youth who were enrolled in more than 250 schools and resided in more than 300 communities. We first use multilevel modeling techniques to examine the independent relationship of community and …
Impact of Family-Based Secondary Prevention Programming on Risk, Resilience, and Delinquency
The present study examines the impact of Proponte Más, a family-based, multiple gated prevention program in Honduras. The primary goal of Proponte Más is to reduce the risk factors for problem behavior associated with youth in Honduras through family-based intervention services. At risk youth were randomly assigned to a treatment and control group. Data for the study were sourced primarily from the Behavior Measurement Instrument and FACES IV ins…
Family Structure and Delinquency in the English-Speaking Caribbean
Growing up in a household without two parents present is an established risk factor for youth delinquency. However, much of the research on family structure and delinquency derives from U.S. samples, limiting applicability to the developing world. The present study explores the role of traditional and non-traditional family structures on self-reported delinquency in eight English-speaking Caribbean nations. We further examine the moderating role …
The Achilles Heel of Police Body-Worn Cameras
While body-worn cameras (BWCs) are increasingly becoming commonplace in police organizations, researchers and policymakers still know little about their implementation in the field and the factors related to their actual use. Using data collected from 146,601 incidents in Phoenix, Arizona, the present study examines the prevalence and correlates of BWC activation. In doing so, we examine the impact of incident-level factors, officer characteristi…
Characteristics of Overdose Deaths Related to Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl – Arizona, July 2019 – June 2020
Using the Arizona State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (AZ-SUDORS), the study aims to identify the social and drug characteristics of illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF)-related overdose deaths. The data include drug overdose deaths from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Decedents were categorized into four groups by types of opioids detected: (1) IMF-positive; (2) heroin-positive (negative for IMF); (3) pharmaceutical opioid-positiv…
Delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
In this study, the authors examine the prevalence of self-reported delinquency, drug use, and gang membership among school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean nations including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. We also examine the frequency of these problem behaviors by gender and ethnicity. In doing so, we seek to gain …
The Validity and Reliability of Body-Worn Camera Meta-Data and Its Utility for Understanding Policing
Police departments nationwide collect and store volumes of visual and audio data from body-worn cameras (BWCs). These meta-data have been underutilized by police and researchers. In this study, we explore whether BWC meta-data can provide more information on officer activity than what can be achieved from data in a department’s records management system (RMS) alone. The research examines the similarities and differences in officer activity by com…
Validating Social Control, Self-Control, and Social Learning Constructs Among a Sample of Youth in Nine English-Speaking Caribbean Nations
Measures in international self-report surveys drawn from criminological theories have rarely been validated. Instruments that have been tested suggest that they might lack reliability and validity depending on the nation. The present study uses a large sample of school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean countries to examine the reliability and validity of three theoretical constructs—social control, self-control, and social learni…
Characterizing an intersection between heat-related illness and overdose deaths in Arizona
Gender differences in gang participation in the English-speaking Caribbean
Immigration status and its relationship with delinquency, drug use, and gang membership in the English-speaking Caribbean
Examining public health crises
At-risk Youth in Honduras
Prior research highlights the importance of developmental domains—community, family, school, peer, and individual—in shaping youth problem behaviors such as delinquency, drug use, and violence. However, few instruments measuring risk and protective factors have been psychometrically evaluated in developing countries, particularly in Central America. This study examines the psychometric properties of the Instrumento de Medicion de Comportamientos …
Timely Intelligence Enhances Criminal Investigations
The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN), a database of ballistic evidence from crime scenes, seeks to provide investigative leads by linking separate offenses involving the same weapons. Using surveys about 570 gun crimes in Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Phoenix, we examine perceptions of NIBIN, and whether lead timeliness influences those perceptions. Detectives who receive NIBIN leads sooner after a crime occurs have sig…
Psychology (20 obras) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (18 obras) · Criminology (13 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Poison control (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Juvenile delinquency (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (8 obras)