Michael Zoorob
Biographic Data
| ID | 1535684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Zoorob |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Zoorob |
| SIGNATURE | ZOOROB M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8187-0937 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Privatization and Quality of Carceral Healthcare
This article analyzes the impact of privatization on service quality in a novel context: jail health care. More than 1,000 people die annually while incarcerated in US jails. In recent years, privatization health care for jail inmates has increased, and many journalists have described abuses by private health care providers in jails. Despite longstanding theoretical interest in the (de)merits of privatization, scholars have been silent on jail he…
Pacifying problem places
Crime is highly concentrated at places that lack capable place managers (i.e., landlords and their delegates). In response, numerous cities have instituted problem property interventions that pressure landowners to better manage properties suffering from decay, nuisance, or crime. This approach is distinctive in that it both targets a place and incentivizes those legally responsible to improve its management, yet little is known about the efficac…
Resisting Broken Windows
There's (rarely) a new sheriff in town
Political frames of public health crises
Going National
This article develops a theory of when and how political nationalization increases interest in local elections using evidence from county sheriff elections. A quintessentially local office, the sheriff has long enjoyed buffers from ideological or partisan politics. However, many sheriff elections since 2016 were waged on ideological grounds as progressive challengers—often backed by outside money—linked their campaigns to opposition to President …
Do Police Brutality Stories Reduce 911 Calls? Reassessing an Important Criminological Finding
This comment reassesses the prominent claim from Desmond, Papachristos, and Kirk (2016) (DPK) that 911 calls plummeted-and homicides surged-because of a police brutality story in Milwaukee (the Jude story). The results in DPK depend on a substantial outlier 47 weeks after the Jude story, the final week of data. Identical analyses without the outlier final week show that the Jude story had no statistically significant effect on either total 911 ca…
Fentanyl shock
Blue Endorsements Matter
Conventional accounts of Donald Trump’s unexpected electoral victory stress idiosyncratic events and media celebrity because most observers assume this unusual candidate won without much organized support. However, considerable evidence suggests that the support of conservative organizational networks, including police unions such as the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), propelled Trump to victory. The FOP is both a public-sector union and a conse…
Do Police Brutality Stories Reduce 911 Calls? Reassessing an Important Criminological Finding
This comment reassesses the prominent claim from Desmond, Papachristos, and Kirk (2016) (DPK) that 911 calls plummeted-and homicides surged-because of a police brutality story in Milwaukee (the Jude story). The results in DPK depend on a substantial outlier 47 weeks after the Jude story, the final week of data. Identical analyses without the outlier final week show that the Jude story had no statistically significant effect on either total 911 ca…
There's (rarely) a new sheriff in town
Political frames of public health crises
Blue Endorsements Matter
Conventional accounts of Donald Trump’s unexpected electoral victory stress idiosyncratic events and media celebrity because most observers assume this unusual candidate won without much organized support. However, considerable evidence suggests that the support of conservative organizational networks, including police unions such as the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), propelled Trump to victory. The FOP is both a public-sector union and a conse…
Pacifying problem places
Crime is highly concentrated at places that lack capable place managers (i.e., landlords and their delegates). In response, numerous cities have instituted problem property interventions that pressure landowners to better manage properties suffering from decay, nuisance, or crime. This approach is distinctive in that it both targets a place and incentivizes those legally responsible to improve its management, yet little is known about the efficac…
Going National
This article develops a theory of when and how political nationalization increases interest in local elections using evidence from county sheriff elections. A quintessentially local office, the sheriff has long enjoyed buffers from ideological or partisan politics. However, many sheriff elections since 2016 were waged on ideological grounds as progressive challengers—often backed by outside money—linked their campaigns to opposition to President …
Fentanyl shock
Blue Endorsements Matter
Conventional accounts of Donald Trump’s unexpected electoral victory stress idiosyncratic events and media celebrity because most observers assume this unusual candidate won without much organized support. However, considerable evidence suggests that the support of conservative organizational networks, including police unions such as the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), propelled Trump to victory. The FOP is both a public-sector union and a conse…
Going National
This article develops a theory of when and how political nationalization increases interest in local elections using evidence from county sheriff elections. A quintessentially local office, the sheriff has long enjoyed buffers from ideological or partisan politics. However, many sheriff elections since 2016 were waged on ideological grounds as progressive challengers—often backed by outside money—linked their campaigns to opposition to President …
Do Police Brutality Stories Reduce 911 Calls? Reassessing an Important Criminological Finding
This comment reassesses the prominent claim from Desmond, Papachristos, and Kirk (2016) (DPK) that 911 calls plummeted-and homicides surged-because of a police brutality story in Milwaukee (the Jude story). The results in DPK depend on a substantial outlier 47 weeks after the Jude story, the final week of data. Identical analyses without the outlier final week show that the Jude story had no statistically significant effect on either total 911 ca…
Political frames of public health crises
Resisting Broken Windows
There's (rarely) a new sheriff in town
Privatization and Quality of Carceral Healthcare
This article analyzes the impact of privatization on service quality in a novel context: jail health care. More than 1,000 people die annually while incarcerated in US jails. In recent years, privatization health care for jail inmates has increased, and many journalists have described abuses by private health care providers in jails. Despite longstanding theoretical interest in the (de)merits of privatization, scholars have been silent on jail he…
Pacifying problem places
Crime is highly concentrated at places that lack capable place managers (i.e., landlords and their delegates). In response, numerous cities have instituted problem property interventions that pressure landowners to better manage properties suffering from decay, nuisance, or crime. This approach is distinctive in that it both targets a place and incentivizes those legally responsible to improve its management, yet little is known about the efficac…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works)