Andrew Papachristos is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale University whose research focuses on social networks, neighborhoods, gun violence, street gangs, and interpersonal violence. Papachristos was awarded an NSF Early CAREER award to examine how violence spreads through high-risk social networks in several U.S. cities. He is also currently involved in the evaluation and implementation of several violence reduction strategies, most notably the Project Safe Neighborhoods and the Group Violence Reduction Strategy in Chicago and Projecy Longevity in Conmecticut. His writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, The American Journal of Sociology, The Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Science, The American Journal of Public Health, The Journal of Urban Health, Criminology & Public Policy, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, The Washington Post, and several edited volumes and other peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he a recent recipient of the American Society of Criminology’s Ruth Cavan “Young Scholar” award given each year to the most outstanding scholar who was granted a Ph.D. within the previous 5 years.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
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