Jeremy Wilson
Professional Background
Jeremy M. Wilson is the Associate Director of the Center on Quality Policing and a Behavioral Scientist at RAND. He holds the Willett Chair in Public Safety in the Center for Public Safety at Northwestern University and is a certified instructor in the Center’s Police Executive Management Program. Prior to joining RAND, he was a criminal justice professor at the University of Toledo. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in public administration from The Ohio State University.
Research
Wilson’s areas of expertise include policing, internal security, the reconstruction of democratic police and justice systems, human trafficking, violence prevention, and program evaluation. Dr. Wilson’s recent books include Community Policing in America (Routledge), Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati (RAND), State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism (RAND), and Establishing Law and Order After Conflict (RAND). He has also authored numerous articles on security in nation-building, policing, violence prevention, intelligence networks, and other public safety issues in numerous professional journals, including Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Review, Criminology and Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, Justice Research and Policy, and Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. In addition to multiple research grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Justice, his research has been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, and numerous other sources.
Selected Publications
PEER REVIEWED MONOGRAPHS/BOOKS
Wilson, Jeremy M. (2006). Community Policing in America. NY: Routledge.
Jones, Seth G., Wilson, Jeremy M., Rathmell, Andrew, and Riley, K. Jack. (2005). Establishing Law and Order After Conflict. Santa Monica: RAND, MG-374-RC.
Riley, K. Jack., Treverton, Greg, Wilson, Jeremy M., & Davis, Lois. (2005). State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, MG-394-RC.
K. Jack Riley et al. (2005). Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, TR-333-CC.
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES/REPORTS
Wilson, Jeremy M. & Donnermeyer, Joseph F. “Urbanity, Rurality, and Adolescent Substance Use.” Forthcoming, Criminal Justice Review.
Wilson, Jeremy M. (2006). “Law and Order in an Emerging Democracy: Lessons from the Reconstruction of Kosovo’s Police and Justice Systems.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Special Issue: Democracy, Crime, and Justice, Vol. 605 (1): 152-177.
McGarrell, Edmund F., Chermak, Steven, Wilson, Jeremy M., & Corsaro, Nicholas. (2006). “Reducing Homicide through a ‘Lever-Pulling’ Strategy.” Justice Quarterly, Vol. 23 (2): 214-231.
Wilson, Jeremy M. (2004). “A Measurement Model Approach to Estimating Community Policing Implementation.” Justice Research and Policy, Vol. 6 (2): 1-24.
Wilson, Jeremy M. (2003). “Measurement and Association in the Structure of Municipal Police Organizations.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Special Issue: Police Management and Organizational Issues, Vol. 26 (2): 276-297.
Wilson, Jeremy M. (2001). "Riverboat Gambling and Crime in Indiana: An Empirical Investigation." Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 47 (4): 610-640.
McGarrell, Edmund F., Chermak, Steven, Weiss, Alexander, & Wilson, Jeremy M. (2001). "Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol." Criminology and Public Policy, Vol. 1 (1): 119-148.
BOOK CHAPTERS, TRADE PUBLICATIONS, OP-EDS, AND OTHER REPORTS
Treverton, Gregory F & Wilson, Jeremy. M. “The Global Challenge of Operational Intelligence for Counter-Terrorism.” In Peter Katona, John Sullivan, and Michael Intriligator (Eds.), Creating a Global Counter-Terrorism Network. Forthcoming, NY: Taylor and Francis.
Wilson, Jeremy M. (2006). “Police Personnel Crisis Needs Federal Leadership.” Washington Post (May 23).
Riley, K. Jack, Wilson, Jeremy M., Treverton, Gregory F., & Raymond, Barbara (2006). “Think Locally, Act Nationally: Police Efforts in Fighting Terrorism Need Greater Federal Leadership.” RAND Review, Vol. 30 (1): 24-29.
MacDonald, John M., Wilson, Jeremy M., and Tita, George E. (2005). Data-Driven Homicide Prevention: An Examination of Five Project Safe Neighborhoods Target Areas. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, WR-284-OJP.
Wilson, Jeremy M. & Donnermeyer, Joseph F. (2002). Problem-Solving Teams in the Columbus Division of Police. Columbus, OH: Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.