JoshHinkle SQ

Joshua Hinkle, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University

NPI Affiliated Scholars Program

Bio

Joshua Hinkle, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University. His research interests include evidence-based policing, crime and place, the disorder-crime nexus, and fear of crime. His work has been funded by the National Institute of Justice and the National Science Foundation and appears in journals such as Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and the Journal of Experimental Criminology. He is currently the lead editor of a SpringerBriefs series on Crime and Place.

Publications

Levine, K. L., Griffiths, E., Hinkle, J. C., & Topalli, V. (Forthcoming). Law in inaction: The origins and implications of chronic drug law underenforcement in one southern county. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Hinkle, J. C., Weisburd, D., Telep, C. W., & Petersen, K. (2024). When is problem-oriented policing most effective? A systematic examination of heterogeneity in effect sizes for reducing crime and disorder. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 18, 53. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae053

Hinkle, J. C., White, C., Weisburd, D., & Kuen, K. (2023). Disorder in the eye of the beholder: Black and White residents’ perceptions of disorder on high-crime street segments. Criminology & Public Policy, 22(1), 35–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12602

Weisburd, D., Uding, C. V., Hinkle, J. C., Kuen, K. (2023).  Broken windows and community social control: Evidence from a study of street segments. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224278231168614

Kuen, K., Weisburd, D., White, C., & Hinkle, J. C. (2022). Examining impacts of street characteristics on residents’ fear of crime: Evidence from a longitudinal study of crime hot spots. Journal of Criminal Justice, 82, Article 101984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101984

Campbell, W., Griffiths, E., & Hinkle, J. C. (2021). The behavior of police: Class, race, and discretion in drug enforcement. Police Practice and Research, 23(3), 337–354. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2021.2022482

Hoffman, C. Y., Hinkle, J. C., & Ledford, L. S. (2021). Beyond the “Ferguson effect” on crime: Examining its influence on law enforcement personnel. Crime & Delinquency, 69 (13-14), 2901–2923. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211052440

Hinkle, J. C., Weisburd, D., Telep, C., & Petersen, K. (2020). Problem-oriented policing for reducing crime and disorder: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 16(2), Article e1089. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1089

Famega, C., Hinkle, J. C., & Weisburd, D. (2017). Why getting inside the “black box” is important: Examining treatment implementation and outputs in policing experiments. Police Quarterly, 20(1), 106–132. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611116664336

Weisburd, D., Hinkle, J. C., Braga, A. A., & Wooditch, A. (2015). Understanding the mechanisms underlying broken windows policing: The need for evaluation evidence. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 52(4), 589–608. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427815577837

Areas of Focus

  • Evidence-based policing
  • Crime and place
  • The disorder-crime nexus
  • Fear of crime