2013. “Reassessing and Redirecting Research on Race and Sentencing” Justice Quarterly.
2013. “Seeking Causality in a World of Contingency: Criminology, Research, and Public Policy” Criminology & Public Policy.
2013. “Addressing Causal Uncertainty in the Application of Criminological Research to Public Policy” Criminology & Public Policy.
2012. “Student Performance in Research Methods Classes: Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the Drama Scale” Journal of Criminal Justice Education.
2011. “Confronting Crime with Science” Criminology & Public Policy.
2010. “Space, Place, and Immigration: New Directions for Research on Police Stops” Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings.
2008. “The Importance of Violent Offenders to Criminology” Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice.
2008. “The Behavioral Genetics of Predatory Criminal Behavior” Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice.
2008. “A Review of Research on the Impact on Crime of Transitions into Adult Roles” The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research.
2004. “Quality Education as a Turning Point in the Delinquent Life Course” Quality Research and Development in Social Care.
2002. “Pre-, Post-, and Longitudinal Evaluation of Juvenile Justice Education” Evaluation Review.
2002. “Overcoming Police Community Value Conflicts: The Usefulness of Public Opinion Research in Developing Effective Community Policing Training Programs” Law Enforcement Executive Forum, Volume 2.
2001. “Implementing Research-Based Best Practices in Juvenile Justice Education” Corrections Today.
1986. “Policy Lessons from Recent Gun Control Research” Law and Contemporary Problems.
1985. “Life Support for Ailing Hypotheses: Modes of Summarizing the Evidence on Racial Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing” Law and Human Behavior.