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James C. Wo
Researcher at University of Iowa
Publications - 25
Citations - 523
James C. Wo is an academic researcher from University of Iowa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Negative binomial distribution & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 20 publications receiving 404 citations. Previous affiliations of James C. Wo include University of California, Irvine.
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Preventing School Bullying: Should Schools Prioritize an Authoritative School Discipline Approach Over Security Measures?
Julie Gerlinger,James C. Wo +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that students in schools with positive school climates, as based on authoritative discipline theory, were significantly less likely to report bullying victimization, while the security measures approach had no association with physical and verbal bullying and only a marginal association on relational bullying.
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Community Detection Using Spectral Clustering on Sparse Geosocial Data
Yves van Gennip,Blake Hunter,Raymond Ahn,Peter Elliott,Kyle Luh,Megan Halvorson,Shannon E. Reid,Matthew Valasik,James C. Wo,George E. Tita,Andrea L. Bertozzi,P. Jeffrey Brantingham +11 more
TL;DR: This article identifies social communities among gang members in the Hollenbeck policing district in Los Angeles, based on sparse observations of a combination of social interactions and geographic locations of the individuals.
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Community detection using spectral clustering on sparse geosocial data
Yves van Gennip,Blake Hunter,Raymond Ahn,Peter Elliott,Kyle Luh,Megan Halvorson,Shannon E. Reid,Matthew Valasik,James C. Wo,George E. Tita,Andrea L. Bertozzi,P. Jeffrey Brantingham +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify social communities among gang members in the Hollenbeck policing district in Los Angeles, based on sparse observations of a combination of social interactions and geographic locations of the individuals.
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Mixed land use and neighborhood crime
TL;DR: Although mixed land use was found to exert a deleterious influence on two crime types, concentrated disadvantage moderated the effect of mixedLand use on all crime types.
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Community Context of Crime A Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Local Institutions on Neighborhood Crime
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the longitudinal impact of four types of institutions on violent and property crime in nine U.S. cities and found negative binomial regression models suggest that alcohol outlets and banking establishments increase criminal opportunities, whereas third places like coffee shops and cafes induce efficacious neighborhood control and social action.