Anthony Braga

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Senior Research Associate
Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management,
Degree Programs
Office Address
Taubman-440
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 103
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-9835
Fax: 617-496-9053
Email: anthony_braga@ksg.harvard.edu
Anthony Braga

Profile

Anthony A. Braga, Lecturer in Public Policy, is Senior Research Associate in the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. His research focuses on working with criminal justice agencies to develop strategic crime-prevention strategies to deal with urban problems such as firearms violence, street-level drug markets, and violent crime hot spots. He has served as a consultant on these issues to the Rand Corporation; National Academy of Sciences; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of the Treasury; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; Boston Police Department; New York Police Department; and other state and local law enforcement agencies. He was a 2009 recipient of the US Attorney Generals Award for Outstanding Contributions to Community Public Safety. He received his MPA from Harvard University and his PhD in criminal justice from Rutgers University.

Courses

Fall

  • CCJ-103 Crime, Justice, and the American Legal System

Not Offered

  • CCJ-104 Crime, Community, and Public Policy

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Braga, Anthony A., Jack McDevitt, and Glenn L. Pierce. "Understanding and Preventing Gang Violence: Problem Analysis and Response Development in Lowell, Massachusetts." Police Quarterly 9.1 (2006): 20-46.
    • Braga, Anthony A. "The Crime Prevention Value of Hot Spots Policing." Psicothema 18.3 (2006): 630-637.
    • Tita, George E., Anthony A. Braga, Gregory Ridgeway, and Glenn L. Pierce. "The Criminal Purchase of Firearm Ammunition." Injury Prevention 12.5 (October 2006): 308-311.
    • Cook, Philip J., Jens Ludwig, Sudhir Venkatesh, and Anthony A. Braga. "Underground Gun Markets." The Economic Journal 117 (November 2007): F1-F29.
    • Braga, Anthony A., Glenn L. Pierce, Jack McDevitt, Brenda J. Bond, and Shea Cronin. "The Strategic Prevention of Gun Violence among Gang-Involved Offenders." Justice Quarterly 25.1 (March 2008): 132-162.
    • Braga, Anthony A., and Brenda J. Bond. "Policing Crime and Disorder Hot Spots: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Criminology 46.3 (August 2008): 577-607.
    • Braga, Anthony A. "Pulling Levers Focused Deterrence Strategies and the Prevention of Gun Homicide." Journal of Criminal Justice 36.4 (August 2008): 332-343.
    • Braga, Anthony A., David Hureau, and Christopher Winship. "Losing Faith? Police, Black Churches, and the Resurgence of Youth Violence in Boston." Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 6.1 (Fall 2008): 141-172.
  • Book Chapters
    • Braga, Anthony A. "Gun Enforcement and Ballistic Imaging Technology in Boston." Ballistic Imaging. Ed. Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database. National Academies Press, 2008.
    • Braga, Anthony A. "Policing Hot Spots." Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims, and Places. Ed. Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington. Springer, 2006.
    • Braga, Anthony A., and David Weisburd. "Problem-Oriented Policing: The Disconnect between Principles and Practice." Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Ed. David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga. Cambridge University Press, 2006, 133.
    • Braga, Anthony A., and Christopher Winship. "Partnership, Accountability, and Innovation: Clarifying Boston’s Experience with Pulling Levers." Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Ed. David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga. Cambridge University Press, 2006, 171.
    • Weisburd, David, and Anthony A. Braga. "Hot Spots Policing as a Model for Police Innovation." Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Ed. David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga. Cambridge University Press, 2006, 225.
    • Weisburd, David, and Anthony A. Braga. "Introduction: Understanding Police Innovation." Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Ed. David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga. Cambridge University Press, 2006, 1.
    • Braga, Anthony A., and David Weisburd. "Conclusion: Police Innovation and the Future of Policing." Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Ed. David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga. Cambridge University Press, 2006, 353.
  • Books
    • Braga, Anthony A. Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Prevention, 2nd Edition. Criminal Justice Press, 2008.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Weisburd, David, and Anthony A. Braga, eds. Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
    • Braga, Anthony A., Jeffrey Fagan, Tracey Meares, Robert Sampson, Tom R. Tyler, and Christopher Winship, eds. Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: A Comparative Perspective. Russell Sage Foundation, 2007.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Ridgeway, Greg, Glenn L. Pierce, Anthony A. Braga, George Tita, Garen Wintemute, and Wendell Roberts. "Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeles." RAND Corporation, 2008.