Aleksandra Snowden
Dr. Aleksandra SnowdenMarquette University

Lalumiere Hall, 432

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America
(414) 288-6845
Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice Data Analytics (CJDA) program

Social and Cultural Sciences

Education

MBA, 2021, Marquette University

Ph.D., 2012, Indiana University

MA, 2009, Indiana University

BA, 2005, Indiana University

Courses Taught

  • CRLS 1001 Introduction to Criminology
  • CRLS 4350 Neighborhoods and Crime
  • CRLS 4360 Crime Mapping
  • CRLS 6200 Introduction to GIS

Research Interests

  • Crime mapping and analysis
  • Neighborhood characteristics
  • Alcohol availability, crimes, and violence

Publications

  • 2025  Magno, C., Snowden, A.J. and Udoko, P. “Before the Outbreak: Social Services and the Role of Socioeconomic Indicators in Erie's Domestic Violence.” Violence and Victims. https://doi.org/10.1891/VV-2023-0155 

  • 2025  Snowden, A.J., Seligman, A.J. and Skogan, W. “Block Clubs and Crime in Chicago: The Transplant Hypothesis.” Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, 158: 105699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105699 

  • 2025  Snowden, A.J. and Stepnowski, K.** “Interpolating Socioeconomic Data for Crime Regression Models at the Neighborhood Level.” Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 5290-5299. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/109484 

  • 2024  Snowden, A.J., Kostelac, C., Borisy-Rudin, F., and Pridemore, W.A. “The role of distance and outlet characteristics in examining the relationship between off-premises alcohol outlets and firearm violence.” Journal of Drug Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426241277769 

  • 2024  Tomas, C.W., Timmer-Murillo, S., Kallies, K.J., Snowden, A.J., Borisy-Rudin, F., Busalacchi, M., Mackenzie, R., Kostelac, C.A., Cassidy, L.D. and deRoon-Cassini, T.A. “Examining the role of social vulnerability, neighborhood characteristics, and geospatial patterns of firearm-related injuries and clinical outcomes in Milwaukee County.” Social Science & Medicine, 352: 117035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117035

  • 2024  Murray, Z.,** Kamke, M.,** and Snowden, A.J. “Neighborhood income levels and stop-question-frisk encounters: Analyzing predictors of policing in New York City.” Sociological Imagination, 60(1): 64-75. https://shorturl.at/q2las

  • 2024   Johnson, T.H.,** and Snowden, A.J. “Neighborhood ecological models of alcohol outlet density and male–on–female domestic violence: Accounting for adjacent place and neighborhood characteristics.” Journal of Drug Issues, 54(2), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426231159016 

  • 2023  Snowden, A.J. Sojourner Clients and Access to Technology: A Geospatial Analysis. When “Safer-At-Home” is Not Actually Safe Research Series. Institute for Women’s Leadership, Marquette University.

  • 2022  Schneider, A.K., Hlavka, H., Mulla, S., Schubert, E., and Snowden, A.J. “Remote justice & domestic violence: Process pluralism lessons from the pandemic.” Stetson Law Review, 52, 231. 

  • 2022  Clancy, K., Chudzik, J., Snowden, A.J., and Guha, S. Reconciling data-driven crime analysis with human-centered algorithms. Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, 124: 103604 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103604

  • 2021  Snowden, A.J. “Crime and off-premise alcohol outlets: Do characteristics matter?”. Security Journal, 34: 165-183. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-019-00213-6 

  • 2020  Snowden, A.J., Hockin, S.M., and Pridemore, W.A. “The neighborhood-level association between alcohol outlet density and female criminal victimization rates.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(15-16): 2639-2662. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517719080

  • 2019  Snowden, A.J. “Exploring violence: The role of neighborhood characteristics, alcohol outlets, and other micro-places”. Social Science Research, 82: 181-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.04.018

  • 2019  Snowden, A.J. “The relationship between alcohol beverage types and violence”. Journal of Drug Issues, 41(1): 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042618812406

  • 2018  Snowden, A.J. “Alcohol availability and violence: A closer look at space and time.” International Regional Science Review, 41(6), 657-678. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017617745666

  • 2017  Snowden, A.J., and Pridemore, W.A. "Reducing alcohol-related violence.” In N. Giesbrecht and L. Bosma (Eds), Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems: Evidence and Community-based Initiatives (pp.101-117). Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association Press.

  • 2017  Snowden, A.J., Stucky, T., and Pridemore, W.A. “Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods.” Journal of Crime and Justice, 40(4): 430-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2016.1176949

  • 2016  Snowden, A.J. “Alcohol outlet density and intimate partner violence in a non-metropolitan college town: Accounting for neighborhood characteristics and alcohol outlet types.” Violence and Victims, 37(1): 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00120

  • 2016  Snowden, A.J. “Neighborhood characteristics contribute to urban alcohol availability: Accounting for race/ethnicity and social disorganization.” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 15(4): 346-366. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2015.1073644
  • 2015  Snowden, A.J., and Freiburger, T. “Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and robberies: Accounting for neighborhood characteristics and alcohol outlet types.” Social Science Research, 51: 145-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.01.011

  • 2015  Snowden, A.J. “The role of alcohol in violence: The individual, small group, community, and cultural level.” Review of European Studies, 7(7): 394-406. https://doi.org/10.5539/res.v7n7p394

  • 2014  Snowden, A.J., and Pridemore, W.A. “Off-premise alcohol outlet characteristics and violence.” American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 40(4): 327-35. https://doi.org/10.3109/00952990.2014.918622

  • 2013  Snowden, A.J., and Pridemore, W.A. “Alcohol and violence in a non-metropolitan college town: Alcohol outlet density, outlet type, and assault. Journal of Drug Issues, 43(3): 357-373. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042613475788

  • 2013  Snowden, A.J., and Pridemore, W.A. “Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, land use, and violence in a large college town: Direct and moderating effects.” Criminal Justice Review, 38(1): 29-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734016812467198

  • 2009  Pridemore, W.A., and Snowden, A.J. “Reduction in suicide mortality following a new national alcohol policy: An interrupted time series analysis of Slovenia.” American Journal of Public Health, 99: 915-920. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.146183

  • 2008  Snowden, A.J., and Pridemore, W.A. “The 2003 Slovenian alcohol policy: Background, supporters, and opponents.” Contemporary Drug Problems, 35: 5-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/009145090803500102

 

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