Dr. Hashimi seeks to understand how our social networks form and shape our behaviors. Her research focuses on issues pertaining to policing and policy, peer influence and crime, and violence prevention and intervention efforts. Dr. Hashimi’s current projects center on the police role, including how the structure and composition of officer relationships contribute to departmental culture and behavior. She is also involved in efforts to reduce at-risk behaviors, including criminal group and gang involvement, firearm use, and criminal recidivism. Dr. Hashimi’s research has been funded by the Department of Homeland Security, Public Safety Canada, the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research, New Jersey’s Gun Violence Research Center and has appeared in outlets including the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, Criminology & Public Policy, Policing: An International Journal and Methodological Innovations.

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