Alyssa Chamberlain
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Mail code: 4420Campus: Dtphx
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Alyssa W. Chamberlain is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine in 2012. Her research focuses on neighborhood dynamics related to changes in social and demographic structure, housing, and inequality and the spatial distribution of crime. She also examines issues related to prisoner reentry and recidivism, and how incarceration and reentry both affect and are affected by community structure.
- Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society, University of California-Irvine 2012
- M.S. Criminology, Law and Society, American University 2003
- B.A. American Studies, Brigham Young University 2000
Communities and crime, Prisoner reentry, Quantitative methods, GIS/mapping
Boggess, Lyndsay N., Lexi Gill,* and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. Forthcoming “Triggering factors: Examining the influence of alcohol outlets and neighborhood context on firearm violence.” Criminology.
Boggess, Lyndsay N., Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Carl Reeds*. In Press. “Racial and temporal barriers in the journey to crime for Black and White drug suspects.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-025-09600-2.
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Rustu Deryol, and Lyndsay N. Boggess. In Press. “The business of murder: Business types and the moderating effects of neighborhood context on homicide.” Homicide Studies,https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679241259004.
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Lexi Gill*, and Lyndsay N. Boggess. In Press. “Not so simple: Examining the gendered nature of intimate partner assault victimizations.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence,40(1-2), 5-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241245374
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., and Lyndsay N. Boggess. 2024. “Disparities in Sex-Specific Arrest Rates: Does Offense Type and Neighborhood Context Matter?” Crime & Delinquency, 70(12), 3216-3242. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287231202780
Gill, Lexi M.*, Lyndsay N. Boggess, and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2023. "Neighborhood Fixer Uppers: Do Home Improvement Loans Influence Crime Across Race and over Time?" American Journal of Criminal Justice, 48(3), 677-700. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-022-09679-4
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Lyndsay N. Boggess, and Taylor Fisher*. 2023. “Traveling alone or together? Neighborhood context on individual and group juvenile and adult burglary decisions.” Crime & Delinquency. 69(11), 2075-2101. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211067177
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Lyndsay N Boggess, and Jason Walker*. 2022. “Drunk, drugged and disorderly: Examining the non-linear effects of neighborhood racial composition on race-specific arrests.” Justice Quarterly, 39(6), 1263-1286. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2021.2012234
Boggess, Lyndsay N., Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Lexi Gill*. 2022. “Deconstructing neighborhood effects across aggravated, domestic, and simple assault.” Journal of Crime and Justice, 45(5), 567-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2022.2044886
Hipp, John R. and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2022. “Who leaves and who enters? Flow measures of neighborhood change and consequences for neighborhood crime.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 60(5), 543-581. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224278221088534
Hipp, John R., Lyndsay N. Boggess, and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2022. “Locating Offenders: Introducing the reverse spatial patterning approach.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 98, 101888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101888
Montes, Andrea N., Danielle Wallace, Chantal Fahmy, Abigail Henson, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Leah Jacobs. 2021. “An Assessment of Prisoner Reentry, Legal Financial Obligations and Family Financial Support: A Focus on Fathers.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18), 9625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189625
Fahmy, Chantal, Matthew Gricius*, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, Danielle Wallace. 2021. “Prison Visitation and the Likelihood of Post-Release Employment.” Crime & Delinquency, 68(12), 2200-2224. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211022631
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Lyndsay N. Boggess, and Ráchael A. Powers. 2021. “Neighborhood predictors of the gendered structure of non-lethal violent interactions.” Social Science Research, 96, 102545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102545.
Nelson, Jake, Tony H. Grubesic, Jennifer Miller, and Alyssa Chamberlain. 2021. “The Equity of Tree Distribution in the Most Ruthlessly Hot City in the United States: Phoenix, Arizona.” Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 59, 127016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127016
Hoyle, Mary Elizabeth*, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Danielle Wallace. 2020 (print 2022). "The Effect of Home Foreclosures on Child Maltreatment Rates: A Longitudinal Examination of Neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(5-6), NP2768-NP2790. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520943725
Boggess, Lyndsay N.† and Alyssa W. Chamberlain.† 2020 (Print 2021). “Investing in Neighborhoods: The Mitigating Role of Home Mortgage Loans on Intimate Partner Violence.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(23-24), NP12783-NP12806. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519900312
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Sarah Smith, Susan F. Turner, and Jesse Jannetta. 2020. “Global Positioning System Monitoring of High-Risk Sex Offenders: Implementation Challenges and Lessons Learned.” Criminal Justice Policy Review, 31(9), 1259-1285. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887403419884723
Krupa, Julie, Lyndsay N. Boggess, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Tony H. Grubesic. 2019 (print 2021). “Noxious Housing: The Influence of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Facilities on Neighborhood Crime.” Crime & Delinquency, 67(9), 1404-1428. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128719875701
Wallace, Danielle, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Chantal Fahmy.* 2019. “Changes in Neighborhood Social Control and Disorder and their Relationship to Exercise Behavior.” Environment and Behavior, 51(6), 717-748. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916518761530
Chamberlain, Alyssa W. and Lyndsay N. Boggess. 2019. “Parolee Concentration, Risk of Recidivism and the Consequences for Neighborhood Crime.” Deviant Behavior, 40(12), 1552-1542. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2018.1540574 .
Nelson, Jake*, Tony Grubesic, Danielle Wallace, and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2019. “The View From Above: A Survey on the Public's Perception of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Privacy.” Journal of Urban Technology, 26(1), 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2018.1551106
Wallace, Danielle, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Deirdre Pfeiffer. 2018 (print 2021). “The Relationship between Foreclosures and Intimate Partner Violence during the U.S. Housing Crisis.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(13-14), 6247-6273. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518818431
Boggess, Lyndsay N., Ráchael A. Powers, and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2018. “Sex, Race and Place: A Sex-and Race-disaggregated Analysis of Neighborhood Structural Factors on Offending.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 55(4): 493-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427818770790
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Matthew Gricius*, Danielle Wallace, Diana Nunez**, Vincent Ware** 2018. “Parolee–Parole Officer Rapport: Does It Impact Recidivism?” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 62(11): 3581-3602. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X17741593
Grubesic, Tony H., Danielle Wallace, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, Jake R. Nelson.* 2018. “Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UASs) for Remotely Sensing Physical Disorder in Neighborhoods.” Landscape and Urban Planning, 169: 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.09.001
Powers, Ráchael A., Alyssa W. Chamberlain, and Lyndsay N. Boggess. 2017 (print 2018). “The Impact of Structural Disadvantage on the Gender-Gap and Sex-Specific Rates of Non-Lethal Violent Victimization.” Crime & Delinquency. 64(2): 201-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128717719049
Boessen, Adam and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2017. “Neighborhood Crime, the Housing Crisis, and Geographic Space: Disentangling the Consequences of Foreclosure and Vacancy.” Journal of Urban Affairs. 39(8), 1122-1137. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2017.1310558
Chamberlain, Alyssa W. 2016 (print 2018). “From Prison to the Community: Assessing the Direct, Reciprocal, and Indirect Effect of Parolees on Neighborhood Structure and Crime.” Crime & Delinquency. 64(2): 166-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128716678194
Chamberlain, Alyssa W. and Lyndsay N. Boggess. 2016. “Relative Difference and Burglary Location: Can Ecological Characteristics of a Burglar’s Home Neighborhood Predict Offense Location?” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 53(6): 872-906. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427816647993
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Danielle Wallace, Deirdre Pfeiffer and Janne Gaub.* 2016. “Housing Disinvestment and Crime in a Phoenix Suburb: Exploring the Differential Effects of Investors and Owner-Occupants.” Urban Affairs Review, 54(1), 190-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087416640126
Chamberlain, Alyssa W. and John R. Hipp. 2015. “It’s all Relative: Concentrated Disadvantage within and across Communities, and the Consequences for Neighborhood Crime.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 43: 431-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2015.08.004
Chamberlain, Alyssa W. and Danielle Wallace. 2015 (print 2016). “Mass Reentry, Neighborhood Context and Recidivism: Examining How the Distribution of Parolees Within and Across Neighborhoods Impacts Recidivism.” Justice Quarterly, 33(5): 912-941. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2015.1012095
Hipp, John R. and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2015. “Foreclosures and Crime: A City-Level analysis in Southern California of a Dynamic Process.” Social Science Research, 51:219-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.09.009
Turner, Susan, Alyssa W. Chamberlain, Jesse Jannetta, and James Hess. 2014 (print 2015). “Does GPS Improve Recidivism among High Risk Sex Offenders? Outcomes for California's GPS Pilot for High Risk Sex Offender Parolees.” Victims and Offenders, 10(1): 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2014.953236
Chamberlain, Alyssa W., Lyndsay N. Boggess, and Ráchael A. Powers. 2014 (print 2016). “The Impact of the Spatial Mismatch between Parolee and Employment Locations on Recidivism” Journal of Crime and Justice. 39(3), 398-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2014.965264
Pfeiffer, Deirdre, Danielle Wallace and Alyssa W. Chamberlain. 2014 (print 2015). “Is Investor Purchasing of Foreclosures Affecting Neighborhood Crime? Evidence from a Phoenix Suburb.” Housing Policy Debate. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2014.923924
Chamberlain, Alyssa W. 2012. “Offender Rehabilitation: Examining Changes in Inmate Treatment Characteristics, Program Participation and Institutional Behavior.” Justice Quarterly, 29 (2): 183-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2010.549833
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 598 | Special Topics |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 502 | Seminar in Criminology |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 502 | Seminar in Criminology |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 531 | Crime Mapping |
| CRJ 405 | Neighborhoods and Crime |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 502 | Seminar in Criminology |
| CRJ 201 | Crime Control Policies |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 201 | Crime Control Policies |
| CRJ 270 | Community Justice |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 502 | Seminar in Criminology |
| CRJ 502 | Seminar in Criminology |
- Chamberlain, Alyssa W. and Lyndsay N. Boggess. The Relative Context of Burglar: Do Neighborhood Economic Conditions Predict where Offenders Burglarize?. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2014).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa and Adam Boessen. Vacancies or Foreclosures: Does the Distinction and Spatial Patterning make a Difference for Crime?. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2013).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. Parolee Characteristics, Ecological Context and Neighborhood Crime. American Sociological Association (Aug 2013).
- Pfeiffer, Deirdre, Danielle Wallace, and Alyssa Chamberlain. Investors on the Block: How Distressed Property Investors are Changing the Dynamics of American Regions, Cities and Neighborhoods. Urban Affairs Association (Apr 2013).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. Offender Rehabilitation: Examining Changes in Inmate Treatment Characteristics, Program Participation and Behavior. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Editor's Showcase (Mar 2013).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. Neighborhood Characteristics and Recidivism: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Parolees Clustered in Three Ohio Cities. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2012).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. From Prison to the Community: Parolees, Neighborhoods and the Moderating Effects of Social Capital. Urban Affairs Association (Apr 2012).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. Do Returning Parolees Affect Neighborhood Crime and Characteristics? A Longitudinal Case Study of Cleveland. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2011).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa and John R. Hipp. It's All Relative: Concentrated Disadvantage within and across Neighborhoods and Communities, and the Consequences for Neighborhood Crime. American Sociological Association (Aug 2011).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. The Impact of Parolees On Neighborhood Crime and Characteristics: A Longitudinal Analysis of Cleveland. Society for the Study of Social Problems (Aug 2011).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa and John Hipp. Neighborhood Dynamics and Inequality: Examining Macro-Structural and Spatial Effects on Neighborhood Crime. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2010).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa and John Hipp. Social and Economic Resources: The Role of Macro-Structural and Spatial Effects on Neighborhood Crime. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences: Editor's Showcase (Mar 2010).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa and John Hipp. Residential and Economic Resources: Examining the Influence of Macro-Structural and Spatial Effects on Neighborhood Crime. Western Society of Criminology (Feb 2010).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. A Renewed Interest in Rehabilitation? Examining Inmate Treatment Characteristics, Program Participation, and Institutional Behavior. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2009).
- Hipp, John and Alyssa Chamberlain. Micro and Macro Dynamics: Predicting Population Flows and crime Flows Across Neighborhoods Within and Across Cities over Time. American Society of Criminology (Nov 2009).
- Chamberlain, Alyssa. Examining Changes in Offender Treatment Characteristics, Program Participation and Institutional Behavior. Western Society of Criminology (Feb 2009).
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Western Society of Criminology
Secretary/Treasurer, Division of Communities and Place, American Society of Criminology
Nominations Committee, Division of Sentencing and Corrections, American Society of Criminology
Executive Committee, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Graduate Committee, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Undergraduate Committee, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
Comprehensive Exam Committee, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University