Barton, M. S., Anderson, B., Charles, C., Valasik, M. (2025). “Population Growth and Its Paradox: An Investigation into the Correlates of Four Forms of Violence in a Rapidly Expanding Suburb.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 96, 102343.

Barton, M. S., Valasik, M., & Brault E. E. (2021). “Disorder or Disadvantage: Investigating the tension between neighborhood social structure and the physical environment on local violence.” Criminal Justice Review, 46(2): 134-155.

Valasik, M., Brault, E. E., & Martinez, S. M. (2019) “Forecasting Homicide in the Red Stick: Risk Terrain Modeling and the Spatial Influence of Urban Blight on Lethal Violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.” Social Science Research, 80: 186-201.

Reid, S. E., Tita, G. E., & Valasik, M. (2019) “The Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Crime.” Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology. Beth M. Huebner (Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195396607-0123

Valasik, M. (2018). “Gang Violence Predictability: Using Risk Terrain Modeling to study Gang Homicides and Gang Assaults in East Los Angeles.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 58: 10-21.

Book Chapters

Valasik, M. (2024). “Crime Mapping and Spatial Analysis.” In H. N. Pontell (Ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.821