His research investigates how policing impacts daily life in impoverished communities of color. His work has been published in Law and Social Inquiry, Urban Studies, Souls, and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is currently working on a book, titled Policing Rock Bottom, which is an ethnographic examination of the implementation and experience of broken windows policing in Los Angeles’ Skid Row district. He teaches courses on urban sociology, crime, ethnography, and theory.