Savannah Reid is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Newark Public Safety Collaborative (NPSC) at Rutgers University–Newark and a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University. Her research interests center on environmental criminology, policing, and evidence-based crime prevention, with a particular focus on how spatial and environmental characteristics influence crime patterns and police behavior.

Her research employs quantitative, spatial, and qualitative methods to examine the relationship between place, policing practices, and public safety. She has extensive experience analyzing large-scale administrative data, including automated vehicle location data, computer-aided dispatch records, crime incidents, and body-worn camera footage. Her dissertation examines the spatial and temporal patterns of proactive police enforcement and the role of environmental characteristics in shaping officer decision-making. More broadly, her work integrates theoretical perspectives from environmental criminology and policing to better understand how places influence police activity.

Savannah has contributed to research published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Criminology & Public Policy, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and the Journal of Experimental Criminology. Her research experience includes collaborations with law enforcement agencies and interdisciplinary research teams, with an emphasis on producing findings that inform policing practices and place-based crime prevention strategies. Through her work at the NPSC, she seeks to contribute to applied research that supports data-informed, evidence-based approaches to improving public safety.