Patrick Leonard

Gang violence on the digital street: Case study of a South Side Chicago gang member’s Twitter communication

Desmond U. Patton, Jeffrey Lane, Patrick Leonard et al. · New Media & Society · 2016 · 91 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Sociology +17

Stop and Frisk Online: Theorizing Everyday Racism in Digital Policing in the Use of Social Media for Identification of Criminal Conduct and Associations

Desmond U. Patton, Douglas-Wade Brunton, Andrea L. Dixon et al. · Social Media + Society · 2017 · 66 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Criminology, Sociology +14

When Twitter Fingers Turn to Trigger Fingers: a Qualitative Study of Social Media-Related Gang Violence

Desmond U. Patton, David C. Pyrooz, Scott H. Decker et al. · International Journal of Bullying Prevention · 2019 · 43 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Sociology +17

“Police took my homie I dedicate my life 2 his revenge”: Twitter tensions between gang-involved youth and police in Chicago

Desmond U. Patton, Patrick Leonard, Loren Cahill et al. · Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment · 2016 · 30 citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Urban Studies +17

What’s a Threat on Social Media? How Black and Latino Chicago Young Men Define and Navigate Threats Online

Desmond U. Patton, Patrick Leonard, Caitlin Elaesser et al. · Youth & Society · 2017 · 29 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Sociology, Urban Studies +17