- John Hipp, George Tita, and Lyndsay Boggess. 2009. “Inter- and Intra-Group Violence: Is Violent Crime an Expression of Group Conflict or Social Disorganization?” Criminology, Vol 47:2, pp. 521-564.
- Neil F. Johnson, Chen Xu, Zhenyuan Zhao, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nicholas Yee, George Tita and Mak Ming Hui . 2009. “Human Group Formation in Online Guilds and Offline Gangs Driven by a Common Team Dynamic.” Physical Review E. 79, 066117, pp. 1-11. (Reprinted in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, July 1, 2009.)
- Elizabeth Griffiths and George Tita. 2009. “Homicide in and Around Public Housing: Is Public Housing a Hotbed, a Magnet, or a Generator of Violence for the Surrounding Community?” Social Problems, Vol. 56:3, pp.474-493.
- Martin Short, Maria R. D’Orsongna, Jeffrey Brantingham and George Tita. 2009. “Measuring and Modeling Repeat and Near-repeat Burglary Effects.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Forthcoming
- John Hipp, George Tita, and Robert Greenbaum. 2009. “Drive-bys and Trade-ups: Examining the Directionality of the Crime and Residential Instability Relationship” Social Forces. Forthcoming
- George Tita, Anthony Braga, Greg Ridgeway and Glenn Peirce. 2006. “Criminal Purchase of Ammunition.” Injury Prevention Vol 12, No. 5, Pp. 308 – 311.
- George Tita and Greg Ridgeway. “The Impact of Gang Formation on Local Patterns of Crime.”Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency. Vol 44:2, pp 208-237.
- George Tita, Trica Petras, and Robert Greenbaum 2006 “Crime and Residential Choice: A Neighborhood Level Analysis of the Impact of Crime on Housing Prices.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology Vol 22, No 4, Pp 299-317.
- George Tita and Elizabeth Griffiths 2005 “Traveling to Violence: The Case for a Mobility-Based Spatial Typology of Homicide.” Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency Vol. 42, No. 2, Pp. 275-308.
- Robert Greenbaum and George Tita 2004 “The Impact of Violence Surges on Neighborhood Business Activity.” Urban Studies. Vol. 41, No. 13, Pp. 2495-2514. (Awarded the Donald Robertson Prize Essay Award for 2004 by the editors of Urban Studies.)
- George Tita, J. K. Riley, Greg Ridgeway, Allan F. Abrahamse and Peter Greenwood. 2004. “Reducing Gun Violence: Resuts from an Intervention in East Los Angeles.” RAND Press: Santa Monica, CA
- George Tita and Allan Abrahamse 2004 ‘California Homicide: The Impact of Los Angeles and Gangs. At the Local Level: Perspectives on Violence Prevention. California Department of Justice/California Health and Human Services Agency: Sacramento, CA
- George Tita and Jacqueline Cohen. 2004 Measuring Spatial Diffusion of Shots Fired Activity Across City Neighborhoods. In Spatially Integrated Social Science. Eds. Michael F. Goodchild and Donald G. Janelle. Oxford Press: New York
- George Tita, J. K. Riley and Peter Greenwood. 2002. “From Boston to Boyle Heights: The Process and Prospects of a “Pulling Levers” Strategy in a Los Angeles Barrio” in Gangs, Youth Violence and Community Policing. Editor Scott Decker. Wadsworth Press: Belmont, MA.
- Luc Anselin, Jacqueline Cohen, Wilpen Gorr and George Tita. 2000. “Spatial Analysis: Practice and Prospects.” Crime 2000: Measurement and Data, Vol. 3. National Institute of Justice. Washington, DC.
- Jacqueline Cohen and George Tita. 1999. “Spatial Diffusion in Homicide: Exploring a General Method of Detecting Spatial Diffusion Processes.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 15, No. 4, Pp. 451-493.
- Jacqueline Cohen and George Tita. 1999. “Editor’s Introduction.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 15, No. 4, Pp. 373-378.