Stephen D. Mastrofski
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Stephen D. Mastrofski is an American criminologist known for his influential research on policing practices and critical evaluations of theories such as broken windows policing.
All labels observed (1)
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| Stephen D. Mastrofski canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10227274 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen D. Mastrofski Context triple: [Broken windows theory, hasCritic, Stephen D. Mastrofski]
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A.
Stephen J. Rivele
Stephen J. Rivele is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed biographical and historical films such as "Nixon" and "Ali."
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B.
John R. Petrocik
John R. Petrocik is an American political scientist known for his influential work on voting behavior, party coalitions, and electoral realignment in the United States.
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C.
Robert M. Weitman
Robert M. Weitman was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for overseeing a range of studio features and genre films.
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D.
Richard F. Natonski
Richard F. Natonski is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during major operations in the Iraq War, including the First Battle of Fallujah.
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E.
David H. Franzoni
David H. Franzoni is an American screenwriter and producer best known for writing the Oscar-winning historical epic "Gladiator" and other major Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen D. Mastrofski Target entity description: Stephen D. Mastrofski is an American criminologist known for his influential research on policing practices and critical evaluations of theories such as broken windows policing.
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A.
Stephen J. Rivele
Stephen J. Rivele is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed biographical and historical films such as "Nixon" and "Ali."
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B.
John R. Petrocik
John R. Petrocik is an American political scientist known for his influential work on voting behavior, party coalitions, and electoral realignment in the United States.
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C.
Robert M. Weitman
Robert M. Weitman was an American film producer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for overseeing a range of studio features and genre films.
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D.
Richard F. Natonski
Richard F. Natonski is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during major operations in the Iraq War, including the First Battle of Fallujah.
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E.
David H. Franzoni
David H. Franzoni is an American screenwriter and producer best known for writing the Oscar-winning historical epic "Gladiator" and other major Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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academic ⓘ criminologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
criminal justice
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criminology ⓘ policing studies ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialization |
citizen satisfaction with police
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community-oriented policing ⓘ crime control policy ⓘ crime prevention through policing ⓘ evaluation of order-maintenance strategies ⓘ evaluation of policing strategies ⓘ evidence-based policing ⓘ frontline policing research ⓘ implementation of policing innovations ⓘ law enforcement policy analysis ⓘ order maintenance and disorder control ⓘ order maintenance policing ⓘ organizational change in police agencies ⓘ police accountability ⓘ police culture ⓘ police decision-making ⓘ police discretion ⓘ police encounters with minorities ⓘ police legitimacy and trust ⓘ police organization ⓘ police performance measurement ⓘ police professionalism ⓘ police reform ⓘ police use of authority ⓘ police-citizen cooperation ⓘ police-citizen encounters ⓘ police-community relations ⓘ problem-oriented policing ⓘ procedural justice in policing ⓘ public order policing ⓘ street-level policing ⓘ urban policing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical evaluation of broken windows policing
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empirical studies of police behavior ⓘ research on community policing ⓘ research on police legitimacy ⓘ research on policing practices ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| occupation |
criminologist
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professor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Stephen D. Mastrofski Description of subject: Stephen D. Mastrofski is an American criminologist known for his influential research on policing practices and critical evaluations of theories such as broken windows policing.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
broken windows theory