Murat Yildirim

Murat Yildirim is a Research Data Specialist at The Ohio State University with professional experience spanning law enforcement, international service, and academic research. He holds a B.A. from the National Police Academy of Turkey and an M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of Ankara. From 1997 to 2011, he served as a senior police officer and instructor at the National Police Academy of Turkey and worked with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). He later served as a Research Associate and Data Analyst at the University of Cincinnati (2015–2023). His research focuses on police use of force, police stops, crime concentration, and the evaluation of evidence-based crime prevention strategies, with methodological expertise in crime mapping, data analysis, and visualization.