Anthony M. Platt

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Anthony M. Platt is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony M. Platt has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Law and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Anthony M. Platt's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 papers), Race, History, and American Society (3 papers) and Cultural Identity and Representation (2 papers). Anthony M. Platt is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 papers), Race, History, and American Society (3 papers) and Cultural Identity and Representation (2 papers). Anthony M. Platt collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Anthony M. Platt's co-authors include Joseph Whitehill, Ronald L. Akers, Jaime Schultz, Piers Beirne, Bernard L. Diamond and Robert M. Mennel and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

In The Last Decade

Anthony M. Platt

22 papers receiving 784 citations

Hit Papers

The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency
    1970 412 citations Anthony M. Platt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anthony M. Platt United States 12 749 349 188 147 118 27 1.0k
John Eekelaar United States 17 548 0.7× 236 0.7× 174 0.9× 90 0.6× 220 1.9× 94 1.1k
Vanessa Pupavac United Kingdom 12 526 0.7× 264 0.8× 139 0.7× 83 0.6× 177 1.5× 27 792
Dorothy Atkinson United Kingdom 17 349 0.5× 245 0.7× 162 0.9× 240 1.6× 166 1.4× 53 1.1k
Howard Zehr United States 14 1.1k 1.4× 515 1.5× 123 0.7× 240 1.6× 160 1.4× 31 1.5k
Pat Carlen United Kingdom 19 1.1k 1.5× 475 1.4× 416 2.2× 70 0.5× 97 0.8× 68 1.4k
Paula J. Giddings United States 7 529 0.7× 81 0.2× 103 0.5× 163 1.1× 61 0.5× 18 890
Cora Vellekoop Baldock Australia 13 857 1.1× 78 0.2× 143 0.8× 107 0.7× 93 0.8× 30 1.1k
Allison Morris New Zealand 17 817 1.1× 360 1.0× 168 0.9× 49 0.3× 88 0.7× 43 1.0k
Noël A. Cazenave United States 12 596 0.8× 116 0.3× 166 0.9× 111 0.8× 104 0.9× 26 910
Gabriele Rosenthal Germany 12 496 0.7× 118 0.3× 90 0.5× 97 0.7× 115 1.0× 50 885

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Platt, Anthony M.. (2013). 25. SOCIAL INSECURITY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1965-2000. Stanford University Press eBooks. 28(1). 335–344. 1 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (2012). The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action. Notre Dame journal of law, ethics & public policy. 11(1). 67. 4 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1997). "The Land That Never Has Been Yet": U.S. Race Relations at the Crossroads. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 24(1). 7.
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1997). End Game: The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action in Higher Education.. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 24(2). 103. 6 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1996). "Living With Inequality":Race and the Changing Discourse of Victimization in the United States. 29(4). 1–30. 2 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1995). No Easy Road to Freedom: Remapping the Struggle for Racial Equality. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 22(3). 9. 1 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1995). Crime Rave. Monthly Review. 47(2). 35–35. 3 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1994). The Politics of Law and Order. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 21(3). 3. 51 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M. & Piers Beirne. (1994). Inventing Criminology: Essays on the Rise of Homo Criminalis.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 23(4). 582–582. 48 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1993). Beyond the Canon, with Great Difficulty. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 20. 72. 11 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1993). Community Justice in a Volatile South Africa: Containing Community Conflict, Clermont, Natal. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 20. 129.
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Platt, Anthony M., et al.. (1993). E. Franklin Frazier Reconsidered.. The Journal of Southern History. 59(2). 418–418.
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1992). Defenders of the Canon: What's Behind the Attack on Multiculturalism. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 19(2). 122. 5 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1990). Racism in Academia: Lessons from the Life of E. Franklin Frazier. Monthly Review. 42(4). 29–29. 6 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1971). The Politics of Riot Commissions, 1917-1970: A Collection of Official Reports and Critical Essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
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Akers, Ronald L. & Anthony M. Platt. (1970). The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency.. American Sociological Review. 35(4). 807–807. 231 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M.. (1969). The Rise of the Child-Saving Movement: A Study in Social Policy and Correctional Reform. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 381(1). 21–38. 27 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M., et al.. (1968). The Limits of Advocacy: Occupational Hazards in Juvenile Court. University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 116(7). 1156–1156. 10 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M. & Bernard L. Diamond. (1966). The Origins of the "Right and Wrong" Test of Criminal Responsibility and Its Subsequent Development in the United States: An Historical Survey. California Law Review. 54(3). 1227–1227. 21 indexed citations
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Platt, Anthony M. & Bernard L. Diamond. (1965). The origins and development of the “wild beast” concept of mental illness and its relation to theories of criminal responsibility. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 1(4). 355–367. 24 indexed citations

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