Ben Crewe

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ben Crewe is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Crewe has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 17 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ben Crewe's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (46 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (23 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (17 papers). Ben Crewe is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (46 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (23 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (17 papers). Ben Crewe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovenia and Denmark. Ben Crewe's co-authors include Susie Hulley, Alison Liebling, Serena Wright, Alice Ievins, Sean Nixon, Jason Warr, Alan A. Smith, Peter Bennett, Anna Schliehe and Julie Laursen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, British Journal of Sociology and Criminology.

In The Last Decade

Ben Crewe

53 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Depth, weight, tightness: Revisiting the pains of imprisonment

2011 380 citations Ben Crewe Punishment & Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Crewe United Kingdom	26	2.0k	1.1k	857	195	172	55	2.4k
Alison Liebling United Kingdom	31	3.0k 1.5×	2.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.4×	402 2.1×	86 0.5×	82	3.6k
Fergus McNeill United Kingdom	26	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	179 0.9×	35 0.2×	112	2.5k
David Eitle United States	25	1.6k 0.8×	485 0.4×	389 0.5×	380 1.9×	160 0.9×	58	2.2k
Joanna Shapland United Kingdom	23	1.3k 0.7×	694 0.6×	359 0.4×	217 1.1×	91 0.5×	66	1.6k
Heather Strang United Kingdom	21	1.7k 0.8×	904 0.8×	219 0.3×	268 1.4×	145 0.8×	63	2.0k
Patrick L. Kelly United Kingdom	23	1.2k 0.6×	760 0.7×	267 0.3×	122 0.6×	901 5.2×	88	2.1k
Jody Miller United States	24	2.3k 1.2×	576 0.5×	666 0.8×	524 2.7×	439 2.6×	49	2.8k
Larry Bennett United States	22	707 0.4×	579 0.5×	547 0.6×	52 0.3×	400 2.3×	64	1.7k
E. Kay M. Tisdall United Kingdom	28	2.0k 1.0×	538 0.5×	369 0.4×	114 0.6×	83 0.5×	104	2.7k
Desmond Ellis Canada	20	1.2k 0.6×	433 0.4×	301 0.4×	104 0.5×	132 0.8×	46	1.6k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Crewe, Ben, et al.. (2025). The depth of imprisonment and the dilution of self. Punishment & Society. 28(1). 203–221.

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Crewe, Ben, et al.. (2024). Feeling (Un)safe in Prison: A Comparative Analysis of England & Wales and Norway. The British Journal of Criminology. 65(3). 541–558. 2 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2024). ‘Sedative Coping’, Contextual Maturity and Institutionalization Among Prisoners Serving Life Sentences in England and Wales. 1 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2024). ‘Sedative Coping’, Contextual Maturity and Institutionalization Among Prisoners Serving Life Sentences in England and Wales. The British Journal of Criminology. 64(5). 1080–1097. 3 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben, et al.. (2022). ‘Tightness’, autonomy and release: The anticipated pains of release and life licencing. The British Journal of Criminology. 63(1). 184–200. 2 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben, et al.. (2022). Nordic Penal Exceptionalism: A Comparative, Empirical Analysis. The British Journal of Criminology. 63(2). 424–443. 29 indexed citations

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Wright, Serena, Susie Hulley, & Ben Crewe. (2022). Trajectories of hope/lessness among men and women in the late stage of a life sentence. Theoretical Criminology. 27(1). 66–84. 1 indexed citations

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Schliehe, Anna & Ben Crewe. (2021). Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk: Cellsharing In Prisons. 1 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben & Alice Ievins. (2020). ‘Tightness’, recognition and penal power. Punishment & Society. 23(1). 47–68. 27 indexed citations

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Liebling, Alison, et al.. (2019). Are Hope and Possibility Achievable in Prison?. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. 58(1). 104–126. 38 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2018). Las dimensiones del encarcelamiento. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben, Susie Hulley, & Serena Wright. (2016). The Gendered Pains of Life Imprisonment. The British Journal of Criminology. azw088–azw088. 81 indexed citations

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Wright, Serena, Ben Crewe, & Susie Hulley. (2016). Suppression, denial, sublimation: Defending against the initial pains of very long life sentences. Theoretical Criminology. 21(2). 225–246. 40 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben, et al.. (2016). Subcultural Adaptations to Incarceration. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2015). Inside the Belly of the Penal Beast: Understanding the Experience of Imprisonment. International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy. 4(1). 50–65. 56 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben, Alison Liebling, & Susie Hulley. (2014). Staff‐Prisoner Relationships, Staff Professionalism, and the Use of Authority in Public‐ and Private‐Sector Prisons. Law & Social Inquiry. 40(2). 309–344. 68 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2014). Not Looking Hard Enough. Qualitative Inquiry. 20(4). 392–403. 60 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben, Jason Warr, Peter Bennett, & Alan A. Smith. (2013). The emotional geography of prison life. Theoretical Criminology. 18(1). 56–74. 176 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2011). Soft power in prison: Implications for staff–prisoner relationships, liberty and legitimacy. European Journal of Criminology. 8(6). 455–468. 194 indexed citations

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Crewe, Ben. (2003). Class, Masculinity and Editorial Identity in the Reformation of the UK Men's Press. The Sociological Review. 51(1_suppl). 91–111. 8 indexed citations

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