David Matza

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

David Matza is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, David Matza has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Law and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in David Matza's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 papers), Criminal Justice and Penology (3 papers) and American Political and Social Dynamics (2 papers). David Matza is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 papers), Criminal Justice and Penology (3 papers) and American Political and Social Dynamics (2 papers). David Matza collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Matza's co-authors include Gresham M. Sykes, Michel Foucault, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Ner Littner, Thomas J. Scheff, Hans Toch, Donald J. Shoemaker, C. Ray Jeffery, David Wellman and Troy Duster and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

In The Last Decade

David Matza

28 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency

1957 3.5k citations Gresham M. Sykes, David Matza American Sociological Review profile →
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.

1966 893 citations David Matza, Michel Foucault American Sociological Review profile →
Delinquency and Drift

1965 793 citations David Matza et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Matza United States	11	3.8k	1.3k	794	675	445	30	6.0k
Charles R. Tittle United States	44	6.6k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	924 1.4×	662 1.5×	135	8.2k
Gresham M. Sykes United States	20	5.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	712 0.9×	1.4k 2.0×	446 1.0×	45	7.9k
Harold G. Grasmick United States	39	6.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	926 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	525 1.2×	73	7.9k
Terance D. Miethe United States	43	4.6k 1.2×	982 0.7×	586 0.7×	705 1.0×	459 1.0×	89	5.8k
Robert J. Bursik United States	28	6.1k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	721 0.9×	1.7k 2.5×	564 1.3×	45	7.2k
Donald R. Cressey United States	26	3.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	289 0.4×	718 1.1×	314 0.7×	61	4.9k
James Q. Wilson United States	36	6.2k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	543 0.7×	962 1.4×	573 1.3×	134	9.3k
Michael R. Gottfredson United States	31	8.6k 2.2×	3.1k 2.3×	1.4k 1.8×	1.6k 2.4×	808 1.8×	71	10.8k
V. Lee Hamilton United States	29	2.7k 0.7×	523 0.4×	1.6k 2.1×	636 0.9×	59 0.1×	73	4.8k
Travis C. Pratt United States	45	7.4k 1.9×	2.5k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	1.5k 2.2×	418 0.9×	121	9.5k

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Matza, David. (2021). El proceso de desviación. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1–267. 1 indexed citations

2.

Matza, David. (2018). Delinquency and Drift. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

3.

Matza, David & Thomas G. Blomberg. (2017). Becoming Deviant. 5 indexed citations

4.

Matza, David & Gresham M. Sykes. (2016). Delincuencia juvenil y valores subterraneos. Delito y sociedad. Revista de Ciencias Sociales. 2(38). 119–129. 2 indexed citations

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Sykes, Gresham M. & David Matza. (2010). Tecniche di neutralizzazione : una teoria della delinquenza (1957). 1000–1018.

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Sykes, Gresham M. & David Matza. (2008). Técnicas de Neutralización: una teoría de la delincuencia. Caderno CRH. 21(52). 163–170. 10 indexed citations

7.

Matza, David, et al.. (1987). Adolescent Subcultures and Delinquency. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(5). 700–700. 1 indexed citations

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Matza, David & Donald J. Shoemaker. (1985). Theories of Delinquency: An Examination of Explanations of Delinquent Behavior.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(2). 189–189. 25 indexed citations

9.

Robert, Philippe, Howard S. Becker, David J. Chapman, et al.. (1973). Nouvelles perspectives en sociologie de la déviance. Revue Française de Sociologie. 14(3). 371–371. 1 indexed citations

10.

Matza, David. (1973). Abweichendes Verhalten: Untersuchungen zur Genese abweichender Identität. 1 indexed citations

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Matza, David & Hans Toch. (1970). Violent Men: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Violence. The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science. 61(2). 239–239. 167 indexed citations

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Matza, David & Thomas J. Scheff. (1968). Being Mentally Ill.. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 9(4). 346–346. 288 indexed citations

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Jeffery, C. Ray & David Matza. (1966). Delinquency and Drift. The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science. 57(1). 83–83. 10 indexed citations

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Matza, David & Michel Foucault. (1966). Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.. American Sociological Review. 31(4). 551–551. 893 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matza, David. (1964). Delinquency and drift : From the research program of the Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley. Wiley eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Matza, David & Warren E. Miller. (1961). The Cool World. The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science. 51(5). 552–552. 4 indexed citations

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Matza, David & Gresham M. Sykes. (1961). Juvenile Delinquency and Subterranean Values. American Sociological Review. 26(5). 712–712. 227 indexed citations

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Teeters, Negley K. & David Matza. (1959). The Extent of Delinquency in the United States. The Journal of Negro Education. 28(3). 200–200. 4 indexed citations

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Matza, David. (1957). Book Review: DELINQUENT BOYS: The Culture of the Gang; ALBERT K. COHEN, Glencoe, III., The Free Press. $3.50. pp. 202. 1955. The Prison Journal. 37(1). 50–52. 2 indexed citations

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Sykes, Gresham M. & David Matza. (1957). Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency. American Sociological Review. 22(6). 664–664. 3519 indexed citations breakdown →

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