David McElhattan

682 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 476 citations indexed

About

David McElhattan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, David McElhattan has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 476 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 2 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in David McElhattan's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 papers) and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (3 papers). David McElhattan is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 papers) and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (3 papers). David McElhattan collaborates with scholars based in United States. David McElhattan's co-authors include Jill D. Weinberg, Jeremy Freese and Laura Beth Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Sociology, Law & Society Review and Criminology & Public Policy.

In The Last Decade

David McElhattan

6 papers receiving 457 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.

Comparing Data Characteristics and Results of an Online Factorial Survey between a Population-Based and a Crowdsource-Recruited Sample

2014 434 citations Jill D. Weinberg, Jeremy Freese et al. Sociological Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David McElhattan United States	5	316	71	71	65	41	7	476
Jill D. Weinberg United States	8	344 1.1×	105 1.5×	81 1.1×	85 1.3×	41 1.0×	16	539
Jennifer Kavanagh United States	13	293 0.9×	52 0.7×	109 1.5×	70 1.1×	52 1.3×	60	611
Seth Ariel Green United States	4	366 1.2×	75 1.1×	79 1.1×	114 1.8×	10 0.2×	5	528
Kyle Peyton United States	9	295 0.9×	45 0.6×	215 3.0×	27 0.4×	49 1.2×	22	450
Maria Abascal United States	10	569 1.8×	34 0.5×	118 1.7×	59 0.9×	54 1.3×	21	709
Ian Warren Australia	9	229 0.7×	41 0.6×	64 0.9×	24 0.4×	18 0.4×	51	473
Janet Zandy United States	6	202 0.6×	34 0.5×	101 1.4×	28 0.4×	18 0.4×	10	486
Robin Gomila United States	5	141 0.4×	27 0.4×	56 0.8×	30 0.5×	49 1.2×	6	357
Hema Preya Selvanathan Australia	14	493 1.6×	63 0.9×	62 0.9×	208 3.2×	23 0.6×	39	649
Ray Surette United States	13	422 1.3×	47 0.7×	88 1.2×	45 0.7×	16 0.4×	35	602

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McElhattan

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7 of 7 papers shown

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McElhattan, David. (2024). Criminal background check laws and labor market inequality in the United States. Criminology & Public Policy. 23(2). 391–429.

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McElhattan, David, et al.. (2023). Immobilized: (In)congruent collateral consequences and racialized driver's license restrictions. Punishment & Society. 26(2). 304–324. 1 indexed citations

3.

McElhattan, David. (2022). The Proliferation of Criminal Background Check Laws in the United States. American Journal of Sociology. 127(4). 1037–1093. 7 indexed citations

4.

McElhattan, David. (2021). Punitive ambiguity: State-level criminal record data quality in the era of widespread background screening. Punishment & Society. 24(3). 367–386. 14 indexed citations

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McElhattan, David. (2021). The Exception as the Rule: Negligent Hiring Liability, Structured Uncertainty, and the Rise of Criminal Background Checks in the United States. Law & Social Inquiry. 47(1). 132–161. 8 indexed citations

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McElhattan, David, Laura Beth Nielsen, & Jill D. Weinberg. (2017). Race and Determinations of Discrimination: Vigilance, Cynicism, Skepticism, and Attitudes about Legal Mobilization in Employment Civil Rights. Law & Society Review. 51(3). 669–703. 12 indexed citations

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Weinberg, Jill D., Jeremy Freese, & David McElhattan. (2014). Comparing Data Characteristics and Results of an Online Factorial Survey between a Population-Based and a Crowdsource-Recruited Sample. Sociological Science. 1. 292–310. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

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