David Thornton

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

David Thornton is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, David Thornton has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Clinical Psychology, 62 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in David Thornton's work include Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (69 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (56 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (37 papers). David Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (69 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (56 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (37 papers). David Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. David Thornton's co-authors include R. Karl Hanson, Ruth E. Mann, L. Maaike Helmus, Kelly M. Babchishin, Robert D. Hare, Danny Clark, Martin Grann, William L. Marshall, Anthony R. Beech and Andrew Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Personality and Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment.

In The Last Decade

David Thornton

91 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Assessing Risk for Sexual Recidivism: Some Proposals on the Nature of Psychologically Meaningful Risk Factors

2010 535 citations R. Karl Hanson, David Thornton et al. Sexual Abuse profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Thornton United Kingdom	34	4.1k	3.3k	570	290	233	95	4.6k
J. Stephen Wormith Canada	26	3.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	176 0.3×	459 1.6×	282 1.2×	66	4.0k
Daryl G. Kroner Canada	31	2.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	118 0.2×	180 0.6×	445 1.9×	88	2.5k
Elizabeth L. Jeglic United States	33	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	441 0.8×	411 1.4×	548 2.4×	155	2.8k
Daniel C. Murrie United States	33	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	151 0.3×	89 0.3×	630 2.7×	93	2.8k
Дон Грубин United Kingdom	26	1.6k 0.4×	1.0k 0.3×	158 0.3×	95 0.3×	273 1.2×	68	1.9k
Alexander F. Schmidt Germany	22	1.1k 0.3×	649 0.2×	259 0.5×	106 0.4×	462 2.0×	78	1.7k
Randy K. Otto United States	23	1.3k 0.3×	704 0.2×	60 0.1×	130 0.4×	345 1.5×	65	1.8k
Michael J. Cleveland United States	26	916 0.2×	827 0.2×	163 0.3×	198 0.7×	242 1.0×	84	2.6k
Kathryn A. Becker‐Blease United States	19	684 0.2×	285 0.1×	139 0.2×	160 0.6×	177 0.8×	40	1.3k
Timothy R. Stickle United States	22	1.7k 0.4×	491 0.1×	63 0.1×	93 0.3×	791 3.4×	38	2.5k

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Thornton, David, Gwenda M. Willis, & Sharon M. Kelley. (2024). Dynamic Protective Factors Relevant to Sexual Offending. Current Psychiatry Reports. 26(4). 142–150.

Miner, Michael H., et al.. (2022). Reliability and Factor Structure of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale. Sexual Abuse. 35(1). 83–102. 1 indexed citations

Kahn, Rachel E., et al.. (2022). Recidivism and violations among sexually violent persons on supervised release.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 29(1). 93–105. 2 indexed citations

Kahn, Rachel E., et al.. (2022). Risk-tinted spectacles: What influences evaluator decision making in sexually violent persons examinations.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 28(2). 292–305. 2 indexed citations

Kelley, Sharon M., Gwenda M. Willis, & David Thornton. (2022). Clinical applications of the structured assessment of protective factors against sexual offending (SAPROF-SO), Version 1. Journal of Sexual Aggression. 28(3). 377–392. 3 indexed citations

Hanson, R. Karl, Seung C. Lee, & David Thornton. (2022). Long Term Recidivism Rates Among Individuals at High Risk to Sexually Reoffend. Sexual Abuse. 36(1). 3–32. 7 indexed citations

Holliday, Stephanie Brooks, Shoba Sreenivasan, Eric B. Elbogen, David Thornton, & Jim McGuire. (2021). Factors Associated with Repeat Sexual Offending among U.S. Military Veterans Compared to Civilians. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 21(2). 120–132. 2 indexed citations

Hanson, R. Karl, et al.. (2020). Does Reassessment Improve Prediction? A Prospective Study of the Sexual Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS). International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 65(16). 1775–1803. 8 indexed citations

Olver, Mark E., et al.. (2020). Incremental Contributions of Static and Dynamic Sexual Violence Risk Assessment: Integrating Static-99R and VRS-SO Common Language Risk Levels. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 48(8). 1091–1110. 12 indexed citations

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Kelley, Sharon M., et al.. (2019). Exploring the Relationship Between Major Mental Illness and Sex Offending Behavior in a High-Risk Population. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 47(3). 290–309. 6 indexed citations

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Olver, Mark E., James C. Mundt, David Thornton, et al.. (2018). Using the Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offense version in sexual violence risk assessments: Updated risk categories and recidivism estimates from a multisite sample of treated sexual offenders.. Psychological Assessment. 30(7). 941–955. 39 indexed citations

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Hanson, R. Karl, Andrew Harris, Elizabeth J. Letourneau, L. Maaike Helmus, & David Thornton. (2017). Reductions in risk based on time offense-free in the community: Once a sexual offender, not always a sexual offender.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 24(1). 48–63. 72 indexed citations

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Hanson, R. Karl, Andrew Harris, L. Maaike Helmus, & David Thornton. (2014). High-Risk Sex Offenders May Not Be High Risk Forever. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 29(15). 2792–2813. 88 indexed citations

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Thornton, David & Raymond A. Knight. (2013). Construction and Validation of SRA-FV Need Assessment. Sexual Abuse. 27(4). 360–375. 22 indexed citations

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Hansen, Anita L., et al.. (2012). Assessment of Psychopathy: Inter-correlations between Psychopathy Checklist Revised, Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality – Institutional Rating Scale, and Self-Report of Psychopathy Scale–III. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 11(4). 280–288. 44 indexed citations

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Helmus, L. Maaike, R. Karl Hanson, David Thornton, Kelly M. Babchishin, & Andrew Harris. (2012). Absolute Recidivism Rates Predicted By Static-99R and Static-2002R Sex Offender Risk Assessment Tools Vary Across Samples. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 39(9). 1148–1171. 147 indexed citations

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Dow, Michael G., Timothy L. Boaz, & David Thornton. (2001). Risk adjustment of Florida mental health outcomes data: Concepts, methods, and results. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 28(3). 258–272. 15 indexed citations

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Hare, Robert D., Danny Clark, Martin Grann, & David Thornton. (2000). Psychopathy and the predictive validity of the PCL-R: an international perspective. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 18(5). 623–645. 419 indexed citations

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Kavet, Robert, et al.. (1992). Magnetic field exposure assessment for adult residents of maine who live near and far away from overhead transmission lines. Bioelectromagnetics. 13(1). 35–55. 40 indexed citations

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Thornton, David. (1984). Tougher regimes in detention centres : report of an evaluation by the Young Offender Psychology Unit. HMSO eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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