Dennis W. Roncek

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Dennis W. Roncek is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis W. Roncek has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Dennis W. Roncek's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (10 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (6 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (4 papers). Dennis W. Roncek is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (10 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (6 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (4 papers). Dennis W. Roncek collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Dennis W. Roncek's co-authors include Ralph Bell, Steven Box, Matthew Goldstein, William R. Dillon, Paula Kautt, Edward R. Maguire, Charles M. Katz, Marc L. Swatt, William Rau and Harvey M. Choldin and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Dennis W. Roncek

25 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

BARS, BLOCKS, AND CRIMES REVISITED: LINKING THE THEORY OF ROUTINE ACTIVITIES TO THE EMPIRICISM OF “HOT SPOTS”*

1991 516 citations Dennis W. Roncek et al. Criminology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dennis W. Roncek United States	17	1.5k	454	237	218	146	25	1.9k
Ken Pease United Kingdom	24	2.2k 1.4×	306 0.7×	215 0.9×	299 1.4×	79 0.5×	143	2.5k
Derek Cornish United States	11	1.9k 1.2×	160 0.4×	156 0.7×	379 1.7×	92 0.6×	13	2.3k
George L. Kelling United States	11	1.7k 1.1×	421 0.9×	88 0.4×	166 0.8×	117 0.8×	30	2.2k
Nick Tilley United Kingdom	27	1.8k 1.2×	506 1.1×	181 0.8×	222 1.0×	107 0.7×	119	2.4k
Andromachi Tseloni United Kingdom	21	1.8k 1.2×	239 0.5×	190 0.8×	261 1.2×	65 0.4×	66	2.0k
Timothy C. Hart United States	21	1.1k 0.7×	162 0.4×	134 0.6×	120 0.6×	52 0.4×	57	1.4k
Aaron Chalfin United States	19	1.0k 0.7×	176 0.4×	76 0.3×	126 0.6×	226 1.5×	53	1.6k
Stijn Ruiter Netherlands	23	1.4k 0.9×	124 0.3×	121 0.5×	105 0.5×	60 0.4×	66	1.7k
Rob T. Guerette United States	15	975 0.6×	120 0.3×	91 0.4×	181 0.8×	43 0.3×	39	1.2k
Jon Bannister United Kingdom	19	1.0k 0.7×	373 0.8×	54 0.2×	78 0.4×	36 0.2×	64	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (2008). Measuring Diffusion of Assaults Around Bars Through Radius and Adjacency Techniques. Criminal Justice Review. 33(2). 199–220. 28 indexed citations

Kautt, Paula & Dennis W. Roncek. (2007). Schools as Criminal “Hot Spots”. Criminal Justice Review. 32(4). 339–357. 39 indexed citations

Roncek, Dennis W. & Marc L. Swatt. (2006). For Those Who Like Odds: A Direct Interpretation of the Logit Coefficient for Continuous Variables^*. Social Science Quarterly. 87(3). 731–738. 12 indexed citations

Katz, Charles M., Edward R. Maguire, & Dennis W. Roncek. (2002). The creation of specialized police gang units. Policing An International Journal. 25(3). 472–506. 55 indexed citations

Roncek, Dennis W.. (1993). When Will They Ever Learn that First Derivatives Identify the Effects of Continuous Independent Variables or "Officer, You Can't Give Me a Ticket, I Wasn't Speeding for an Entire Hour". Social Forces. 71(4). 1067–1078. 14 indexed citations

Roncek, Dennis W.. (1993). When Will They Ever Learn That First Derivatives Identify the Effects of Continuous Independent Variables or "Officer, You Can't Give Me a Ticket, I Wasn't Speeding for an Entire Hour". Social Forces. 71(4). 1067–1067. 2 indexed citations

Roncek, Dennis W.. (1992). Learning More From Tobit Coefficients: Extending a Comparative Analysis of Political Protest. American Sociological Review. 57(4). 503–503. 140 indexed citations

Roncek, Dennis W.. (1991). Using Logit Coefficients to Obtain the Effects of Independent Variables on Changes in Probabilities. Social Forces. 70(2). 509–509. 33 indexed citations

Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (1991). BARS, BLOCKS, AND CRIMES REVISITED: LINKING THE THEORY OF ROUTINE ACTIVITIES TO THE EMPIRICISM OF “HOT SPOTS”*. Criminology. 29(4). 725–753. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rau, William & Dennis W. Roncek. (1987). Industrialization and World Inequality: The Transformation of the Division of Labor in 59 Nations, 1960-1981. American Sociological Review. 52(3). 359–359. 10 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (1985). High Schools and Crime: A Replication. Sociological Quarterly. 26(4). 491–505. 108 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (1983). The Effects of High Schools on Crime in Their Neighborhoods.. Social Science Quarterly. 64(3). 598–613. 89 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (1981). Housing Projects and Crime: Testing a Proximity Hypothesis. Social Problems. 29(2). 151–166. 14 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W.. (1981). Dangerous Places: Crime and Residential Environment. Social Forces. 60(1). 74–74. 83 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W. & Ralph Bell. (1981). Housing Projects and Crime: Testing a Proximity Hypothesis. Social Problems. 29(2). 151–166. 83 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (1981). Neighborhoods of Leased Public Housing. Evaluation Review. 5(2). 231–244. 4 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W. & Ralph Bell. (1981). Bars, Blocks, and Crimes. Journal of Environmental Systems. 11(1). 35–47. 132 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W., Matthew Goldstein, & William R. Dillon. (1979). Discrete Discriminant Analysis.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 8(4). 605–605. 125 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W., et al.. (1976). Investigating Group Differences. Sociological Methods & Research. 4(3). 349–379. 20 indexed citations

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Roncek, Dennis W.. (1975). Density and Crime. American Behavioral Scientist. 18(6). 843–860. 28 indexed citations

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