Francis T. Cullen

43.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
385 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

Francis T. Cullen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis T. Cullen has authored 385 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 323 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 110 papers in Clinical Psychology and 56 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Francis T. Cullen's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (220 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (168 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (78 papers). Francis T. Cullen is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (220 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (168 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (78 papers). Francis T. Cullen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Canada. Francis T. Cullen's co-authors include Travis C. Pratt, Bruce G. Link, James D. Unnever, Bonnie S. Fisher, John Wright, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Velmer S. Burton, Leah E. Daigle, James Frank and Brandon K. Applegäte and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Francis T. Cullen

374 papers receiving 25.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

THE EMPIRICAL STATUS OF GOTTFREDSON AND HIRSCHI'S GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME: A META‐ANALYSIS

2000 1.5k citations Travis C. Pratt, Francis T. Cullen Criminology profile →
DOES CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT WORK? A CLINICALLY RELEVANT AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY INFORMED META‐ANALYSIS *

1990 1.4k citations James Bonta, Paul Gendreau et al. Criminology profile →
A Modified Labeling Theory Approach to Mental Disorders: An Empirical Assessment

1989 1.4k citations Francis T. Cullen et al. profile →
The Social Rejection of Former Mental Patients: Understanding Why Labels Matter

1987 953 citations Francis T. Cullen, John F. Wozniak et al. profile →
Assessing Macro-Level Predictors and Theories of Crime: A Meta-Analysis

2005 627 citations Travis C. Pratt, Francis T. Cullen profile →
Reporting Sexual Victimization To The Police And Others

2003 596 citations Leah E. Daigle, Francis T. Cullen et al. profile →
Social support as an organizing concept for criminology: Presidential address to the academy of criminal justice sciences

1994 561 citations Francis T. Cullen Justice Quarterly profile →
The Effectiveness of Correctional Rehabilitation: A Review of Systematic Reviews

2007 477 citations Francis T. Cullen et al. profile →
The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory: A Meta‐Analysis

2009 466 citations Travis C. Pratt, Francis T. Cullen et al. Justice Quarterly profile →
Imprisonment and Reoffending

2009 400 citations Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson et al. profile →
The social dimensions of correctional officer stress

1985 395 citations Francis T. Cullen et al. Justice Quarterly profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis T. Cullen United States	83	21.6k	10.9k	5.3k	4.6k	4.0k	385	28.8k
Alex R. Piquero United States	98	23.6k 1.1×	13.0k 1.2×	5.1k 1.0×	3.6k 0.8×	4.3k 1.1×	581	32.5k
Ronald L. Simons United States	83	10.4k 0.5×	11.2k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	276	22.6k
Robert Agnew United States	51	10.0k 0.5×	4.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	90	13.4k
John H. Laub United States	40	12.2k 0.6×	6.0k 0.5×	4.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	79	15.7k
Travis Hirschi United States	31	10.7k 0.5×	4.7k 0.4×	2.6k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	66	14.7k
Christopher G. Ellison United States	73	11.2k 0.5×	4.7k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	4.3k 0.9×	12.6k 3.2×	233	18.6k
Glen H. Elder United States	85	13.0k 0.6×	10.7k 1.0×	6.1k 1.2×	6.5k 1.4×	4.8k 1.2×	234	31.1k
Michael R. Gottfredson United States	31	8.6k 0.4×	3.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	71	10.8k
Raymond Paternoster United States	52	8.8k 0.4×	2.7k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	1.1k 0.2×	977 0.2×	100	11.5k
Wesley G. Jennings United States	49	5.7k 0.3×	3.9k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	212	8.7k

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Cullen, Francis T., et al.. (2025). We Should Have Listened to Shaun Gabbidon: W. E. B. Du Bois and The Philadelphia Negro. Race and Justice. 16(1). 14–41.

Burton, Alexander L., Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, & Justin T. Pickett. (2025). Most Americans do not like mass incarceration: penal sensibility in an era of declining punitiveness. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Paula, et al.. (2025). Public support for universal second look sentencing, a research note. Criminology. 63(1). 280–293. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Paula, Francis T. Cullen, Justin T. Pickett, & Cheryl Lero Jonson. (2024). Coerced motherhood behind bars: Public support for abortion access for incarcerated women. Criminology & Public Policy. 24(1). 3–31. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Heejin, Justin T. Pickett, Amanda Graham, et al.. (2024). Punitiveness toward social distancing deviance in the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from two national experiments. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 21(3). 841–869. 1 indexed citations

Sloan, Melissa M., Murat Haner, Justin T. Pickett, & Francis T. Cullen. (2024). White Nationalism, Politically Motivated Reasoning and Americans’ Attitudes About Criminally Charging Donald Trump. The British Journal of Criminology. 64(6). 1385–1404. 2 indexed citations

Roche, Sean Patrick, Heejin Lee, Justin T. Pickett, Amanda Graham, & Francis T. Cullen. (2024). Validation of Short-Form Scales of Self-Control, Procedural Justice, and Moral Foundations. Justice Quarterly. 41(7). 1002–1031. 2 indexed citations

Pickett, Justin T., Amanda Graham, Justin Nix, & Francis T. Cullen. (2023). Officer diversity may reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police. Criminology. 62(1). 35–63. 7 indexed citations

Cullen, Francis T., Amanda Graham, Cheryl Lero Jonson, et al.. (2023). Public support for second look sentencing: Is there a Shawshank redemption effect?. Criminology & Public Policy. 22(2). 263–292. 11 indexed citations

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Butler, Leah C., Francis T. Cullen, & Velmer S. Burton. (2023). Racial attitudes and belief in redeemability: Most Whites believe justice‐involved Black people can change. Criminology. 61(2). 316–353. 15 indexed citations

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Pattavina, April, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift‐certain‐fair supervision programs: A meta‐analytic review. Criminology & Public Policy. 23(1). 45–76. 8 indexed citations

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Reisig, Michael D., Kristy Holtfreter, & Francis T. Cullen. (2022). Faith in Trump and the willingness to punish white-collar crime: Chinese Americans as an out-group. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 20(1). 123–149. 5 indexed citations

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SooHyun, O, YongJei Lee, Pamela Wilcox, & Francis T. Cullen. (2022). Deviant Identity and Offending: A Longitudinal Study of South Korean Youths. Crime & Delinquency. 69(10). 1996–2021. 1 indexed citations

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Cullen, Francis T., Travis C. Pratt, & Amanda Graham. (2019). Why Longitudinal Research Is Hurting Criminology. Race and Justice. 44(2). 1–7. 20 indexed citations

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Wozniak, John F., Francis T. Cullen, & Tony Platt. (2015). Richard Quinney's the Social Reality of Crime: A Marked Departure from and Reinterpretation of Traditional Criminology. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 41(3). 197. 2 indexed citations

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Jonson, Cheryl Lero, et al.. (2015). Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender into Criminology—In Honor of Freda Adler. Exhibit - A Showcase of Scholarship, Creativity and Preservation Provided by Xavier University Library (Xavier University).

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Cullen, Francis T., et al.. (2014). Is Project HOPE Creating a False Sense of Hope? A Case Study in Correctional Popularity/Response to Stephanie A. Duriez, Francis T. Cullen, and Sarah M. Manchak: Theory and Evidence on the Swift-Certain-Fair Approach to Enforcing Conditions of Community Supervision/Before Adopting Project HOPE, Read the Warning Label: A Rejoinder to Kleiman, Kilmer, and Fisher's Comment. 78(2). 57. 20 indexed citations

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Listwan, Shelley Johnson, Francis T. Cullen, & Edward J. Latessa. (2006). How to Prevent Prisoner Re-Entry Programs From Failing : Insights From Evidence-Based Corrections. 70(3). 19–25. 64 indexed citations

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Pratt, Travis C., Francis T. Cullen, Kristie R. Blevins, Leah E. Daigle, & James D. Unnever. (2002). The Relationship of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to Crime and Delinquency: A Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Police Science & Management. 4(4). 344–360. 124 indexed citations

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Gendreau, Paul, Francis T. Cullen, & James Bonta. (1994). Intensive rehabilitation supervision: The next generation in community corrections?. 77 indexed citations

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