James Dignan

1.8k total citations
14 papers, 817 citations indexed

About

James Dignan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, James Dignan has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 817 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Clinical Psychology and 2 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in James Dignan's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (10 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (5 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 papers). James Dignan is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (10 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (5 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 papers). James Dignan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. James Dignan's co-authors include Michael Cavadino, Anthony Bottoms, Angela Sorsby, Gwen Robinson, Marie Howes, H.V. Atkinson, Joanna Shapland, Yingzheng Fan, Zhiheng Xu and Yuankai Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, Crime and Justice and Theoretical Criminology.

In The Last Decade

James Dignan

12 papers receiving 687 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Dignan United Kingdom 10 683 283 156 134 133 14 817
Barbara Hudson United Kingdom 14 574 0.8× 223 0.8× 131 0.8× 124 0.9× 82 0.6× 33 690
Richard S. Frase United States 17 620 0.9× 262 0.9× 114 0.7× 73 0.5× 162 1.2× 67 767
Michael Cavadino United Kingdom 8 482 0.7× 180 0.6× 119 0.8× 116 0.9× 82 0.6× 19 574
Joshua Page United States 13 651 1.0× 183 0.6× 116 0.7× 229 1.7× 45 0.3× 24 754
Marian J. Borg United States 10 662 1.0× 173 0.6× 145 0.9× 79 0.6× 50 0.4× 19 776
Andrew Millie India 17 592 0.9× 113 0.4× 276 1.8× 200 1.5× 61 0.5× 65 823
Dennis Sullivan United States 7 472 0.7× 208 0.7× 89 0.6× 36 0.3× 96 0.7× 25 580
Roger Hood United Kingdom 12 536 0.8× 253 0.9× 107 0.7× 58 0.4× 75 0.6× 31 677
Martha A. Myers United States 20 1.1k 1.6× 367 1.3× 105 0.7× 126 0.9× 211 1.6× 42 1.3k
Andrew Ashworth United Kingdom 22 1.0k 1.5× 364 1.3× 325 2.1× 108 0.8× 453 3.4× 72 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Dignan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Dignan

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Cavadino, Michael, et al.. (2020). The Penal System.
2.
Zhou, Wangchi, Zhiheng Xu, James Dignan, et al.. (2019). Towards water-saving irrigation methodology: Field test of soil moisture profiling using flat thin mm-sized soil moisture sensors (MSMSs). Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 298. 126857–126857. 20 indexed citations
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Cavadino, Michael & James Dignan. (2012). Penal Systems: A Comparative Approach. 210 indexed citations
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Dignan, James, H.V. Atkinson, Marie Howes, et al.. (2007). Staging restorative justice encounters against a criminal justice backdrop. Criminology & Criminal Justice. 7(1). 5–32. 25 indexed citations
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Dignan, James & Michael Cavadino. (2007). Penal policy in comparative perspective. Criminal Justice Matters. 70(1). 15–16. 1 indexed citations
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Cavadino, Michael & James Dignan. (2006). Penal policy and political economy. Criminology & Criminal Justice. 6(4). 435–456. 115 indexed citations
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Shapland, Joanna, H.V. Atkinson, James Dignan, et al.. (2006). Situating restorative justice within criminal justice. Theoretical Criminology. 10(4). 505–532. 76 indexed citations
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Dignan, James. (2004). Understanding Victims And Restorative Justice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 134 indexed citations
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Bottoms, Anthony & James Dignan. (2004). Youth Justice in Great Britain. Crime and Justice. 31. 21–183. 26 indexed citations
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Cavadino, Michael, et al.. (1999). Criminal justice 2000 : strategies for a new century. 9 indexed citations
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Cavadino, Michael & James Dignan. (1997). Reparation, Retribution and Rights. International Review of Victimology. 4(4). 233–253. 19 indexed citations
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Dignan, James & Michael Cavadino. (1996). Towards a Framework for Conceptualizing and Evaluating Models of Criminal Justice from a Victim's Perspective. International Review of Victimology. 4(3). 153–182. 29 indexed citations
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Cavadino, Michael & James Dignan. (1992). The Penal System: An Introduction. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 148 indexed citations
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Dignan, James. (1984). The Sword of Damocles and the Clang of the Prison Gates: Prospects on the Inception of the Partly Suspended Sentence. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 23(3). 183–200. 5 indexed citations

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