L Alison

2.2k total citations
59 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

L Alison is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, L Alison has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Clinical Psychology and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in L Alison's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (24 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (12 papers) and Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (11 papers). L Alison is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (24 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (12 papers) and Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (11 papers). L Alison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. L Alison's co-authors include Louise Porter, David Canter, Nicola Power, Alasdair M. Goodwill, Craig Bennell, Emily Alison, Andreas Mokros, David Ormerod, Claudia van den Heuvel and Neil Shortland and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Personality and Individual Differences and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

L Alison

57 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L Alison United Kingdom 20 893 545 245 202 158 59 1.2k
Craig Bennell Canada 24 1.2k 1.3× 643 1.2× 190 0.8× 230 1.1× 167 1.1× 108 1.8k
Jessica Woodhams United Kingdom 21 874 1.0× 618 1.1× 263 1.1× 74 0.4× 145 0.9× 71 1.2k
Melissa S. Morabito United States 24 895 1.0× 527 1.0× 249 1.0× 157 0.8× 220 1.4× 55 1.5k
Geoffrey C. Barnes United Kingdom 18 1.1k 1.2× 606 1.1× 77 0.3× 90 0.4× 158 1.0× 40 1.5k
Nicole E. Rader United States 16 840 0.9× 138 0.3× 213 0.9× 171 0.8× 227 1.4× 29 1.1k
Matt R. Nobles United States 24 1.2k 1.4× 630 1.2× 217 0.9× 211 1.0× 464 2.9× 61 1.5k
Laurence Alison United Kingdom 27 897 1.0× 753 1.4× 212 0.9× 768 3.8× 82 0.5× 68 1.7k
Chester Britt United States 20 1.1k 1.2× 451 0.8× 54 0.2× 83 0.4× 214 1.4× 34 1.4k
Joshua D. Freilich United States 25 2.0k 2.2× 458 0.8× 107 0.4× 145 0.7× 435 2.8× 119 2.2k
Claire Nee United Kingdom 19 878 1.0× 490 0.9× 51 0.2× 104 0.5× 37 0.2× 50 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by L Alison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L Alison

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All Works

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Humann, Michael, et al.. (2023). Motivational interviewing in child sexual abuse investigations: Approaches shown to increase suspect engagement and information gathering during police interviews. International Journal of Police Science & Management. 25(4). 341–353. 1 indexed citations
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Shortland, Neil, Lisa Thompson, & L Alison. (2020). Police Perfection: Examining the Effect of Trait Maximization on Police Decision-Making. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1817–1817. 16 indexed citations
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Shortland, Neil, L Alison, & Lisa Thompson. (2020). Military maximizers: Examining the effect of individual differences in maximization on military decision-making. Personality and Individual Differences. 163. 110051–110051. 19 indexed citations
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Alison, L, et al.. (2020). ORBIT: The Science of Rapport-Based Interviewing for Law Enforcement, Security, and Military. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 2 indexed citations
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Canter, David & L Alison. (2018). Profiling Property Crimes. Routledge eBooks. 11–40. 1 indexed citations
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Alison, L & Emily Alison. (2017). Revenge versus rapport: Interrogation, terrorism, and torture.. American Psychologist. 72(3). 266–277. 25 indexed citations
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McManus, Michelle, Matthew L. Long, L Alison, & Louise Almond. (2014). Factors associated with contact child sexual abuse in a sample of indecent image offenders. Journal of Sexual Aggression. 21(3). 368–384. 30 indexed citations
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Heuvel, Claudia van den, L Alison, & Nicola Power. (2012). Coping with uncertainty: police strategies for resilient decision-making and action implementation. Cognition Technology & Work. 16(1). 25–45. 53 indexed citations
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Goodwill, Alasdair M., L Alison, & Anthony R. Beech. (2009). What works in offender profiling? A comparison of typological, thematic, and multivariate models. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 27(4). 507–529. 23 indexed citations
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Goodwill, Alasdair M., et al.. (2009). The impact of outcome knowledge, role, and quality of information on the perceived legitimacy of lethal force decisions in counter‐terrorism operations. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 28(3). 337–350. 7 indexed citations
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Goodwill, Alasdair M., L Alison, & Michael Humann. (2009). Multidimensional scaling and the analysis of sexual offence behaviour: a reply to Sturidsson et al.. Psychology Crime and Law. 15(6). 517–524. 11 indexed citations
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Villejoubert, Gaëlle, Louise Almond, & L Alison. (2008). Interpreting claims in offender profiles: the role of probability phrases, base‐rates and perceived dangerousness. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 23(1). 36–54. 14 indexed citations
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Goodwill, Alasdair M. & L Alison. (2007). When is profiling possible? Offense planning and aggression as moderators in predicting offender age from victim age in stranger rape. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 25(6). 823–840. 26 indexed citations
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Porter, Louise & L Alison. (2006). Examining Group Rape: A Descriptive Analysis of Offender and Victim Behaviour. European Journal of Criminology. 3(3). 357–381. 47 indexed citations
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Porter, Louise & L Alison. (2004). Behavioural coherence in violent group activity: An interpersonal model of sexually violent gang behaviour. Aggressive Behavior. 30(6). 449–468. 41 indexed citations
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Canter, David, et al.. (2003). Differentiating sex offences: a behaviorally based thematic classification of stranger rapes. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 21(2). 157–174. 125 indexed citations
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Alison, L, et al.. (2001). An exploratory study in methods of distinguishing destructive cults. Psychology Crime and Law. 7(2). 133–165. 15 indexed citations
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Furnham, Adrian & L Alison. (1994). Theories of crime, attitudes to punishment and juror bias amongst police, offenders and the general public. Personality and Individual Differences. 17(1). 35–48. 29 indexed citations

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