Lawrence E. Cohen

19.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Lawrence E. Cohen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence E. Cohen has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lawrence E. Cohen's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (27 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (15 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (8 papers). Lawrence E. Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (27 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (15 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (8 papers). Lawrence E. Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Lawrence E. Cohen's co-authors include Marcus Felson, Kenneth C. Land, Patricia L. McCall, James R. Kluegel, Richard Machalek, David Cantor, Bryan Vila, David Cantor, Michael E. Ezell and Sheldon Ekland-Olson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence E. Cohen

38 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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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.

Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach

1979 5.7k citations Lawrence E. Cohen, Marcus Felson American Sociological Review profile →
Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: Are There Any Invariances Across Time and Social Space?

1990 911 citations Kenneth C. Land, Lawrence E. Cohen et al. profile →
Social Inequality and Predatory Criminal Victimization: An Exposition and Test of a Formal Theory

1981 615 citations Lawrence E. Cohen, James R. Kluegel et al. American Sociological Review profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence E. Cohen United States	25	8.1k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	39	9.4k
Marcus Felson United States	30	8.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	86	10.1k
Raymond Paternoster United States	52	8.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	2.7k 2.0×	977 0.7×	756 0.6×	100	11.5k
Travis C. Pratt United States	45	7.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.9×	1.2k 0.9×	418 0.3×	121	9.5k
Ronald V. Clarke United States	32	5.3k 0.7×	560 0.4×	928 0.7×	577 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	95	6.8k
Terance D. Miethe United States	43	4.6k 0.6×	705 0.5×	982 0.7×	860 0.7×	459 0.4×	89	5.8k
Lawrence W. Sherman United States	50	11.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.8×	3.1k 2.3×	1.0k 0.8×	199	13.7k
Alfred Blumstein United States	41	6.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.8×	853 0.6×	394 0.3×	106	7.6k
Wesley G. Skogan United States	47	7.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	753 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	626 0.5×	151	8.7k
Richard Wright United States	44	5.2k 0.6×	921 0.7×	924 0.7×	491 0.4×	353 0.3×	169	6.5k
David Weisburd United States	65	14.3k 1.8×	2.2k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.5×	287	16.3k

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Nanau, Radu M., Lawrence E. Cohen, & Manuela G. Neuman. (2014). Risk of Infections of Biological Therapies with Accent on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. 17(4). 485–485. 13 indexed citations

Ezell, Michael E. & Lawrence E. Cohen. (2005). Desisting from Crime: Continuity and Change in Long-Term Crime Patterns of Serious Chronic Offenders. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 46 indexed citations

Ezell, Michael E. & Lawrence E. Cohen. (2004). Desisting from Crime. Oxford University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

McCarthy, Bill, John Hagan, & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1998). Uncertainty, Cooperation, and Crime: Understanding the Decision to Co-offend. Social Forces. 77(1). 155–155. 58 indexed citations

Mesquita, Bruce Bueno de & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1995). SELF‐INTEREST, EQUITY, AND CRIME CONTROL: A GAME‐THEORETIC ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL DECISION MAKING. Criminology. 33(4). 483–518. 32 indexed citations

Cohen, Lawrence E. & Richard Machalek. (1994). The Normalcy of Crime. Rationality and Society. 6(2). 286–308. 15 indexed citations

Machalek, Richard & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1991). The nature of crime. Human Nature. 2(3). 215–233. 38 indexed citations

Cohen, Lawrence E., James Q. Wilson, & R. J. Herrnstein. (1987). Throwing Down the Gauntlet: A Challenge to the Relevance of Sociology for the Etiology of Criminal Behavior. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(2). 202–202. 7 indexed citations

South, Scott J. & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1985). Unemployment and the homicide rate: A paradox resolved?. Social Indicators Research. 17(4). 325–343. 12 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lawrence E., Robert L. Kaufman, & Michael R. Gottfredson. (1985). Risk-based crime statistics: A forecasting comparison for burglary and auto theft. Journal of Criminal Justice. 13(5). 445–457. 17 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lawrence E. & Kenneth C. Land. (1984). Discrepancies Between Crime Reports and Crime Surveys:. Criminology. 22(4). 499–530. 45 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lawrence E., James R. Kluegel, & Kenneth C. Land. (1981). Social Inequality and Predatory Criminal Victimization: An Exposition and Test of a Formal Theory. American Sociological Review. 46(5). 505–505. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cohen, Lawrence E.. (1981). Modeling Crime Trends: a Criminal Opportunity Perspective. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 18(1). 138–164. 99 indexed citations

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Felson, Marcus & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1981). Quantitative output of the criminal justice system. Social Indicators Research. 9(1). 61–83. 4 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lawrence E. & David Cantor. (1981). Residential Burglary in the United States: Life-Style and Demographic Factors Associated With the Probability of Victimization. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 18(1). 113–127. 98 indexed citations

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Felson, Marcus & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1980). Human ecology and crime: A routine activity approach. Human Ecology. 8(4). 389–406. 391 indexed citations

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Cantor, David & Lawrence E. Cohen. (1980). Comparing measures of homicide trends: Methodological and substantive differences in the Vital Statistics and Uniform Crime Report time series (1933–1975). Social Science Research. 9(2). 121–145. 48 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lawrence E. & Marcus Felson. (1979). Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach. American Sociological Review. 44(4). 588–588. 5714 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cohen, Lawrence E. & James R. Kluegel. (1979). The Detention Decision: A Study of the Impact of Social Characteristics and Legal Factors in Two Metropolitan Juvenile Courts. Social Forces. 58(1). 146–146. 16 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lawrence E. & James R. Kluegel. (1978). Determinants of Juvenile Court Dispositions: Ascriptive and Achieved Factors in Two Metropolitan Courts. American Sociological Review. 43(2). 162–162. 123 indexed citations

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