Michael T. Light

1.1k total citations
33 papers, 670 citations indexed

About

Michael T. Light is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Light has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 670 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Clinical Psychology and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Light's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (20 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (15 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (11 papers). Michael T. Light is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (20 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (15 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (11 papers). Michael T. Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and El Salvador. Michael T. Light's co-authors include Ryan D. King, Jeffery T. Ulmer, Michael Massoglia, John H. Kramer, Casey T. Harris, Brian C. Kelly, Sinead A. Keogh, David J. Friedman, Jessica H. Leibler and Ramón Gárcía-Trabanino and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Light

29 papers receiving 640 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael T. Light United States 13 585 239 157 74 60 33 670
Sarah Shannon United States 13 515 0.9× 162 0.7× 244 1.6× 64 0.9× 40 0.7× 28 668
Tapio Lappi‐Seppälä Slovenia 14 557 1.0× 147 0.6× 95 0.6× 109 1.5× 43 0.7× 36 640
David Holleran United States 7 961 1.6× 455 1.9× 129 0.8× 96 1.3× 104 1.7× 14 1.0k
Jeffrey Fagan United States 9 425 0.7× 208 0.9× 70 0.4× 99 1.3× 43 0.7× 20 507
Marcelo F. Aebi Switzerland 20 856 1.5× 300 1.3× 159 1.0× 119 1.6× 113 1.9× 84 1.1k
Valerie West United States 11 453 0.8× 87 0.4× 140 0.9× 91 1.2× 41 0.7× 16 531
Ebony Ruhland United States 12 530 0.9× 297 1.2× 242 1.5× 39 0.5× 32 0.5× 28 657
Jordan M. Hyatt United States 13 458 0.8× 242 1.0× 114 0.7× 69 0.9× 47 0.8× 63 563
Besiki Luka Kutateladze United States 9 513 0.9× 207 0.9× 51 0.3× 72 1.0× 36 0.6× 20 576
Miriam A. DeLone United States 9 631 1.1× 206 0.9× 94 0.6× 129 1.7× 117 1.9× 10 683

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael T. Light

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael T. Light

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael T. Light. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael T. Light based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael T. Light. Michael T. Light is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Leibler, Jessica H., Ramón Gárcía-Trabanino, David J. Friedman, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal Estimated GFR Trajectories Among Workers at High Risk for CKD of Unknown Etiology. Kidney International Reports. 10(10). 3395–3406.
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2024). Citizenship, legal status, and misdemeanor justice. Criminology. 62(4). 655–703.
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Massoglia, Michael, et al.. (2023). A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment. Demography. 60(4). 977–1003. 16 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2022). Pretrial Detention and Incarceration Decisions for Foreign Nationals: a Mixed-Methods Approach. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 28(3). 367–380. 3 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2020). Immigration And Violent Crime: Triangulating Findings Across Diverse Studies. eYLS (Yale Law School). 103(3). 939. 1 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2020). Undocumented immigration and terrorism: Is there a connection?. Social Science Research. 94. 102512–102512. 8 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2020). The Criminal Case Processing of Foreign Nationals in the Netherlands. European Sociological Review. 37(1). 104–120. 7 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2019). Segregation and Violence Reconsidered: Do Whites Benefit from Residential Segregation?. American Sociological Review. 84(4). 690–725. 39 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2019). How Do Criminal Courts Respond in Times of Crisis? Evidence from 9/11. American Journal of Sociology. 125(2). 485–533. 9 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2018). DOES UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION INCREASE VIOLENT CRIME?*. Criminology. 56(2). 370–401. 104 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T.. (2017). Re-examining the relationship between Latino immigration and racial/ethnic violence. Social Science Research. 65. 222–239. 20 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T.. (2017). Punishing the “Others”. European Journal of Sociology. 58(1). 33–71. 9 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., et al.. (2017). Undocumented Immigration, Drug Problems, and Driving Under the Influence in the United States, 1990–2014. American Journal of Public Health. 107(9). 1448–1454. 12 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T.. (2015). Children of the Prison Boom: Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 44(5). 730–731. 35 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T., Michael Massoglia, & Ryan D. King. (2014). Citizenship and Punishment: The Salience of National Membership in U.S. Criminal Courts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Light, Michael T. & Casey T. Harris. (2012). Race, Space, and Violence: Exploring Spatial Dependence in Structural Covariates of White and Black Violent Crime in US Counties. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 28(4). 559–586. 46 indexed citations
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Ulmer, Jeffery T., Michael T. Light, & John H. Kramer. (2011). Racial Disparity in the Wake of the Booker/Fanfan Decision: An Alternative Analysis to the USSC’s 2010 Report. SSRN Electronic Journal. 21 indexed citations
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Ulmer, Jeffery T. & Michael T. Light. (2009). Modeling Sentencing in U.S. Federal Courts: Competing Methods for Modeling Presumptive Sentencing Guidelines. 1 indexed citations

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