Richard Ofshe

1.2k total citations
35 papers, 679 citations indexed

About

Richard Ofshe is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Ofshe has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 679 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Social Psychology, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard Ofshe's work include Deception detection and forensic psychology (5 papers), Criminal Law and Evidence (4 papers) and Torture, Ethics, and Law (3 papers). Richard Ofshe is often cited by papers focused on Deception detection and forensic psychology (5 papers), Criminal Law and Evidence (4 papers) and Torture, Ethics, and Law (3 papers). Richard Ofshe collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard Ofshe's co-authors include Richard A. Leo, Margaret T. Lee, M. Hamit Fişek, Margaret Thaler Singer, Théodore Caplow, Claude S. Fischer, Mark Baldassare, Arnold Dashefsky, Norman Goodman and Theodore M. Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Richard Ofshe

32 papers receiving 525 citations

Peers

Richard Ofshe
Paula F. Levin United States
Thomas Blass United States
Michael B. Lupfer United States
Thomas J. Cottle United States
Yoel Yinon Israel
Max Scheler United States
Anne Geyer United States
Terry Honess United Kingdom
Alan L. Chaikin United States
Bruce W. Darby United States
Paula F. Levin United States
Richard Ofshe
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ofshe, Richard & Richard A. Leo. (2021). The Decision to Confess Falsely: Rational Choice and Irrational Action. Denver law review. 74(4). 979. 5 indexed citations
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Leo, Richard A. & Richard Ofshe. (2008). The Truth About False Confessions and Advocacy Scholarship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Leo, Richard A. & Richard Ofshe. (2008). The Decision to Confess Falsely: Rational Choice and Irrational Action. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Leo, Richard A. & Richard Ofshe. (2008). The Social Psychology of Police Interrogation: The Theory and Classification of True and False Confessions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 42 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard & Margaret Thaler Singer. (1994). Recovered-Memory Therapy and Robust Repression: Influence and Pseudomemories. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 42(4). 391–410. 31 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard. (1994). Making Grossly Damaging But Avoidable Errors. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 3(3). 95–108. 6 indexed citations
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Barton, C. J., et al.. (1993). Letters to the editor. Society. 31(1). 4–12. 1 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard, et al.. (1993). Making monsters. Society. 30(3). 4–16. 21 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard. (1992). Inadvertent Hypnosis During Interrogation: False Confession Due to Dissociative State; Mis-Identified Multiple Personality and the Satanic Cult Hypothesis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 40(3). 125–156. 71 indexed citations
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Singer, Margaret Thaler & Richard Ofshe. (1990). Thought Reform Programs and the Production of Psychiatric Casualties. Psychiatric Annals. 20(4). 188–193. 26 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard & Margaret Thaler Singer. (1986). Attacks on peripheral versus central elements of self and the impact of thought reforming techniques.. 20 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard & Margaret T. Lee. (1981). Scope Conditions and Crucial Tests: Reply to Greenstein. Social Psychology Quarterly. 44(4). 383–383. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Margaret T. & Richard Ofshe. (1981). The Impact of Behavioral Style and Status Characteristics on Social Influence: A Test of Two Competing Theories. Social Psychology Quarterly. 44(2). 73–73. 80 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard, et al.. (1980). The Light on Synanon: How a country weekly exposed a corporate cult--and won the Pulitzer Prize. 1 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard, et al.. (1975). Interpersonal Behavior in Small Groups. Teaching Sociology. 3(1). 101–101. 21 indexed citations
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Fischer, Claude S., Mark Baldassare, & Richard Ofshe. (1975). Crowding Studies and Urban Life: A Critical Review. Journal of the American Institute of Planners. 41(6). 406–418. 45 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard, et al.. (1974). Social Structure and Social Control in Synanon. Journal of Voluntary Action Research. 3(3-4). 67–76. 5 indexed citations
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Dashefsky, Arnold, et al.. (1971). Utility and Choice in Social Interaction.. American Sociological Review. 36(5). 910–910. 35 indexed citations
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Wilson, William Julius, et al.. (1971). Mirror of Man: Readings of Sociology and Literature.. American Sociological Review. 36(5). 966–966. 3 indexed citations
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Ofshe, Richard. (1970). The Sociology of the Possible. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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