Richard Sparks
- Sociology and Political Science top 0.5%
- Clinical Psychology top 2%
- General Health Professions top 2%
- Political Science and International Relations top 1%
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 5%
- Co-authors
- Anthony BottomsIan LoaderDavid GarlandEvi GirlingElaine CrawleyJonathan SimonTerence P. ThornberryRoger Hood
- Topics
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (37 papers)Crime Patterns and Interventions (32 papers)Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (14 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesSlovenia
In The Last Decade
Richard Sparks
99 papers receiving 2.7k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 129
- Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
- Clinical Psychology 758
- General Health Professions 686
- Political Science and International Relations 505
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 209
Countries citing papers authored by Richard Sparks
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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Sparks
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Sparks
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Sparks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Sparks 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 Richard Sparks. Richard Sparks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 33 | |
| 3 | Punishment and Society: The Emergence of an Academic Field | 3 |
| 4 | Inspiring desistance? Arts projects and 'what works?' | 5 |
| 5 | 19 | |
| 6 | 224 | |
| 7 | 55 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | Criminal justice and political cultures : national and international dimensions of crime control | 75 |
| 10 | 77 | |
| 11 | Criminology and Social Theory | 98 |
| 12 | 8 | |
| 13 | Television and the well-being of children and young people | 1 |
| 14 | 114 | |
| 15 | Issues in Realist Criminology | 80 |
| 16 | Beyond Thatcherism : social policy, politics and society | 12 |
| 17 | 2 | |
| 18 | ANCHOR BEHAVIOR IN SAND (DISCUSSION) | 1 |
| 19 | 5 | |
| 20 | 1 |
About Richard Sparks
Richard Sparks is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Clinical Psychology, having authored 104 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (37 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (32 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (2.5k citations), Clinical Psychology (758 citations) and General Health Professions (686 citations). Richard Sparks has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovenia. Frequent co-authors include Anthony Bottoms, Ian Loader, David Garland, Evi Girling, Elaine Crawley, Jonathan Simon, Terence P. Thornberry, Roger Hood, Richard V. Ericson and Tim Newburn. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Biotechnology and Bioengineering.
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