Robert J. MacCoun

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Robert J. MacCoun is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. MacCoun has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 40 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 29 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Robert J. MacCoun's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (22 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (22 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (20 papers). Robert J. MacCoun is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (22 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (22 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (20 papers). Robert J. MacCoun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Slovenia. Robert J. MacCoun's co-authors include Peter Reuter, Norbert L. Kerr, Geoffrey P. Kramer, Tom R. Tyler, Beau Kilmer, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Phillip Atiba Goff, S. Perlmutter, Jonathan P. Caulkins and Michelle M. Mello and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. MacCoun

144 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Experimental and Quasi‐Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference, by William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, and Donald T. Campbell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001, 623 pp., $65.56.
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Peers

Robert J. MacCoun
John K. Cochran United States
Kenneth A. Rasinski United States
Michael Agar United States
Charles R. Tittle United States
Ronald L. Akers United States
Raymond Paternoster United States
George W. Dowdall United States
Steven Stack United States
Shawn D. Bushway United States
Mirjam Moerbeek Netherlands
John K. Cochran United States
Robert J. MacCoun
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hughes, Caitlin, Vivienne Moxham-Hall, Alison Ritter, Don Weatherburn, & Robert J. MacCoun. (2017). The deterrent effects of Australian street-level drug law enforcement on illicit drug offending at outdoor music festivals. International Journal of Drug Policy. 41. 91–100. 67 indexed citations
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Caulkins, Jonathan P., Beau Kilmer, Mark A. R.Kleiman, et al.. (2015). Options and Issues Regarding Marijuana Legalization. RAND Corporation eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Caulkins, Jonathan P., Beau Kilmer, Robert J. MacCoun, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, & Peter Reuter. (2012). Design Considerations for Legalizing Marijuana. Addiction. 107(5). 1 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J.. (2012). The burden of social proof: Shared thresholds and social influence.. Psychological Review. 119(2). 345–372. 48 indexed citations
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Ellman, Ira Mark, Sanford L. Braver, & Robert J. MacCoun. (2011). Abstract principles and concrete cases in intuitive lawmaking.. Law and Human Behavior. 36(2). 96–108. 6 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J., et al.. (2008). Do Citizens Know Whether Their State Has Decriminalized Marijuana? Assessing the Perceptual Component of Deterrence Theory. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J.. (2006). Testing Drugs Versus Testing For Drug Use: Private Risk Management in the Shadow of the Criminal Law. ˜The œDe Paul law review. 56(2). 507. 3 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J.. (2004). Comparing Legal Factfinders: Real and Mock, Amateur and Professional. Florida State University law review. 32(2). 511. 6 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J., et al.. (2004). Alternative Dispute Resolution in Trial and Appellate Courts. 1 indexed citations
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Reuter, Peter & Robert J. MacCoun. (2004). Street Drug Markets in Inner-City Neighborhoods: Matching Policy to Reality. RAND Corporation eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Robbennolt, Jennifer K., John M. Darley, & Robert J. MacCoun. (2002). Symbolism and Incommensurability in Civil Sanctioning: Decision Makers as Goal Managers. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 68(4). 1121–1158. 18 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J. & Peter Reuter. (2001). Evaluating alternative cannabis regimes. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 178(2). 123–128. 103 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J.. (1998). Toward a psychology of harm reduction.. American Psychologist. 53(11). 1199–1208. 94 indexed citations
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Bailis, Daniel S. & Robert J. MacCoun. (1997). Estimating Liability Risks with the Media as Your Guide. 80. 64. 5 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J. & Peter Reuter. (1997). Interpreting Dutch Cannabis Policy. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 5. 500–500. 1 indexed citations
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Reuter, Peter & Robert J. MacCoun. (1996). KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE REDUCTION OF DRUG‐RELATED HARM:Harm reduction and social policy: should addicts be paid?. Drug and Alcohol Review. 15(3). 225–230. 2 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J.. (1993). Drugs and the law: A psychological analysis of drug prohibition.. Psychological Bulletin. 113(3). 497–512. 140 indexed citations
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Blanck, Peter, et al.. (1991). Panel One: What Empirical Research Tells Us, and What We Need to Know About Juries and the Quest for Impartiality. ˜The œAmerican University law review. 40(2). 2. 3 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J., Patricia A. Ebener, William L. F. Felstiner, et al.. (1989). The Perception of Justice: Tort Litigants' Views of Trial, Court-Annexed Arbitration, and Judicial Settlement Conferences. RAND Corporation eBooks. 27 indexed citations
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MacCoun, Robert J. & Norbert L. Kerr. (1988). Asymmetric influence in mock jury deliberation: Jurors' bias for leniency.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 54(1). 21–33. 17 indexed citations

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