Roland Chilton

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Roland Chilton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Chilton has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Health and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Roland Chilton's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (19 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (9 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (5 papers). Roland Chilton is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (19 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (9 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (5 papers). Roland Chilton collaborates with scholars based in United States. Roland Chilton's co-authors include John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson, Michael Wadsworth, Gerald E. Markle, Julian L. Simon, Jerome G. Miller, J.M. Galvin, John P. Jarvis, Stuart J. Miller and Clemens Bartollas and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Roland Chilton

34 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.
    1995 2.3k citations Roland Chilton, Robert J. Sampson et al. Social Forces profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roland Chilton United States 17 2.4k 1.0k 828 370 256 35 3.1k
Lloyd E. Ohlin United States 20 2.6k 1.1× 819 0.8× 703 0.8× 196 0.5× 282 1.1× 49 3.4k
Michael J. Hindelang United States 25 4.0k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 675 0.8× 749 2.0× 356 1.4× 57 4.9k
Malcolm W. Klein United States 26 3.2k 1.3× 850 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 301 0.8× 286 1.1× 68 4.0k
Michael G. Maxfield United States 20 2.1k 0.9× 808 0.8× 566 0.7× 547 1.5× 126 0.5× 28 2.8k
L. Edward Wells United States 23 1.4k 0.6× 540 0.5× 373 0.5× 316 0.9× 138 0.5× 40 2.2k
Joan Petersilia United States 38 3.4k 1.4× 1.9k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 183 0.5× 256 1.0× 101 4.1k
L. Thomas Winfree United States 24 2.2k 0.9× 712 0.7× 742 0.9× 283 0.8× 353 1.4× 84 2.8k
Bradley R. E. Wright United States 21 1.7k 0.7× 707 0.7× 653 0.8× 638 1.7× 228 0.9× 36 2.8k
Albert K. Cohen United States 12 2.1k 0.9× 519 0.5× 493 0.6× 168 0.5× 137 0.5× 29 2.9k
Karen Heimer United States 22 2.2k 0.9× 731 0.7× 654 0.8× 618 1.7× 177 0.7× 40 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roland Chilton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Chilton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chilton, Roland & William J. Chambliss. (2014). Urban Homicide in the United States, 1980-2010. Homicide Studies. 19(3). 257–272. 3 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland & John P. Jarvis. (1999). Victims and Offenders in Two Crime Statistics Programs: A Comparison of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 15(2). 193–205. 24 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, Robert J. Sampson, & John H. Laub. (1995). Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.. Social Forces. 74(1). 357–357. 2332 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chilton, Roland & Jerome G. Miller. (1993). Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 22(2). 242–242. 55 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland. (1987). Twenty years of homicide and robbery in Chicago: The impact of the city's changing racial and age composition. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 3(3). 195–214. 11 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1987). Gender, Race, and Crime:. Gender & Society. 1(2). 152–171. 32 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1986). Classification by Race and Spanish Origin in the 1980 Census and its Impact on White and Nonwhite Rates. The American Statistician. 40(3). 197–201. 4 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1986). Classification by Race and Spanish Origin in the 1980 Census and Its Impact on White and Nonwhite Rates. The American Statistician. 40(3). 197–197. 1 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland & J.M. Galvin. (1985). Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice. Crime & Delinquency. 31(1). 3–13. 43 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland. (1980). Criminal Statistics in the United States. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 71(1). 56–56. 12 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1975). Overcriminalization and the Measurement of Consensus.. 13 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1974). Methodological Issues in Delinquency Research: Some Alternative Analyses of Geographically Distributed Data. Social Forces. 53(1). 73–82. 8 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1972). Increases in Crime: The Utility of Alternative Measures. The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science. 63(1). 68–68. 2 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland, et al.. (1971). Is Delinquency Increasing? Age Structure and the Crime Rate. Social Forces. 49(3). 487–493. 21 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland & Julian L. Simon. (1970). Basic Research Methods in Social Science: The Art of Empirical Investigation.. American Sociological Review. 35(3). 609–609. 59 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland. (1970). Social Control Through Welfare Legislation. Law & Society Review. 5(2). 205–224. 5 indexed citations
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Chilton, Roland. (1964). Continuity in Delinquency Area Research: A Comparison of Studies for Baltimore, Detroit, and Indianapolis. American Sociological Review. 29(1). 71–71. 89 indexed citations

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