William D. Bales

4.4k total citations
71 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

William D. Bales is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Bales has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Clinical Psychology and 23 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in William D. Bales's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (68 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (63 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (31 papers). William D. Bales is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (68 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (63 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (31 papers). William D. Bales collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Russia. William D. Bales's co-authors include Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran, Ted Chiricos, Alex R. Piquero, Stephanie Bontrager, Thomas G. Blomberg, Sonja E. Siennick, Xia Wang, Theodore G. Chiricos and Carter Hay and has published in prestigious journals such as Criminology, Journal of Youth and Adolescence and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

In The Last Decade

William D. Bales

69 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers

William D. Bales
Comparison fields: 5 of 84
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.7k
  • Clinical Psychology 1.5k
  • General Health Professions 1.1k
  • Education 149
  • Political Science and International Relations 135
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Countries citing papers authored by William D. Bales

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Fields of papers citing papers by William D. Bales

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Bales

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 5
2 3
3 4
4 7
5 14
6 7
7 15
8 47
9 8
10
Recidivism and Time Served in Prison
23
11 13
12 25
13 23
14 33
15 51
16 79
17 330
18
The Effect of Racial Inequality on African-American Male Recidivism
1
19 20
20 11

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