William G. Staples

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

William G. Staples is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Staples has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in William G. Staples's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (3 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 papers). William G. Staples is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (3 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 papers). William G. Staples collaborates with scholars based in United States. William G. Staples's co-authors include Thomas B. Osborne, Nikolas Rose, D. A. Barry, David S. Friedman, Steven L. Nock, Kevin Fox Gotham, Richard V. Ericson, Andrea Gómez Cervantes, Cecilia Menjívar and Jeffrey C. Goldfarb and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

William G. Staples

31 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Foucault and Political Reason: Liberalism, Neo-Liberalism, and Rationalities of Government

1997 984 citations William G. Staples, D. A. Barry et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William G. Staples United States	12	891	406	189	179	131	33	1.5k
Peter Kivisto United States	26	1.8k 2.0×	404 1.0×	157 0.8×	134 0.7×	124 0.9×	136	2.5k
Joel Golb	4	1.0k 1.1×	578 1.4×	291 1.5×	183 1.0×	89 0.7×	6	1.8k
Stuart Tannock United Kingdom	22	892 1.0×	415 1.0×	401 2.1×	231 1.3×	82 0.6×	51	1.7k
Sylvère Lotringer United States	13	890 1.0×	283 0.7×	158 0.8×	84 0.5×	125 1.0×	37	1.7k
David Macey United Kingdom	15	835 0.9×	298 0.7×	147 0.8×	73 0.4×	128 1.0×	49	1.5k
Patricia Ewick United States	11	1.2k 1.3×	451 1.1×	93 0.5×	157 0.9×	135 1.0×	31	2.1k
Graham Crow United Kingdom	25	1.3k 1.4×	219 0.5×	228 1.2×	359 2.0×	113 0.9×	81	2.1k
Judith Bessant Australia	19	779 0.9×	232 0.6×	241 1.3×	281 1.6×	109 0.8×	136	1.3k
Willem Schinkel Netherlands	23	1.3k 1.4×	421 1.0×	189 1.0×	192 1.1×	230 1.8×	63	1.7k
Barbara Cruikshank United States	4	896 1.0×	354 0.9×	209 1.1×	390 2.2×	105 0.8×	9	1.6k

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Smith, Sarah, et al.. (2022). Digital home-lessness: Exploring the links between public Internet access, technological capital, and social inequality. Current Sociology. 72(1). 65–82. 3 indexed citations

Staples, William G., et al.. (2017). Review of Reeves' Citizen Spies: The Long Rise of America’s Surveillance Society. Surveillance & Society. 15(5). 693–694. 1 indexed citations

Staples, William G.. (2017). Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 46(6). 693–694. 17 indexed citations

Staples, William G.. (2009). Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 38(5). 419–420. 56 indexed citations

Staples, William G., et al.. (2009). Between the ‘Home’ and ‘Institutional’ Worlds: Tensions and Contradictions in the Practice of House Arrest. Critical Criminology. 18(1). 1–20. 11 indexed citations

Staples, William G.. (2006). Encyclopedia of Privacy. Greenwood eBooks. 6 indexed citations

Staples, William G.. (2004). Policing Contingencies. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 33(5). 590–591. 9 indexed citations

Friedman, David S. & William G. Staples. (2003). Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 32(3). 374–374. 121 indexed citations

Staples, Clifford L. & William G. Staples. (1999). “A Strike of Girls”: Gender and Class in the British Metal Trades, 1913. Journal of Historical Sociology. 12(2). 158–180. 3 indexed citations

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Nock, Steven L. & William G. Staples. (1998). The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 27(2). 193–193. 43 indexed citations

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Ericson, Richard V. & William G. Staples. (1998). The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States.. Social Forces. 76(3). 1154–1154. 30 indexed citations

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Staples, William G., D. A. Barry, Thomas B. Osborne, & Nikolas Rose. (1997). Foucault and Political Reason: Liberalism, Neo-Liberalism, and Rationalities of Government. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 26(5). 598–598. 984 indexed citations breakdown →

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Staples, William G.. (1994). Small Acts of Cunning: Disciplinary Practices in Contemporary Life. Sociological Quarterly. 35(4). 645–664. 9 indexed citations

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Holstein, James A. & William G. Staples. (1992). Producing Evaluative Knowledge: The Interactional Bases of Social Science Findings*. Sociological Inquiry. 62(1). 11–35. 4 indexed citations

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Simon, Jonathan & William G. Staples. (1992). Castles of our Conscience: Social Control and the American State, 1800- 1985.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(4). 508–508. 1 indexed citations

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Staples, William G., et al.. (1989). Stepchildren of Progress: The Political Economy of Development in an Indonesian Mining Town.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(3). 351–351. 5 indexed citations

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Warren, Carol A. B. & William G. Staples. (1989). Fieldwork in forbidden terrain: the state, privatization and human subjects regulations. The American Sociologist. 20(3). 263–277. 6 indexed citations

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Staples, William G.. (1987). Law and Social Control in Juvenile Justice Dispositions. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 24(1). 7–22. 47 indexed citations

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Staples, William G.. (1986). Restitution as a Sanction in Juvenile Court. Crime & Delinquency. 32(2). 177–185. 2 indexed citations

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Staples, William G.. (1984). Toward a Structural Perspective on Gender Bias in the Juvenile Court. Sociological Perspectives. 27(3). 349–367. 3 indexed citations

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