Wim Bernasco

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Wim Bernasco is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim Bernasco has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Clinical Psychology and 18 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Wim Bernasco's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (86 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (36 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (18 papers). Wim Bernasco is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (86 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (36 papers) and Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (18 papers). Wim Bernasco collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Wim Bernasco's co-authors include Richard Block, Gerben Bruinsma, Stijn Ruiter, Paul Nieuwbeerta, David Weisburd, Frank M. Weerman, Lieven Pauwels, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard, Shane D. Johnson and Michael Townsley and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Psychologist and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

Wim Bernasco

111 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Robberies in Chicago: A Block-Level Analysis of the Influence of Crime Generators, Crime Attractors, and Offender Anchor Points

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Shane D. Johnson United Kingdom

Kate Bowers United Kingdom

John E. Eck United States

Elizabeth R. Groff United States

Patricia L. Brantingham Canada

Ronald V. Clarke United States

Leslie W. Kennedy United States

Lorraine Mazerolle Australia

Sue‐Ming Yang United States

Ralph B. Taylor United States

Shane D. Johnson United Kingdom

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332 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Wim Bernasco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wim Bernasco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim Bernasco

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Bernasco, Wim, et al.. (2024). The Anticipatory, Short-Term, and Long-Term Effects of Parental Separation and Parental Death on Adolescent Delinquency. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 10(2). 288–308. 1 indexed citations

Curtis‐Ham, Sophie, Wim Bernasco, Oleg N. Medvedev, & Devon L. L. Polaschek. (2022). Relationships Between Offenders’ Crime Locations and Different Prior Activity Locations as Recorded in Police Data.

Bernasco, Wim, Evelien M. Hoeben, D.C. Koelma, et al.. (2022). Promise Into Practice: Application of Computer Vision in Empirical Research on Social Distancing. Sociological Methods & Research. 52(3). 1239–1287. 12 indexed citations

Bernasco, Wim, et al.. (2021). Single-Parent Families and Adolescent Crime: Unpacking the Role of Parental Separation, Parental Decease, and Being Born to a Single-Parent Family. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 7(4). 596–622. 9 indexed citations

Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz, Lasse Suonperä Liebst, Richard Philpot, Mark Levine, & Wim Bernasco. (2021). Does Danger Level Affect Bystander Intervention in Real-Life Conflicts? Evidence From CCTV Footage. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 13(4). 795–802. 18 indexed citations

Hoeben, Evelien M., et al.. (2021). Social distancing compliance: A video observational analysis. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248221–e0248221. 36 indexed citations

Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz, et al.. (2021). How to stop a fight—A qualitative video analysis of how third-parties de-escalate real-life interpersonal conflicts in public.. Psychology of Violence. 12(2). 84–94. 5 indexed citations

Bernasco, Wim, et al.. (2020). Growing up in single-parent families and the criminal involvement of adolescents: a systematic review. Psychology Crime and Law. 27(1). 61–75. 32 indexed citations

Philpot, Richard, Lasse Suonperä Liebst, Mark Levine, Wim Bernasco, & Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard. (2019). Would I be helped? Cross-national CCTV footage shows that intervention is the norm in public conflicts.. American Psychologist. 75(1). 66–75. 66 indexed citations

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Liebst, Lasse Suonperä, et al.. (2019). Social relations and presence of others predict bystander intervention: Evidence from violent incidents captured on CCTV. Aggressive Behavior. 45(6). 598–609. 43 indexed citations

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Bernasco, Wim & Scott Jacques. (2015). Where Do Dealers Solicit Customers and Sell Them Drugs? A Micro-Level Multiple Method Study. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 31(4). 376–408. 19 indexed citations

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Townsley, Michael, et al.. (2015). Burglar Target Selection: A Cross-national Comparison. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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Pauwels, Lieven, Frank M. Weerman, Wim Bernasco, & Beate Völker. (2012). Ruimtelijke criminologie: van woonbuurt tot cyberspace en van politiestatistiek tot space-time budgets. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Blokland, Arjan, Paul Nieuwbeerta, & Wim Bernasco. (2010). Criminaliteit en etniciteit. Criminele carrières van autochtone en allochtone jongeren uit het geboortecohort 1984. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 52(2). 122–152. 6 indexed citations

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Blokland, Arjan, et al.. (2010). Criminaliteit en etniciteit. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie. 52(2). 122–152. 13 indexed citations

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Weisburd, David, Wim Bernasco, & Gerben Bruinsma. (2009). Putting crime in its place: Units of analysis in geographic criminology. VU Research Portal. 177 indexed citations

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Bernasco, Wim. (2007). Is woninginbraak besmettelijk. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie. 2 indexed citations

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Bernasco, Wim, et al.. (2006). Het waterbedeffect: Ruimtelijke neveneffecten van plaatsgebonden maatregelen tegen criminaliteit. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie.

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Bernasco, Wim & Paul Nieuwbeerta. (2003). Hoe kiezen inbrekers een pleegbuurt? Een nieuwe benadering voor de studie van criminele doelwitselectie.. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 45(3). 254–270. 5 indexed citations

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Bernasco, Wim & Deirdre Giesen. (1997). De strategische waarde van het huwelijk voor de arbeidsdeling tussen levenspartners. Naar een verklaring voor de relatie tussen samenleefvorm en arbeidsdeelname van vrouwen. Mens en Maatschappij. 72(2). 115–131. 1 indexed citations

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