Gary LaFree

7.8k citations
129 papers · 4.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 39

Impact in

    • Crime Patterns and Interventions
    • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
    • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
    • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
    • Political Conflict and Governance
    • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Health top 1%

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Gary LaFree

123 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Gary LaFree's Hit Papers

Introducing the Global Terrorism Database 2007 · 434 citations
4340+6+12Years since publication100200300400

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Gary LaFree
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  • Sociology and Political Science 4.1k
  • Health 504
  • Gender Studies 524
  • Clinical Psychology 608
  • Law 272
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All Works

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Introducing the Global Terrorism Database
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2007434
2 2000197
3 1990181
4 1980169
5 2016154
6 1993149
7 2009143
8 2006139
9 2005128
10 1981121
11 1999120
12 2018109
13 1992106
14 198888
15 199684
16 198582
17 200979
18 201177
19 198567
20 201467

About Gary LaFree

Gary LaFree is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Gender Studies, Law and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 129 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (66 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (62 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (36 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (16 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (14 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (7 papers), Jury Decision Making Processes (7 papers) and Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (4.1k citations), Health (504 citations), Gender Studies (524 citations), Clinical Psychology (608 citations) and Law (272 citations). Gary LaFree has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Macao. Frequent co-authors include Laura Dugan, Joel Best, Linda B. Bourque, Kriss A. Drass, Christopher Birkbeck, Andromachi Tseloni, Katarzyna Jaśko, Joshua D. Freilich, Arie W. Kruglanski and Alex R. Piquero. Their work appears in journals such as Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, Social Forces, Journal of Quantitative Criminology and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

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