Malcolm Spector

2.9k citations
32 papers · 1.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 11

Impact in

    • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
    • Crime Patterns and Interventions
    • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
    • Social and Cultural Dynamics
    • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
    • Risk Perception and Management

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Malcolm Spector

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Malcolm Spector's Hit Papers

Constructing Social Problems 1978 · 939 citations
9390+16+32Years since publication250500750

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Malcolm Spector
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  • Sociology and Political Science 951
  • Public Administration 64
  • Communication 114
  • Gender Studies 127
  • Health 93
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Fields of papers citing papers by Malcolm Spector

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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The 14 scholars most cited alongside Malcolm Spector, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Constructing Social Problems
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1978939
2 1973140
3 1973126
4 201780
5 197765
6 197361
7 197944
8 197335
9 197531
10 198514
11 197711
12 201810
13 19739
14 19769
15 19728
16 19807
17 19766
18 19784
19 19794
20 19774

About Malcolm Spector

Malcolm Spector is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, General Health Professions, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 32 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (5 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (3 papers), Community Health and Development (2 papers), Historical and Scientific Studies (2 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 paper), Education, sociology, and vocational training (1 paper) and Law in Society and Culture (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (951 citations), Public Administration (64 citations), Communication (114 citations), Gender Studies (127 citations) and Health (93 citations). Malcolm Spector has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include John I. Kitsuse, Peter McHugh, Anselm Strauss, Don H. Zimmerman, Thomas Fleming, Robert R. Faulkner, Richard L. Henshel, Michel Born, Arlene Kaplan Daniels and Leonard Gordon. Their work appears in journals such as Social Problems, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Canadian Journal of Sociology, The American Sociologist and Society.

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