Robert Agnew

21.4k citations
123 papers · 15.2k · 6 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

  • Health top 0.1%
    • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
    • Child Abuse and Trauma
    • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Papers in

    • Crime Patterns and Interventions 88
    • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis 22
    • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance 22
    • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence 11
    • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control 11
    • Social and Intergroup Psychology 9
    • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses 20

Robert Agnew

117 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Robert Agnew's Hit Papers

Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory 2005 · 925 citations
9250+11+22Years since publication10002.0k3.0k

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Robert Agnew
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  • Health 2.3k
  • Clinical Psychology 4.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 11.1k
  • Social Psychology 3.2k
  • General Health Professions 2.6k
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All Works

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FOUNDATION FOR A GENERAL STRAIN THEORY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY*
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19923551
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Building on the Foundation of General Strain Theory: Specifying the Types of Strain Most Likely to Lead to Crime and Delinquency
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20011163
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Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory
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2005925
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Gender and Crime: A General Strain Theory Perspective
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1997685
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AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF GENERAL STRAIN THEORY*
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1992629
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STRAIN, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND DELINQUENCY: EXTENDING GENERAL STRAIN THEORY
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2002515
7 1985401
8 1999345
9 2002321
10 1991299
11 1985294
12 2007229
13 1991226
14 2011190
15 2013188
16 1997187
17 1985179
18 2004172
19 1994169
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Why Do Criminals Offend?: A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency
2004162

About Robert Agnew

Robert Agnew is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 123 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (88 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (22 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (22 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (20 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (11 papers), Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (11 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (2.3k citations), Clinical Psychology (4.9k citations), Sociology and Political Science (11.1k citations), Social Psychology (3.2k citations) and General Health Professions (2.6k citations). Robert Agnew has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Francis T. Cullen, Lisa Broidy, Helene R. White, Timothy Brezina, John Wright, David M. Petersen, Scott A. Desmond, James D. Unnever, Cesar J. Rebellon and Christopher J. Sullivan. Their work appears in journals such as Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, Sociological Quarterly and Journal of Criminal Justice.

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