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Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

Crime, Deviance, and Social Control is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 7.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of moral panic, societal reactions to perceived deviance, and the role of media and public discourse in amplifying social anxiety. It delves into topics such as risk society, youth violence, cultural diversity, and the regulation of behavior in response to perceived threats.

  • Moral Panic
  • Social Anxiety
  • Deviance
  • Risk Society
  • Media
  • Public Discourse
  • Regulation
  • Youth Violence
  • Societal Reaction
  • Cultural Diversity
Research works
7.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
789
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

Which countries lead Crime, Deviance, and Social Control research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (459 and 238 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 459 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 238 works
  3. 3 Australia 93 works
  4. 4 Canada 84 works
  5. 5 Germany 64 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 58 works
  7. 7 Spain 56 works
  8. 8 India 52 works
  9. 9 France 47 works
  10. 10 China 39 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 38.6%United Kingdom: 20.1%Australia: 7.8%Canada: 7.0%6 others listed: 26.5%39%largest
United States459 · 38.6%United Kingdom238 · 20.1%Australia93 · 7.8%Canada84 · 7.0%6 others listed315 · 26.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Crime, Deviance, and Social Control research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Crime, Deviance, and Social Control research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Melbourne.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 10 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 9 works
  3. 3 The University of MelbourneAustralia 8 works
  4. 4 Ghent UniversityBelgium 8 works
  5. 5 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 6 works
  6. 6 Deakin UniversityAustralia 6 works
  7. 7 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 6 works
  8. 8 Film IndependentUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 6 works
  10. 10 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Crime, Deviance, and Social Control include Albert Bandura, Anselm L. Strauss and Norman K. Denzin.

  1. 1 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  2. 2 Anselm L. Strauss United States 205k citations
  3. 3 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control?

The most cited paper in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control is "Outsiders; studies in the sociology of deviance" (Howard S. Becker, 1963), with 4,727 citations. Next come "A TYPOLOGY OF DEVIANT WORKPLACE BEHAVIORS: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING STUDY." (3,103) and "Fear of Crime: A Review of the Literature" (1,560).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Outsiders; studies in the sociology of deviance Howard S. Becker Apr 1963 4,727
2 A TYPOLOGY OF DEVIANT WORKPLACE BEHAVIORS: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING STUDY. Sandra L. Robinson, Robert J. Bennett · Academy of Management Journal Apr 1995 3,103
3 Fear of Crime: A Review of the Literature Chris Hale · International Review of Victimology 1996 1,560
4 Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior D. Wayne Osgood, Janet K. Wilson, Patrick M. O’Malley et al. · American Sociological Review Aug 1996 1,481
5 Legal Cynicism and (Subcultural?) Tolerance of Deviance: The Neighborhood Context of Racial Differences Robert J. Sampson, Dawn Jeglum Bartusch · Law & Society Review 1998 1,448
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Where is Crime, Deviance, and Social Control research done?

The largest centres of Crime, Deviance, and Social Control research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Toronto (Canada) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 46 works
  2. 2 MelbourneAustralia 23 works
  3. 3 TorontoCanada 16 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 SydneyAustralia 15 works
  6. 6 BrisbaneAustralia 15 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 15 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 13 works
  9. 9 Los AngelesUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 OsloNorway 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Crime, Deviance, and Social Control?

Among universities, judged by research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Melbourne score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 72.613.1%3.1×9 -9.7%
2The University of MelbourneAustralia 30.010.1%4.8×8 +32.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control, country by country

Is Crime, Deviance, and Social Control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Crime, Deviance, and Social Control.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Crime, Deviance, and Social Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0069% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Crime, Deviance, and Social Control over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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