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Crime Patterns and Interventions

Crime Patterns and Interventions is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of social structure on crime and delinquency, including the influence of neighborhood effects, general strain theory, youth violence, fear of crime, and developmental trajectories. It investigates the relationship between social disorganization, criminal behavior, and the role of various theories in understanding the dynamics of crime within different social contexts.

  • Social Structure
  • Crime
  • Delinquency
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • General Strain Theory
  • Youth Violence
  • Fear of Crime
  • Criminal Behavior
  • Social Disorganization Theory
  • Developmental Trajectories
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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