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Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
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Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

2199-4641

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/40865

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 478 29 41 9
Psychology 735 36 44 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 67
Documents by Best Scientists*: 74
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.712
Impact Factor: 1.7

Top Publications

  • Explaining Crime and Criminal Careers: the DEA Model of Situational Action Theory

    Per-Olof H. Wikström

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Cohort Profile: The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso)

    (2022)
    54 Citations
  • A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations of the Effect of Child Social Skills Training on Antisocial Development

    Andreas Beelmann;Friedrich Lösel;Friedrich Lösel

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • A Social Support Theory of Desistance

    Cecilia Chouhy;Francis T. Cullen;Heejin Lee

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • The Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) Theory: Past, Present, and Future

    David P. Farrington

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Age-Graded Differences and Parental Influences on Adolescents’ Obligation to Obey the Law

    Adam Fine;April Thomas;Benjamin van Rooij;Elizabeth Cauffman

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Applying the Social Development Model in Middle Childhood to Promote Healthy Development: Effects From Primary School Through the 30s and Across Generations.

    Richard F. Catalano;J. David Hawkins;Rick Kosterman;Jennifer A. Bailey

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Innovations in Life-Course Crime Research—ASC Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology David P. Farrington Lecture, 2018

    Terrie E. Moffitt

    (2020)
    23 Citations

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