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134
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9
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5

Alex R. Piquero publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex R. Piquero sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 717 publications — 99th percentile

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Alex R. Piquero D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex R. Piquero sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Alex R. Piquero is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has a significant publication record primarily centered on social sciences and psychology. Their published work predominantly falls within the subfields of sociology and political science, clinical psychology, health, general health professions, and modeling and simulation.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including crime patterns and interventions, criminal justice and corrections analysis, intimate partner and family violence, homelessness and social issues, psychopathy and forensic psychiatry with sexual offending, gun ownership and violence research, and crime, illicit activities, and governance.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic - Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence, 2020, American Journal of Criminal Justice

Piquero frequently publishes in several venues, with the top being:

  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • Victims & Offenders
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Collaborations with co-authors occur regularly, including Nicole Leeper Piquero, Wesley G. Jennings, Chelsey S. Narvey, Justin Kurland, and David P. Farrington, with which they have multiple joint publications.

In addition to journal articles, Alex R. Piquero has a book published by Springer Nature titled Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age (2023), which has contributed to the literature on developmental crime patterns.

Best Publications

  • USING THE CORRECT STATISTICAL TEST FOR THE EQUALITY OF REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS

    Raymond Paternoster;Robert Brame;Paul Mazerolle;Alex Piquero

  • The Criminal Career Paradigm

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Alfred Blumstein

  • Key Issues in Criminal Career Research: New Analyses of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Alfred Blumstein

  • New Evidence on the Monetary Value of Saving a High Risk Youth

    Mark A. Cohen;Alex R. Piquero

  • On the overlap between victimization and offending: A review of the literature

    Wesley G. Jennings;Alex R. Piquero;Jennifer M. Reingle

  • Taking Stock of Developmental Trajectories of Criminal Activity over the Life Course

    Alex R. Piquero

  • Specifying the direct and indirect effects of low self-control and situational factors in offenders' decision making: Toward a more complete model of rational offending

    Alex Piquero;Stephen Tibbetts

  • Domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic - Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Alex R. Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;Erin Jemison;Catherine Kaukinen

  • Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Brandon C. Welsh;Richard E. Tremblay

  • AN EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING DESISTANCE AS A PROCESS

    Shawn D. Bushway;Alex R. Piquero;Lisa M. Broidy;Elizabeth Cauffman

  • THEORY AND RESEARCH ON DESISTANCE FROM ANTISOCIAL ACTIVITY AMONG SERIOUS ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS

    Edward P. Mulvey;Laurence Steinberg;Jeffrey A. Fagan;Elizabeth Cauffman

  • Testing a rational choice model of airline hijackings

    Laura Dugan;Gary LaFree;Alex R. Piquero

  • Age and the explanation of crime, revisited.

    Gary Sweeten;Alexis R Piquero;Laurence Steinberg

  • The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Juvenile Offending Trajectories in a Juvenile Offender Sample

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Alexis R Piquero;Nathan Epps

  • New frontiers in criminal careers research, 2000-2011: A state-of-the-art review

    Matt DeLisi;Alex R. Piquero

  • The stability of self-control

    Michael G Turner;Alex R Piquero

  • Effects of Early Family/Parent Training Programs on Antisocial Behavior & Delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Brandon C. Welsh;Richard Tremblay

  • Self-Control, Violent Offending, and Homicide Victimization: Assessing the General Theory of Crime

    Alex R. Piquero;John MacDonald;Adam Dobrin;Leah E. Daigle

  • Key Issues in Criminal Career Research

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  • Is It Important to Prevent Early Exposure to Drugs and Alcohol Among Adolescents

    Candice L. Odgers;Avshalom Caspi;Daniel S. Nagin;Alex R. Piquero

  • Parental Socialization and Community Context: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Structural Sources of Low Self-Control

    Travis C. Pratt;Michael G. Turner;Alex R. Piquero

  • Handbook of Quantitative Criminology

    Alex R. Piquero;David Weisburd

  • New Evidence on the Monetary Value of Saving a High

    Vanderbilt Owen;A. R. Piquero

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Wesley G. Jennings
Wesley G. Jennings University of Mississippi
Nicole Leeper Piquero
Nicole Leeper Piquero University of Miami
Jeffrey Fagan
Jeffrey Fagan Columbia University
Paul Mazerolle
Paul Mazerolle University of New Brunswick
Robert Brame
Robert Brame University of South Carolina
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Michael T. Baglivio
Michael T. Baglivio University of South Florida
Kevin T. Wolff
Kevin T. Wolff John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Cauffman
Elizabeth Cauffman University of California, Irvine

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