2026 Alison Liebling: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	42	90	80	9	8	117	10254

Alison Liebling publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison Liebling sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 117 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Alison Liebling D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison Liebling sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Alison Liebling is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with notable contributions to the subfields of sociology and political science, clinical psychology, general health professions, political science and international relations, and public administration.

The main topics that characterize their body of work include criminal justice and corrections analysis, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry and sexual offending, homelessness and social issues, crime patterns and interventions, child abuse and trauma, healthcare decision-making and restraints, and psychiatric care and mental health services.

Liebling's publication record features several recent papers such as:

More Mind Games: How 'The Action' and 'The Odds' have Changed in Prison (2020) published in The British Journal of Criminology
Where Two 'Exceptional' Prison Cultures Meet: Negotiating Order in a Transnational Prison (2020) published in The British Journal of Criminology
What is trauma-informed practice? Towards operationalisation of the concept in two prisons for women (2022) published in Criminology & Criminal Justice
Do prisons cause radicalization? Order, leadership, political charge and violence in two maximum security prisons (2022) published in The British Journal of Criminology
Doing Team Ethnography in a Transnational Prison (2021) published in International Criminology

Frequent coauthors working with Alison Liebling include Katherine M. Auty, Bethany E. Schmidt, Lesley McAra, Ben Crewe, and Berit Johnsen, each contributing notably across multiple projects.

Liebling's work is published often in key venues such as The British Journal of Criminology, CrimRxiv, European Journal of Criminology, Incarceration, and Criminology & Criminal Justice, reflecting sustained engagement with criminology research communities.

In addition to articles, Alison Liebling has contributed to book publications, including a title under Oxford University Press titled The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (2023), which has gathered substantial academic citations.

Best Publications

Prisons and Their Moral Performance: A Study of Values, Quality, and Prison Life

Alison Liebling;Helen Arnold

1205
Citations
The Prison Officer

Alison Liebling;David Price;Guy Shefer

637
Citations
Suicides in prison

Alison Liebling

634
Citations
The Effects of Imprisonment

Alison Liebling;Shadd Maruna

465
Citations
Doing Research in Prison: Breaking the Silence?

Alison Liebling

398
Citations
Moral performance, inhuman and degrading treatment and prison pain:

Alison Liebling

387
Citations
Prison Suicide and Prisoner Coping

Alison Liebling

384
Citations
Prison Officers, Policing and the Use of Discretion:

Alison Liebling

351
Citations
Appreciative Inquiry and Relationships in Prison

Alison Liebling;David Price;Charles Elliott

332
Citations
Whose Side are We on? Theory, Practice and Allegiances in Prisons Research

Alison Liebling

326
Citations
Distinctions and distinctiveness in the work of prison officers: Legitimacy and authority revisited

Alison Liebling

279
Citations
Staff culture, use of authority and prisoner quality of life in public and private sector prisons

Ben Crewe;Alison Liebling;Susie Hulley

244
Citations
Social relationships between prisoners in a maximum security prison: Violence, faith, and the declining nature of trust

Alison Liebling;Helen Arnold

243
Citations
Preventing suicide in prisons, part I. Recommendations from the International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Suicide in Prisons.

Norbert Konrad;Marc S. Daigle;Anasseril E. Daniel;Greg E. Dear

224
Citations
VULNERABILITY AND PRISON SUICIDE

Alison Liebling

211
Citations
Conceptualising and Measuring the Quality of Prison Life

Alison Liebling;Susie Hulley;Ben Crewe

186
Citations
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation in Prison Effects on Psychological Well-Being and Behavioural Functioning

Katherine M. Auty;Aiden Cope;Alison Liebling

182
Citations
Exploring the Relationship between Prison Social Climate and Reoffending

Katherine M. Auty;Alison Liebling

174
Citations
SUICIDE AMONGST WOMEN PRISONERS

Alison Liebling

167
Citations
Revisiting prison suicide: the role of fairness and distress

Alison Liebling;Linda Durie;Annick Stiles;Sarah Tait

158
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Criminology

Alison Liebling;Shadd Maruna;Lesley McAra

111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Crewe University of Cambridge

Shadd Maruna Queen's University Belfast

Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Michael W. Ross University of Minnesota

Marco Sarchiapone University of Molise

External Links

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