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Overview

Brian Francis is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Mathematics. Their work extensively covers Statistics and Probability as well as Sociology and Political Science, indicating a multidisciplinary approach combining quantitative methods and social inquiry.

The scientist's research spans several interconnected topics. These include Census and Population Estimation, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse, and Data Quality and Management.

The publication record of Brian Francis includes articles featured in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), The British Journal of Criminology, The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles, the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), and Social Indicators Research. This range of journals reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their work, from criminology and policing to statistical society outlets.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by or involving Brian Francis cover topics related to policing, violence measurement, statistical modeling, and survey methodologies. These notable works include:

  • Police risk assessment and case outcomes in missing person investigations, 2022, The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles
  • Using Saturated Count Models for User-Friendly Synthesis of Large Confidential Administrative Databases, 2022, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
  • Definition and Measurement of Violence in the Crime Survey for England and Wales: Implications for the Amount and Gendering of Violence, 2024, The British Journal of Criminology
  • Heaviness-brightness correspondence and stimulus-response compatibility, 2020, Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Whitehead et al. Response to "Misunderstandings of Multiple Systems Estimation.", 2020, Journal of Human Trafficking

Brian Francis frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, indicating established research partnerships. The most frequent collaborators are:

  • James F. Jackson
  • Robin Mitra
  • Iain Dove
  • Sylvia Walby
  • Jessica Phoenix

Best Publications

  • Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data.

    B. Francis;J. F. Lawless

  • Statistical Modelling in GLIM

    Murray Aitkin;Dorothy Anderson;Brian Francis;John Hinde

  • GLIM system release 4 manual

    Brian Francis;Mick Green;Clive Payne

  • The GLIM system : release 4 manual

    Brian Francis;Michael Green;Clive Payne

  • Sex Offenders: Specialists, Generalists—or Both?

    Keith L. Soothill;Brian J. Francis;Barry Sanderson;Elizabeth Ackerley

  • Extending the Cochran rule for the comparison of word frequencies between corpora

    Paul Rayson;Damon Berridge;Brian Francis

  • Is Violent Crime Increasing or Decreasing? a New Methodology to Measure Repeat Attacks Making Visible the Significance of Gender and Domestic Relations

    Sylvia Walby;Jude Towers;Brian Francis

  • Statistical modelling in R

    Murray Aitkin;Brian Francis;John Hinde;Ross Darnell

  • The significant unmet needs of cancer patients: probing psychosocial concerns.

    Keith L. Soothill;Sara Morris;J. Harman;Brian J. Francis

  • The psychosocial needs of cancer patients: findings from an observational study.

    Malcolm B. McIllmurray;Carol Thomas;Brian J. Francis;Sara Morris

  • Informal carers of cancer patients: what are their unmet psychosocial needs?

    Keith L. Soothill;Sara Morris;J. Harman;Brian J. Francis

  • Pathways of disadvantage and smoking careers: evidence and policy implications

    Hilary Graham;Hazel M Inskip;Brian Francis;Juliet Harman

  • The Concept and Measurement of Violence Against Women and Men

    Sylvia Walby;Jude Towers;Susan Balderston;Consuelo Corradi

  • Newspaper reporting and the public construction of homicide.

    Moira Peelo;Brian Francis;Keith Soothill;Jayn Pearson

  • The impact of peatland drain-blocking on dissolved organic carbon loss and discolouration of water; results from a national survey

    Alona Armstrong;Joseph Holden;Paul Kay;Brian Francis

  • A paired comparison approach for the analysis of sets of Likert-scale responses

    Regina Dittrich;Brian Francis;Reinhold Hatzinger;Walter Katzenbeisser

  • Mainstreaming domestic and gender‐based violence into sociology and the criminology of violence

    Sylvia Walby;Jude Towers;Brian Francis

  • Do facial expressions develop before birth

    Nadja Reissland;Brian Francis;James Mason;Karen Lincoln

  • The universal, situational, and personal needs of cancer patients and their main carers.

    K. L. Soothill;S. M. Morris;C. Thomas;J. C. Harman

  • Statistical Modelling in GLIM.

    Daniel C. Coster;Murray Aitken;Dorothy Anderson;Brian Francis

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol Thomas
Carol Thomas Lancaster University
Sylvia Walby
Sylvia Walby City, University of London
Arjan Blokland
Arjan Blokland Maastricht University
Hilary Graham
Hilary Graham University of York
Charlie Lewis
Charlie Lewis Lancaster University
John N. Cape
John N. Cape Stockholm University
Adrian McDonald
Adrian McDonald University of Leeds
Geoffrey Leech
Geoffrey Leech Lancaster University
Raymond A. Knight
Raymond A. Knight Brandeis University
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen

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