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6770
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Don Weatherburn 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 Don Weatherburn sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 252 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Don Weatherburn 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 Don Weatherburn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Don Weatherburn is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their academic work spans the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine, with 38 and 25 publications respectively. Within these fields, they focus particularly on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research addresses several main topics, reflecting a broad engagement with criminal justice and public health issues. Key topics include:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

Don Weatherburn has contributed to multiple scholarly journals, with frequent publication venues as follows:

  • Journal of Criminology (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (6 publications)
  • Drug and Alcohol Review (3 publications)
  • Addiction (3 publications)
  • Psychiatry Psychology and Law (3 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?, 2020, The Review of Economics and Statistics
  • The contribution of methamphetamine use to crime: Evidence from Australian longitudinal data, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Sertraline hydrochloride for reducing impulsive behaviour in male, repeat-violent offenders (ReINVEST): protocol for a phase IV, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Does mental health treatment reduce recidivism among offenders with a psychotic illness?, 2021, Journal of Criminology
  • The impact of the COVID-19, social distancing, and movement restrictions on crime in NSW, Australia, 2021, Crime Science

Collaborations are prominent in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Joanna J. J. Wang
  • Sara Rahman
  • Michael Farrell
  • Sergey Alexeev
  • Tony Butler

Don Weatherburn has also published books through various publishers. Recent book publications include works with the Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks such as "Towards a theory of Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system" and "Towards an understanding of Indigenous arrest," both released in 2024. Another book titled "The Vanishing Criminal" was published by MUP eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality post-release from prison: retrospective data linkage study

    Louisa Degenhardt;Sarah Larney;Sarah Larney;Jo Kimber;Jo Kimber;Natasa Gisev

  • Supply control and harm reduction: lessons from the Australian heroin 'drought'.

    Don Weatherburn;Craig Jones;Karen Freeman;Toni Makkai

  • Fluctuations in heroin purity and the incidence of fatal heroin overdose.

    Shane Darke;Wayne Hall;Don Weatherburn;Bronwyn Lind

  • The impact of law enforcement activity on a heroin market.

    Don Weatherburn;Bronwyn Lind

  • The relationship between alcohol sales and assault in New South Wales, Australia.

    Richard J. Stevenson;Bronwyn Lind;Don Weatherburn

  • Economic and Social Factors Underpinning Indigenous Contact with the Justice System: Results from the 2002 NATSISS Survey, The

    Don Weatherburn;Lucy Snowball;Boyd H Hunter

  • The impact of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) on crime.

    Karen Freeman;Craig G.A. Jones;Don J. Weatherburn;Scott Rutter

  • The Effectiveness Of Methadone Maintenance Treatment In Controlling Crime An Australian Aggregate-Level Analysis

    Bronwyn Lind;Shuling Chen;Don Weatherburn;Richard Mattick

  • Reducing Aboriginal Over‐representation in Prison

    Don Weatherburn;Jackie Fitzgerald;Jiuzhao Hua

  • Does Racial Bias in Sentencing Contribute to Indigenous Overrepresentation in Prison

    Lucy Snowball;Don J Weatherburn

  • NEW SOUTH WALES DRUG COURT EVALUATION: COST-EFFECTIVENESS

    Bronwyn Lind;Don Weatherburn;Shuling Chen;Marian Shanahan

  • The deterrent effects of Australian street-level drug law enforcement on illicit drug offending at outdoor music festivals

    Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes;Vivienne Moxham-Hall;Alison Ritter;Don Weatherburn

  • Delinquent-prone communities

    Donald James Weatherburn;Bronwyn Lind

  • Transition from Juvenile to Adult Criminal Careers, The

    Shuling Chen;Tania Matruglio;Don Weatherburn;Jiuzhao Hua

  • Preventing cannabis users from driving under the influence of cannabis

    Craig Jones;Neil Donnelly;Wendy Swift;Don Weatherburn

  • Indigenous Over-representation in Prison: The Role of Offender Characteristics

    Lucy Snowball;Don Weatherburn

  • Law and Order in Australia: Rhetoric and Reality

    Donald James Weatherburn;Murray Gleeson

  • Lockouts and last drinks: The impact of the January 2014 liquor licence reforms on assaults in NSW, Australia

    Patricia Menendez;Don Weatherburn;Kypros Kypri;Jacqueline Fitzgerald

  • Crime, deterrence and punishment revisited

    Maurice J. G. Bun;Richard Kelaher;Vasilis Sarafidis;Don Weatherburn

  • Liquor Outlet Concentrations and Alcohol-related Neighbourhood Problems

    Neil Donnelly;Suzanne Poynton;Don Weatherburn;Errol Bamford

  • Predictors of Indigenous Arrest: An Exploratory Study

    Don J Weatherburn;Lucy Snowball;Boyd H Hunter

  • Arresting Incarceration: Pathways Out of Indigenous Imprisonment

    Donald James Weatherburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Tony Butler
Tony Butler University of New South Wales
Richard J. Stevenson
Richard J. Stevenson Macquarie University
Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell University of New South Wales
Emily Lancsar
Emily Lancsar Australian National University
Marion Haas
Marion Haas University of Technology Sydney
Shane Darke
Shane Darke University of New South Wales
Wayne Hall
Wayne Hall University of Queensland
Boyd Hunter
Boyd Hunter Australian National University
Amanda L. Baker
Amanda L. Baker University of Newcastle Australia

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