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Citations
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World Ranking
202
National Ranking
153

Jacinta M. Gau 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 Jacinta M. Gau sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacinta M. Gau 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 Jacinta M. Gau sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jacinta M. Gau is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States and is an active researcher in the field of social sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, gender studies, health, and clinical psychology.

Their research has contributed significantly to the understanding of policing practices and perceptions, crime patterns and interventions, and related areas such as gun ownership and violence, gender diversity and inequality, forensic psychiatry, and crime control.

Recent publications by Jacinta M. Gau include:

  • De-policing as a result of public scrutiny: examining officers' perceptions of negative media attention and willingness to engage in self-initiated activity, 2022, Journal of Crime and Justice
  • Equal under the Law: Officers' Perceptions of Equitable Treatment and Justice in Policing, 2020, American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Hispanic and Latinx Police Officers' Perceptions of the Working Environment, 2021, Crime & Delinquency

Frequent co-authors involved in joint research projects include:

  • Eugene A. Paoline
  • Krystle L. Roman
  • William D. Moreto
  • Nicholas D. Paul
  • Erika J. Brooke

Key journals and venues where Jacinta M. Gau has published multiple times are:

  • Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Policing An International Journal
  • Journal of Crime and Justice
  • Crime & Delinquency

The scientist's scholarly output primarily focuses on empirical and analytical studies addressing issues related to law enforcement behaviors, occupational culture, and perceptions of justice within policing environments.

Jacinta M. Gau's research topics prominently cover:

  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict

Best Publications

  • The Empirical Status of Social Learning Theory: A Meta‐Analysis

    Travis C. Pratt;Francis T. Cullen;Christine S. Sellers;L. Thomas Winfree

  • Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing: A Study of Inner‐City Young Men’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy

    Jacinta M. Gau;Rod K. Brunson

  • The Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy: An Empirical Test of Core Theoretical Propositions

    Jacinta M. Gau

  • Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy: A Test of Measurement and Structure

    Jacinta M. Gau

  • Examining macro-level impacts on procedural justice and police legitimacy

    Jacinta M. Gau;Nicholas Corsaro;Eric A. Stewart;Rod K. Brunson

  • Broken windows or window dressing? Citizens'(in) ability to tell the difference between disorder and crime

    Jacinta M. Gau;Travis C. Pratt

  • Carving Up Concepts? Differentiating Between Trust and Legitimacy in Public Attitudes Towards Legal Authority

    Jonathan Jackson;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Revisiting Broken Windows Theory: Examining the Sources of the Discriminant Validity of Perceived Disorder and Crime

    Jacinta M. Gau;Travis C. Pratt

  • A longitudinal analysis of citizens' attitudes about police

    Jacinta M. Gau

  • Procedural Injustice, Lost Legitimacy, and Self-Help Young Males’ Adaptations to Perceived Unfairness in Urban Policing Tactics

    Jacinta M. Gau;Rod K. Brunson

  • Officer Race Versus Macro-Level Context A Test of Competing Hypotheses About Black Citizens’ Experiences With and Perceptions of Black Police Officers

    Rod K. Brunson;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Police Occupational Culture: Testing the Monolithic Model*

    Eugene A. Paoline;Jacinta M. Gau

  • An Inquiry Into the Impact of Suspect Race on Police Use of Tasers

    Jacinta M. Gau;Clayton Mosher;Travis C. Pratt

  • Procedural justice, police legitimacy, and legal cynicism: a test for mediation effects

    Jacinta M. Gau

  • Key Ideas in Criminology and Criminal Justice

    Travis C. Pratt;Jacinta M. Gau;Travis W. Franklin

  • Race and the Police Use of Force Encounter in the United States

    Eugene A Paoline;Jacinta M Gau;William Terrill

  • Looking Up Explaining Police Promotional Aspirations

    Jacinta M. Gau;William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline

  • An Empirical Assessment of the Sources of Police Job Satisfaction

    Eugene A. Paoline;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Basic Principles and Practices of Structural Equation Modeling in Criminal Justice and Criminology Research

    Jacinta M. Gau

  • Female Offenders’ Perceptions of Police Procedural Justice and Their Obligation to Obey the Law

    Thomas Baker;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Direct and indirect effects of procedural justice on cooperation and compliance: evidence from South Korea

    Youngki Woo;Edward R. Maguire;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Police Officers’ Self-Assessed Legitimacy: A Theoretical Extension and Empirical Test

    Jacinta M. Gau;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Deterrence, Legitimacy, and Wildlife Crime in Protected Areas

    William D. Moreto;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Three pillars of police legitimacy: Procedural justice, use of force, and occupational culture

    William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Officer Race, Role Orientations, and Cynicism toward Citizens

    Jacinta M. Gau;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Military Service and Lifetime Arrests: Examining the Effects of the Total Military Experience on Arrests in a Sample of Prison Inmates:

    Erika J. Brooke;Jacinta M. Gau

  • Statistics for criminology and criminal justice

    Jacinta M. Gau

Frequent Co-Authors

Rod K. Brunson
Rod K. Brunson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eugene A. Paoline
Eugene A. Paoline University of Central Florida
Travis C. Pratt
Travis C. Pratt University of Cincinnati
William Terrill
William Terrill Arizona State University
Eric A. Stewart
Eric A. Stewart Florida State University
Francis T. Cullen
Francis T. Cullen University of Cincinnati
Edward R. Maguire
Edward R. Maguire Arizona State University
Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jackson London School of Economics and Political Science
Thomas C. Baker
Thomas C. Baker Pennsylvania State University

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