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Overview

Janet L. Lauritsen is affiliated with the University of Missouri-St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Health, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, and Information Systems. The research topics explored include crime patterns and interventions, intimate partner and family violence, criminal justice and corrections analysis, sexual assault and victimization studies, policing practices and perceptions, crime, illicit activities, and governance, as well as cybercrime and law enforcement studies.

Their recent publications demonstrate involvement in multiple areas of criminological and public health research. Key works include:

  • "Violent Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations in the United States: Findings From the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017-2018" (2020) published in American Journal of Public Health
  • "Crime Reporting in Chicago: A Comparison of Police and Victim Survey Data, 1999-2018" (2022) published in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
  • "The future of crime data" (2023) published in Criminology
  • "Using National Data to Inform Our Understanding of Family and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: A Review of a Decade of Innovation" (2021) published in Feminist Criminology
  • "Race and Men's Imprisonment in the United States: Religious Conservatism, Political Conservatism and Racial Threat" (2022) published in The British Journal of Criminology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Janet L. Lauritsen include Min Xie, Karen Heimer, James P. Lynch, Annah K. Bender, and Maribeth L. Rezey.

Publication venues featuring their work with multiple contributions include:

  • Criminology
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
  • Feminist Criminology
  • The British Journal of Criminology

The main research topics pursued by Janet L. Lauritsen focus on:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies

Best Publications

  • THE LINK BETWEEN OFFENDING AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS

    Janet L. Lauritsen;Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • Violent victimization and offending: Individual-, situational-, and community-level risk factors.

    Robert J. Sampson;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Crime and Criminal Justice in the United States

    Robert J. Sampson;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • Deviant Lifestyles, Proximity to Crime, and the Offender-Victim Link in Personal Violence

    Robert J. Sampson;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • Conventional and delinquent activities: Implications for the prevention of violent victimization among adolescents

    Janet L. Lauritsen;John H. Laub;Robert J. Sampson

  • Repeat victimization among adolescents and young adults

    Janet L. Lauritsen;Kenna F. Davis Quinet

  • Reporting crime to the police, 1973–2005: a multivariate analysis of long‐term trends in the National Crime Survey (NCS) and National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

    Eric P. Baumer;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • TRENDS IN THE GENDER GAP IN VIOLENT OFFENDING: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY*

    Janet L. Lauritsen;Karen Heimer;James P. Lynch

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending

    Darnell F. Hawkins;John H. Laub;Janet L. Lauritsen;Lynn Cothern

  • The Influence of Crack Cocaine on Robbery, Burglary, and Homicide Rates: A Cross-City, Longitudinal Analysis:

    Eric Baumer;Janet L. Lauritsen;Richard Rosenfeld;Roosevelt Wright

  • The Social Ecology of Violent Victimization: Individual and Contextual Effects in the NCVS

    Janet L. Lauritsen

  • The Age-Crime Debate: Assessing the Limits of Longitudinal Self-Report Data

    Janet L. Lauritsen

  • The interdependence of school violence with neighborhood and family conditions.

    John H. Laub;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • Explaining Race and Gender Differences in Adolescent Sexual Behavior

    Janet L. Lauritsen

  • Race, ethnicity, and serious juvenile offending.

    Darnell F. Hawkins;John H. Laub;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • PUTTING VIOLENCE IN ITS PLACE: THE INFLUENCE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND PLACE ON THE RISK FOR VIOLENCE*

    Janet L. Lauritsen;Norman A. White

  • Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Nature of Violence

    Eric Baumer;Julie Horney;Richard B. Felson;Janet L. Lauritsen

  • The Gender Gap in Violent Victimization, 1973–2004

    Janet L. Lauritsen;Karen Heimer

  • THE SOCIAL ECOLOGY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

    Janet L. Lauritsen;Robin J. Schaum

  • SIBLING RESEMBLANCE IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL YOUTH SURVEY

    Janet L. Lauritsen

  • Racial Context and Crime Reporting: A Test of Black’s Stratification Hypothesis

    Min Xie;Janet L. Lauritsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Sampson
Robert J. Sampson Harvard University
John H. Laub
John H. Laub University of Maryland, College Park
Eric P. Baumer
Eric P. Baumer Pennsylvania State University
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Jonathan P. Caulkins
Jonathan P. Caulkins Carnegie Mellon University
John R. Hipp
John R. Hipp University of California, Irvine
Frank D. Bean
Frank D. Bean University of California, Irvine
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
Douglas S. Massey
Douglas S. Massey Princeton University
Melissa Jonson-Reid
Melissa Jonson-Reid Washington University in St. Louis

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