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2652
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Overview

John H. Laub is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science as well as aspects of general health professions.

Their scholarly work spans several key topics in the field of criminal justice and social issues. Main topics explored in their publications include:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Race, History, and American Society
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

John H. Laub has contributed to multiple academic venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
  • Annual Review of Criminology

Their recent papers include:

  • "Moving the National Institute of Justice Forward: July 2010 through December 2012" published in 2021 in the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
  • "In Memoriam Joan R. Petersilia (1951-2019)" published in 2020 in the Annual Review of Criminology

Throughout their career, John H. Laub has collaborated with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Tracey L. Meares
  • Robert J. Sampson
  • David E. Garland
  • Candace Kruttschnitt
  • Daniel S. Nagin

John H. Laub was recognized in 2015 as a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. This accolade identifies their standing within the broader academic community specializing in social and political studies.

Best Publications

  • Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.

    Robert A. Silverman;Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • Shared beginnings, divergent lives : delinquent boys to age 70

    John H. Laub;Robert J. Sampson

  • Understanding Desistance from Crime

    John H. Laub;Robert J. Sampson

  • Crime and Deviance Over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • Trajectories of change in criminal offending: Good marriages and the desistance process.

    John H. Laub;Daniel S. Nagin;Robert J. Sampson

  • LIFE-COURSE DESISTERS? TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AMONG DELINQUENT BOYS FOLLOWED TO AGE 70*

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE COURSE: WHY CHANGE MATTERS TO THE STUDY OF CRIME*

    John H. Laub;Robert J. Sampson

  • A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • Urban poverty and the family context of delinquency: a new look at structure and process in a classic study

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • THE LINK BETWEEN OFFENDING AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS

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

  • DOES MARRIAGE REDUCE CRIME? A COUNTERFACTUAL APPROACH TO WITHIN‐INDIVIDUAL CAUSAL EFFECTS*

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub;Christopher Wimer

  • Crime and Deviance in the Life Course

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • Crime in the Making

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • UNRAVELING FAMILIES AND DELINQUENCY: A REANALYSIS OF THE GLUECKS' DATA*

    John H. Laub;Robert J. Sampson

  • Structural variations in Juvenile Court processing: Inequality, the underclass, and social control

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points through Life

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  • Socioeconomic Achievement in the Life Course of Disadvantaged Men: Military Service as a Turning Point, Circa 1940-1965

    Robert J. Sampson;John H. Laub

  • The Unprecedented Epidemic in Youth Violence

    Philip J. Cook;John H. Laub

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

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

  • Marriage and Desistance from Crime in the Netherlands: Do Gender and Socio-Historical Context Matter?

    Bianca E. Bersani;John H. Laub;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Methodological Sensitivities to Latent Class Analysis of Long-Term Criminal Trajectories

    Elaine P. Eggleston;John H. Laub;Robert J. Sampson

  • Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives

    John H. Laub

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Sampson
Robert J. Sampson Harvard University
Janet L. Lauritsen
Janet L. Lauritsen University of Missouri–St. Louis
George E. Vaillant
George E. Vaillant Harvard University
Paul Nieuwbeerta
Paul Nieuwbeerta Leiden University
Daniel S. Nagin
Daniel S. Nagin Carnegie Mellon University
Joan McCord
Joan McCord Temple University
Terence P. Thornberry
Terence P. Thornberry University of Maryland, College Park
Bruce Western
Bruce Western Columbia University
Alex R. Piquero
Alex R. Piquero University of Miami
David Kirk
David Kirk University of Strathclyde

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