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Overview

John Scott is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily lies within the Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, General Health Professions, Health, and Political Science and International Relations.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics including:

  • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

John Scott's published articles include the following recent papers:

  • "Sexual health (excluding reproductive health, intimate partner violence and gender-based violence) and COVID-19: a scoping review" (2021) - Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • "A study of the capabilities and limitations of local governments in providing community services in Nepal" (2022) - Public Administration and Policy
  • "Charting the place of islands in criminology: On isolation, integration and insularity" (2020) - Theoretical Criminology
  • "Strangers in a strange land: police perceptions of working in discrete Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia" (2020) - Police Practice and Research
  • "Sexual health and COVID-19: protocol for a scoping review" (2021) - Systematic Reviews

Several frequent co-authors have been recorded, reflecting collaborative research efforts. These include:

  • Zoe Staines
  • Victor Minichiello
  • Denton Callander
  • Navin Kumar
  • Kamila Janmohamed

The scientist has published books primarily with the following publishers:

  • Bristol University Press eBooks - four titles of "Island Criminology" published in 2023
  • Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks - "Crime, justice and social capital in the Torres Strait region" (2021)
  • Crime and justice briefing papers - "Crime rates and justice innovations in the Torres Strait Islands" (2020)
  • Policy Press - "Island Criminology" (2023)

Research publication venues where John Scott frequently appears include:

  • Research Square (3 publications)
  • Harvard Dataverse (2 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (2 publications)
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Public Administration and Policy

Best Publications

  • Social Network Analysis

    John Scott

  • A Dictionary of Sociology

    John Scott;Gordon Marshall

  • Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis

    Peter J. Carrington;John Scott;Stanley Wasserman

  • A matter of record: documentary sources in social research

    John Scott

  • The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis

    John P. Scott;Peter J. Carrington

  • Rational Choice Theory

    John Scott

  • Corporate Business and Capitalist Classes

    John Scott

  • Stratification and Power: Structures of Class, Status and Command

    John Scott

  • Social network analysis: developments, advances, and prospects

    John Scott

  • NETWORKS OF CORPORATE POWER: A Comparative Assessment

    John Scott

  • Modes of Power and the Re-Conceptualization of Elites:

    John Scott

  • Rethinking class : culture, identities and lifestyles

    Fiona Devine;Michael Savage;John Scott;Rosemary Crompton

  • Sociological Theory: What Went Wrong?

    John Scott;Nicos Mouzelis

  • What is social network analysis

    John Scott

  • Globalization, Frontier Masculinities and Violence Booze, Blokes and Brawls

    Kerry Carrington;Alison McIntosh;John Scott

  • New Pleasures and Old Dangers: Reinventing Male Sex Work

    Victor Minichiello;John Scott;Denton Callander

  • Networks Of Corporate Power: A Comparative Analysis Of Ten Countries

    Frans N. Stokman;Rolf Ziegler;John Scott

  • Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research

    Gayle Letherby;John Scott;Malcolm David Williams

  • Masculinity, Rurality And Violence

    Kerry Carrington;John Scott

  • Understanding the New Context of the Male Sex Work Industry

    John Scott;Victor Minichiello;Rodrigo Mariño;Glenn P. Harvey

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South

    Kerry Carrington;Russell Hogg;John Scott;Máximo Sozzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Minichiello
Victor Minichiello Queensland University of Technology
Catherine MacPhail
Catherine MacPhail University of Wollongong
Rosemary Crompton
Rosemary Crompton City, University of London
Joseph D. Tucker
Joseph D. Tucker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mike Savage
Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science
Sherry Emery
Sherry Emery University of Chicago
Christian Grov
Christian Grov City University of New York
Navjot Bhullar
Navjot Bhullar University of New England
Donald W. Hine
Donald W. Hine University of New England
Saifur Rahman
Saifur Rahman Virginia Tech

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