2026 John Wooldredge: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	47	72	64	57	50	132	7081

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

John Wooldredge is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States and specializes in social sciences with a strong focus on criminal justice and corrections analysis.

Their research covers a variety of topics within criminology and social sciences, including:

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Crime Patterns and Interventions
Homelessness and Social Issues
Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Child Abuse and Trauma
Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

Wooldredge's main fields of study are social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology and political science. Other related subfields include clinical psychology, general health professions, statistics and probability, and demography.

Among the prominent publication venues where Wooldredge's work frequently appears are the Journal of Criminal Justice, Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Crime & Delinquency, and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Some of Wooldredge's recent papers include:

Prison Culture, Management, and In-Prison Violence, 2020, Annual Review of Criminology
The cycle of reentry and reincarceration: Examining the influence on employment over a period of 18 years, 2021, Journal of Criminal Justice
Structural Equation Modeling, 2023, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Disparities in Segregation for Prison Control: Comparing Long Term Solitary Confinement to Short Term Disciplinary Restrictive Housing, 2023, Justice Quarterly
Restrictive housing for prison rule violators: Specific deterrence or defiance?, 2023, Journal of Experimental Criminology

Frequent collaborators in Wooldredge's research include:

Joshua C. Cochran
Ian A. Silver
Claudia N. Anderson
Joshua Long
Christopher D'Amato

Best Publications

Linking the micro- and macro-level dimensions of lifestyle-routine activity and opportunity models of predatory victimization

Robert J. Sampson;John D. Wooldredge

557
Citations
Considering hierarchical models for research on inmate behavior: Predicting misconduct with multilevel data

John Wooldredge;Timothy Griffin;Travis Pratt

359
Citations
Marriage choices in North Carolina and Virginia 1969-71 and 1979-81.

Robert Schoen;John Wooldredge

317
Citations
The correlation between race and domestic violence is confounded with community context

Michael L. Benson;John Wooldredge;Amy B. Thistlethwaite;Greer Litton Fox

273
Citations
INMATE VERSUS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON PRISON RULE VIOLATIONS

Benjamin Steiner;John Wooldredge

266
Citations
Inmate Lifestyles and Opportunities for Victimization

John D. Wooldredge

235
Citations
Inmate crime and victimization in a southwestern correctional facility

John D. Wooldredge

202
Citations
Is the Impact of Cumulative Disadvantage on Sentencing Greater for Black Defendants

John Wooldredge;James Frank;Natalie Goulette;Lawrence Travis

182
Citations
Inmate Experiences and Psychological Well-Being

John D. Wooldredge

179
Citations
SEX‐BASED DISPARITIES IN FELONY DISPOSITIONS BEFORE VERSUS AFTER SENTENCING REFORM IN OHIO*

Timothy Griffin;John Wooldredge

154
Citations
Individual and Environmental Effects on Assaults and Nonviolent Rule Breaking by Women in Prison

Benjamin Steiner;John Wooldredge

138
Citations
The relevance of inmate race/ethnicity versus population composition for understanding prison rule violations

Benjamin Steiner;John Wooldredge

124
Citations
BILEVEL DISPARITIES IN COURT DISPOSITIONS FOR INTIMATE ASSAULT

John Wooldredge;Amy Thistlethwaite

123
Citations
CORRELATES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AMONG INMATES OF U.S. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

John D. Wooldredge

118
Citations
EXAMINING THE (IR)RELEVANCE OF AGGREGATION BIAS FOR MULTILEVEL STUDIES OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND CRIME WITH AN EXAMPLE COMPARING CENSUS TRACTS TO OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN CINCINNATI

John Wooldredge

117
Citations
Reconsidering Domestic Violence Recidivism: Conditioned Effects of Legal Controls by Individual and Aggregate Levels of Stake in Conformity

John Wooldredge;Amy Thistlethwaite

110
Citations
Implications of Different Outcome Measures for an Understanding of Inmate Misconduct

Benjamin Steiner;John Wooldredge

110
Citations
Individual and Environmental Sources of Work Stress Among Prison Officers

Benjamin M. Steiner;John Wooldredge

107
Citations
Distinguishing Race Effects on Pre-Trial Release and Sentencing Decisions

John Wooldredge

100
Citations
Comparing Self-Report to Official Measures of Inmate Misconduct

Benjamin Steiner;John Wooldredge

98
Citations
Ethnic and educational effects on marriage choice.

Schoen R;Wooldredge J;Thomas B

98
Citations
The Oxford handbook of prisons and imprisonment

John Wooldredge;Paula Smith

97
Citations
Prison Culture, Management, and In-Prison Violence

John Wooldredge

76
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy G. Griffin University of Cambridge

Francis T. Cullen University of Cincinnati

James Frank University of Cincinnati

Edward J. Latessa University of Cincinnati

Pamela Wilcox Pennsylvania State University

Christopher T. Lowenkamp University of Missouri–Kansas City

Robert Schoen Pennsylvania State University

Joshua C. Cochran University of Cincinnati

John Paul Wright University of Cincinnati

Michael L. Benson University of Cincinnati

External Links

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