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Joshua C. Cochran publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joshua C. Cochran sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 86 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Joshua C. Cochran D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joshua C. Cochran sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 32 D-Index — 8th percentile

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

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Overview

Joshua C. Cochran is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, and Health.

Their scholarly work concentrates on topics including Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Homelessness and Social Issues, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies, and Child Abuse and Trauma.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joshua C. Cochran include:

  • A Uniquely Punitive Turn? Sex Offenders and the Persistence of Punitive Sanctioning (2020, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency)

Although not the author of them all, other recent publications relevant in this area include works published in venues such as Crime & Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joshua C. Cochran are:

  • Claudia N. Anderson
  • John Wooldredge
  • Daniel P. Mears
  • Joshua Long
  • Andrea N. Montes

Joshua C. Cochran's publications often appear in the following journals:

  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Justice Quarterly
  • Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • Punishment & Society
  • Sage Journals Data

Additionally, they have contributed to book publications, including a title published by Naif University Press eBooks in 2024 called أساسيات البحث في علم الجريمة: والعدالة الجنائية.

Best Publications

  • Prison Visitation and Recidivism

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran;Sonja E. Siennick;William D. Bales

  • The ties that bind or the ties that break: Examining the relationship between visitation and prisoner misconduct

    Joshua C. Cochran

  • Breaches in the Wall: Imprisonment, Social Support, and Recidivism

    Joshua C. Cochran

  • Social Isolation and Inmate Behavior: A Conceptual Framework for Theorizing Prison Visitation and Guiding and Assessing Research

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears

  • Prisoner Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran

  • Does Inmate Behavior Affect Post-Release Offending? Investigating the Misconduct-Recidivism Relationship among Youth and Adults

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears;William D. Bales;Eric A. Stewart

  • Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Perceptions of the Police The Salience of Officer Race Within the Context of Racial Profiling

    Joshua C. Cochran;Patricia Y. Warren

  • Race, Ethnic, and Gender Divides in Juvenile Court Sanctioning and Rehabilitative Intervention:

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears

  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Correctional Sanctions

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears;William D. Bales

  • Incarceration Heterogeneity and Its Implications for Assessing the Effectiveness of Imprisonment on Recidivism

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran;Francis T. Cullen

  • Spatial Distance, Community Disadvantage, and Racial and Ethnic Variation in Prison Inmate Access to Social Ties

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears;William D. Bales;Eric A. Stewart

  • Who Gets Visited in Prison? Individual- and Community-Level Disparities in Inmate Visitation Experiences

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears;William D. Bales

  • Solitary Confinement as Punishment: Examining In-Prison Sanctioning Disparities

    Joshua C. Cochran;Elisa L. Toman;Daniel P. Mears;William D. Bales

  • Offending and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice A Conceptual Framework for Guiding Theory and Research and Informing Policy

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran;Andrea M. Lindsey

  • Examining Prison Effects on Recidivism: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    Ojmarrh Mitchell;Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears;William D. Bales

  • Gender differences in the effects of prison on recidivism

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran;William D. Bales

  • Evidence on the Effectiveness of Juvenile Court Sanctions

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran;Sarah J. Greenman;Avinash S. Bhati

  • The Path of Least Desistance: Inmate Compliance and Recidivism

    Joshua C. Cochran;Daniel P. Mears

  • THE “TRUE” JUVENILE OFFENDER: AGE EFFECTS AND JUVENILE COURT SANCTIONING

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran;Brian J. Stults;Sarah J. Greenman

  • What is the effect of IQ on offending

    Daniel P. Mears;Joshua C. Cochran

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel P. Mears
Daniel P. Mears Florida State University
William D. Bales
William D. Bales Florida State University
John Wooldredge
John Wooldredge University of Cincinnati
Eric A. Stewart
Eric A. Stewart Florida State University
Francis T. Cullen
Francis T. Cullen University of Cincinnati
John K. Cochran
John K. Cochran University of South Florida
Eric P. Baumer
Eric P. Baumer Pennsylvania State University
Michael J. Lynch
Michael J. Lynch University of South Florida
Kevin M. Beaver
Kevin M. Beaver Florida State University
J. C. Barnes
J. C. Barnes University of Cincinnati

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