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Kathleen M. Heide publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen M. Heide sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Kathleen M. Heide D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen M. Heide sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kathleen M. Heide is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with 16 and 14 publications respectively. Within these broader fields, their work focuses on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, and Safety Research.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child Welfare and Adoption

The scholarly output of Heide includes numerous papers published in venues such as Behavioral Sciences & the Law, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Homicide Studies, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and CrimRxiv. They have contributed to at least four publications in Behavioral Sciences & the Law and two publications in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Heide are:

  • Juvenile homicide offenders: Why they were involved in serious crime, 2021, Behavioral Sciences & the Law
  • Juvenile Homicide Offenders Look Back 35 Years Later: Reasons They Were Involved in Murder, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Juvenile Homicide in the United States: Sizing Up the Problem and Moving Forward, 2021, Homicide Studies

Other relevant papers connected to their field include:

  • An examination of the effects of mental disorders as mitigating factors on capital sentencing outcomes, 2020, Behavioral Sciences & the Law
  • Juveniles arrested for murder: A latent class analysis of male offenders, 2021, Behavioral Sciences & the Law

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Norair Khachatryan, John K. Cochran, James T. Hubbell, Lauren N. Miley, and Ellie Heiss-Moses.

Kathleen M. Heide was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People

    Kathleen M. Heide;Linda Merz-Perez

  • Childhood Cruelty to Animals and Subsequent Violence against Humans

    Linda Merz-Perez;Kathleen M. Heide;Ira J. Silverman

  • The Biology of Trauma Implications for Treatment

    Eldra P. Solomon;Kathleen M. Heide

  • Sexual homicide: a synthesis of the literature.

    Heng-Choon Oliver Chan;Kathleen M Heide

  • Psychopathic features in a juvenile diversion population: reliability and predictive validity of two self‐report measures

    Diana M. Falkenbach;Norman G. Poythress;Kathleen M. Heide

  • Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Biology, childhood trauma, and murder: rethinking justice.

    Kathleen M. Heide;Eldra P. Solomon

  • Attribution styles and attitudes toward capital punishment for juveniles, the mentally incompetent, and the mentally retarded

    John K. Cochran;Denise Paquette Boots;Kathleen M. Heide

  • Type III Trauma: Toward a More Effective Conceptualization of Psychological Trauma

    Eldra P. Solomon;Kathleen M. Heide

  • Youth Homicide: A Review of the Literature and a Blueprint for Action

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Gender Differences in Serial Murderers A Preliminary Analysis

    Belea T. Keeney;Kathleen M. Heide

  • What Propels Sexual Murderers: A Proposed Integrated Theory of Social Learning and Routine Activities Theories

    Heng Choon Oliver Chan;Kathleen M Heide;Eric Beauregard

  • Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Serial Murder: A More Accurate and Inclusive Definition

    Kathleen M. Heide;Belea Keeney

  • Parricide An Empirical Analysis of 24 Years of U.S. Data

    Kathleen M. Heide;Thomas A. Petee

  • Parents Who Get Killed and the Children Who Kill Them

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Weapons used by juveniles and adults to kill parents

    Kathleen M. Heide

  • Weapons used by juveniles and adult offenders in sexual homicides: An empirical analysis of 29 years of US data

    Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan;Kathleen M. Heide

  • Parricides in the Media A Content Analysis of Available Reports Across Cultures

    Denise Paquette Boots;Kathleen M. Heide

Frequent Co-Authors

Heng Choon Oliver Chan
Heng Choon Oliver Chan University of Birmingham
John K. Cochran
John K. Cochran University of South Florida
Eric Beauregard
Eric Beauregard Simon Fraser University
Norman G. Poythress
Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida
Richard H. W. Bradshaw
Richard H. W. Bradshaw University of Liverpool

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