2026 Kathleen M. Heide: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	40	8329	7781	4441	4045	113	5327

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

301
Citations
Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People

Kathleen M. Heide;Linda Merz-Perez

263
Citations
Childhood Cruelty to Animals and Subsequent Violence against Humans

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

238
Citations
The Biology of Trauma Implications for Treatment

Eldra P. Solomon;Kathleen M. Heide

228
Citations
Sexual homicide: a synthesis of the literature.

Heng-Choon Oliver Chan;Kathleen M Heide

217
Citations
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

214
Citations
Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide

Kathleen M. Heide

196
Citations
Biology, childhood trauma, and murder: rethinking justice.

Kathleen M. Heide;Eldra P. Solomon

185
Citations
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

162
Citations
Type III Trauma: Toward a More Effective Conceptualization of Psychological Trauma

Eldra P. Solomon;Kathleen M. Heide

154
Citations
Youth Homicide: A Review of the Literature and a Blueprint for Action

Kathleen M. Heide

133
Citations
Gender Differences in Serial Murderers A Preliminary Analysis

Belea T. Keeney;Kathleen M. Heide

130
Citations
What Propels Sexual Murderers: A Proposed Integrated Theory of Social Learning and Routine Activities Theories

Heng Choon Oliver Chan;Kathleen M Heide;Eric Beauregard

128
Citations
Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon

Kathleen M. Heide

116
Citations
Serial Murder: A More Accurate and Inclusive Definition

Kathleen M. Heide;Belea Keeney

102
Citations
Parricide An Empirical Analysis of 24 Years of U.S. Data

Kathleen M. Heide;Thomas A. Petee

101
Citations
Parents Who Get Killed and the Children Who Kill Them

Kathleen M. Heide

97
Citations
Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents

Kathleen M. Heide

96
Citations
Weapons used by juveniles and adults to kill parents

Kathleen M. Heide

95
Citations
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

94
Citations
Parricides in the Media A Content Analysis of Available Reports Across Cultures

Denise Paquette Boots;Kathleen M. Heide

93
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John K. Cochran University of South Florida

Eric Beauregard Simon Fraser University

Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida

External Links

Personal website of Kathleen M. Heide

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