2026 Kerry Carrington: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	30	274	247	7	7	178	3708

Kerry Carrington publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kerry Carrington sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 178 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Kerry Carrington D-index placement in Law in 2026

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

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kerry Carrington is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with significant contributions in health, sociology and political science, gender studies, and political science and international relations subfields.

Their work covers various topics, including:

Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Sex work and related issues
Policing Practices and Perceptions
Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Gender, Security, and Conflict
Homelessness and Social Issues
Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering

Kerry Carrington has authored papers published in several journals. Notable recent publications include:

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Australian domestic and family violence services and their clients, 2021, Australian Journal of Social Issues
How Women's Police Stations Empower Women, Widen Access to Justice and Prevent Gender Violence, 2020, International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy
Women-led police stations: reimagining the policing of gender violence in the twenty-first century, 2021, Policing & Society

Frequent co-authors include:

Vanessa Ryan
Máximo Sozzo
María Victoria Puyol
Christine Morley
Shane Warren

The venues where Kerry Carrington regularly publishes are:

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy
Police Practice and Research
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Policing & Society
The British Journal of Social Work

In addition to journal articles, Carrington has contributed to book publications under the "Crime and justice briefing papers" series. Titles within this include:

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic and Family Violence Services and Clients, Australia (2021)
Evaluation of a specialist domestic violence worker embedded in a police station (2022)
How Women's Police Stations Prevent Gender Violence (2020)
What Australia can learn from women's police stations to prevent gender violence (2020)
Como las Comisarias de la Mujer previenen la violencia de género (2020)
Qué puede aprender Australia de las Comisarías de la Mujer para Prevenir la Violencia de Género (2020)
What Australia can learn from women's police stations to prevent gender violence (2020)

The thematic concentration of Kerry Carrington's work is on violence prevention, policing reforms with a gender perspective, and the social impacts of public health crises such as COVID-19 on vulnerable populations. Their research intersects policy, policing practices, and victim support systems.

Best Publications

Southern Criminology

Unknown

282
Citations
Offending Girls: Sex, Youth and Justice

Kerry Carrington

225
Citations
Globalization, Frontier Masculinities and Violence Booze, Blokes and Brawls

Kerry Carrington;Alison McIntosh;John Scott

200
Citations
The resource boom's underbelly: Criminological impacts of mining development

Kerry Carrington;Russell Hogg;Alison McIntosh

178
Citations
Masculinity, Rurality And Violence

Kerry Carrington;John Scott

153
Citations
The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South

Kerry Carrington;Russell Hogg;John Scott;Máximo Sozzo

150
Citations
How far have we come? Gender disparities in the Australian higher education system

Kerry Carrington;Angela Pratt;Parliamentary Library

136
Citations
Preventing sexual violence

Moira Carmody;Kerry Carrington

120
Citations
Feminism and Global Justice

Kerry Carrington

110
Citations
Policing the rural crisis

Russell Hogg;Kerry Carrington

106
Citations
Critical criminology : issues, debates, challenges

Kerry Carrington;Russell Hogg

105
Citations
Established‐Outsider Relations and Fear of Crime in Mining Towns

John Scott;Kerry Carrington;Alison McIntosh

99
Citations
Criminologies of the Global South: Critical Reflections

Kerry Carrington;Bill Dixon;David Santos Fonseca;David Rodriguez Goyes

89
Citations
Offending Youth: Sex, Crime and Justice

Kerry Carrington;Margaret Pereira

87
Citations
Crime, Rurality and Community:

Russell Hoggt;Kerry Carrington

82
Citations
Intersectionality, Rural Criminology, and Re-imaging the Boundaries of Critical Criminology

Kerry Carrington;Joseph F. Donnermeyer;Joseph F. Donnermeyer;Walter S. DeKeseredy;Walter S. DeKeseredy

78
Citations
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Australian domestic and family violence services and their clients

Kerry Carrington;Christine Morley;Shane Warren;Vanessa Ryan

70
Citations
Trafficking and the sex industry: from impunity to protection

Kerry Carrington;Parliamentary Library

68
Citations
Criminology, Southern Theory and Cognitive Justice

Kerry Carrington;Russell Hogg;John Scott;Máximo Sozzo

67
Citations
Does Feminism Spoil Girls? Explanations for Official Rises in Female Delinquency

Kerry Carrington

63
Citations
Southern theory : the global dynamics of knowledge in the social sciences

Kerry Carrington

39
Citations
Deconstructing Criminology’s Origin Stories

Kerry Carrington;Russell Hogg

39
Citations
Borders, mobility and technologies of control

Kerry Carrington

14
Citations
Feminist Research in Crimino-Legal Studies: Reflections on 'Absolute Rubbish'

Kerry Carrington

2
Citations
Introduction to 'The Social Costs and Benefits of Migration into Australia'

Kerry Carrington;Alison Frances McIntosh;Jim Dennis Walmsley

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell Hogg Queensland University of Technology

John Scott Queensland University of Technology

Walter S. DeKeseredy West Virginia University

Kelly Hannah-Moffat University of Toronto

External Links

Personal website of Kerry Carrington

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