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D-Index
43
Citations
6500
World Ranking
4487
National Ranking
2130

Leslie W. Kennedy 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 Leslie W. Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 135 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leslie W. Kennedy 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 Leslie W. Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Leslie W. Kennedy is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the social sciences, with a notable focus on sociology and political science. Other areas of study include epidemiology, general health professions, transportation, and health.

The scientist's research work concentrates extensively on crime patterns and interventions, data-driven disease surveillance, homelessness and social issues, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, criminal justice and corrections analysis, and gun ownership and violence research.

Leslie W. Kennedy has contributed to several scholarly publications, with recent papers including:

  • Risk of robbery in a tourist destination: a monthly examination of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2020, Journal of Place Management and Development
  • Data-Informed and Place-Based Violent Crime Prevention: The Kansas City, Missouri Risk-Based Policing Initiative, 2021, Police Quarterly
  • Tracking Risk for Crime Throughout the Day: An Examination of Jersey City Robberies, 2020, Criminal Justice Review
  • Geo-spatial risk factor analysis for drug overdose death in South Florida from 2014 to 2019, and the independent contribution of social determinants of health, 2023, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Data-informed crime prevention at convenience stores in Atlantic City, 2021, Police Practice and Research

Their research has been published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Homicide Studies
  • CrimRxiv
  • Journal of Place Management and Development
  • Police Quarterly
  • Criminal Justice Review

Leslie W. Kennedy collaborates often with the following coauthors:

  • Joel M. Caplan
  • Grant Drawve
  • Christine H. Neudecker
  • Eric L. Piza
  • Amanda L. Thomas

Best Publications

  • ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AND CRIME: AN ANALYSIS OF VICTIMIZATION IN CANADA *

    Leslie W. Kennedy;David R. Forde

  • Are counter-terrorism strategies effective? The results of the Campbell systematic review on counter-terrorism evaluation research

    Cynthia Lum;Leslie W. Kennedy;Alison Sherley

  • Risk Terrain Modeling: Brokering Criminological Theory and GIS Methods for Crime Forecasting

    Joel M. Caplan;Leslie W. Kennedy;Joel Miller

  • Risk Clusters, Hotspots, and Spatial Intelligence: Risk Terrain Modeling as an Algorithm for Police Resource Allocation Strategies

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Joel M. Caplan;Eric L. Piza

  • Leading Causes of Unintentional and Intentional Injury Mortality: United States, 2000–2009

    Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Michael D. Regier;Nestor D. Kapusta;Jeffrey H. Coben

  • Risky lifestyles, routine activities, and the General Theory of Crime

    David R. Forde;Leslie W. Kennedy

  • Routine Activities and a Subculture of Violence: A Study of Violence on the Street

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Stephen W. Baron

  • The incidence of wife assault in Alberta.

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Donald G. Dutton

  • Police-monitored CCTV cameras in Newark, NJ: A quasi-experimental test of crime deterrence

    Joel M. Caplan;Leslie W. Kennedy;Gohar Petrossian

  • Uncleared Homicides: A Canada/United States Comparison

    Wendy C. Regoeczi;Leslie W. Kennedy;Robert A. Silverman

  • Significant Others and Fear of Crime among the Elderly

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Robert A. Silverman

  • Male street youths' conflict: The role of background, subcultural, and situational factors

    Stephen W. Baron;Leslie W. Kennedy;David R. Forde

  • Vulnerability and Exposure to Crime: Applying Risk Terrain Modeling to the Study of Assault in Chicago

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Joel M. Caplan;Eric L. Piza;Henri Buccine-Schraeder

  • The Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorism Strategies

    Cynthia Lum;Leslie W. Kennedy;Alison J. Sherley

  • The effects of merging proactive CCTV monitoring with directed police patrol: a randomized controlled trial

    Eric L. Piza;Joel M. Caplan;Leslie W. Kennedy;Andrew M. Gilchrist

  • Risk Terrain Modeling

    Joel M. Caplan;Leslie W. Kennedy

  • Relational distance and homicide: The role of the stranger

    Robert A. Silverman;Leslie W. Kennedy

  • Risk Terrain Modeling: Crime Prediction and Risk Reduction

    Joel M. Caplan;Leslie W. Kennedy

  • Perception of Social Diversity and Fear of Crime

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Robert A. Silverman

  • Homicide in urban Canada: Testing the impact of economic inequality and social disorganization*

    Leslie W. Kennedy;Robert A. Silverman;David R. Forde

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric L. Piza
Eric L. Piza Northeastern University
David R. Forde
David R. Forde University of North Florida
Cynthia Lum
Cynthia Lum George Mason University
Edmund F. McGarrell
Edmund F. McGarrell Michigan State University
Donald G. Dutton
Donald G. Dutton University of British Columbia
Nestor D. Kapusta
Nestor D. Kapusta Medical University of Vienna
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute

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