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Meda Chesney-Lind 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 Meda Chesney-Lind sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Meda Chesney-Lind 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 Meda Chesney-Lind sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Meda Chesney-Lind is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on social sciences, with a strong emphasis on sociology and political science. The scholar's work spans a range of topics related to criminal justice, sex work, intimate partner violence, reproductive health, sexual assault, crime patterns, and wildlife conservation.

The main topics covered by Chesney-Lind include:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

  • Robert Merce
  • Syeda Tonima Hadi
  • Vera López
  • Marilyn Mcshane
  • Trey Williams

Chesney-Lind's recent papers include:

  • "Feminist criminology in an era of misogyny," 2020, published in Criminology
  • "Female "Deviance" and Pathways to Criminalization in Different Nations," 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • "Critical Criminological Methods," 2021, The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • "Book Review: Susan Dewey, Bonnie Zare, Catherine Connolly, Rhett Epler, and Rosemary Bratton, Outlaw Women: Prison, Rural Violence, and Poverty in the American West," 2020, Theory in Action
  • "Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women" by Nicole Perry, 2022, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

The scholar's work has appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Criminology
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Theory in Action
  • The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Best Publications

  • Feminism and criminology

    Kathleen Daly;Meda Chesney-Lind

  • The female offender girls, women, and crime

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Lisa Pasko

  • Girls, delinquency, and juvenile justice

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Randall G. Shelden

  • Invisible punishment : the collateral consequences of mass imprisonment

    Marc Mauer;Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Girls' Crime and Woman's Place: Toward a Feminist Model of Female Delinquency

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Patriarchy, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • “JUST EVERY MOTHER'S ANGEL”: An Analysis of Gender and Ethnic Variations in Youth Gang Membership

    Karen A. Joe;Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Katherine Irwin

  • Gender Bias and Juvenile Justice Revisited: A Multiyear Analysis

    John M. MacDonald;Meda Chesney-Lind

  • CRIMINALIZING VICTIMIZATION: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PRO-ARREST POLICIES FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • From invisible to incorrigible: The demonization of marginalized women and girls

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Michele Eliason

  • Judicial Paternalism and the Female Status Offender Training Women to Know Their Place

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Girls' Troubles, Girls' Delinquency, and Gender Responsive Programming: A Review

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Merry Morash;Tia Stevens

  • VISITORS AS VICTIMS Crimes Against Tourists in Hawaii

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Ian Y. Lind

  • Women Under Lock and Key: A View from the Inside:

    Meda Chesney-Lind;Noelie Rodriguez

  • "Women and Crime": The Female Offender

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Judicial Enforcement of the Female Sex Role: The Family Court and the Female Delinquent

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Global Risk Indicators and the Role of Gender in a Juvenile Detention Sample

    Stephen M. Gavazzi;Courtney M. Yarcheck;Meda Chesney-Lind

  • The female offender

    Meda Chesney-Lind

  • Girls in Jail

    Meda Chesney-Lind

Frequent Co-Authors

Merry Morash
Merry Morash Michigan State University
Kathleen Daly
Kathleen Daly Griffith University
Candace Kruttschnitt
Candace Kruttschnitt University of Toronto
John M. MacDonald
John M. MacDonald University of Pennsylvania
Darrell J. Steffensmeier
Darrell J. Steffensmeier Pennsylvania State University
Michele J. Eliason
Michele J. Eliason San Francisco State University
Barry C. Feld
Barry C. Feld University of Minnesota

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