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D-Index
55
Citations
17237
World Ranking
38
National Ranking
33

Michael Tonry 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 Michael Tonry sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 295 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Tonry 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 Michael Tonry sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

Michael Tonry is a researcher affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their scholarly work concentrates primarily in the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, and Law. The scope of their research encompasses areas such as Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Torture, Ethics, and Law, Race, History, and American Society, as well as Homelessness and Social Issues.

Their publication record includes numerous articles published in the venue Crime and Justice, where they have contributed extensively. Other frequent venues for their work include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Federal Sentencing Reporter, Annual Review of Criminology, and Policing & Society.

Recent works authored by Michael Tonry include:

  • Why Mass Incarceration Is Uniquely American, 2024, Crime and Justice
  • Why Americans Are a People of Exceptional Violence, 2023, Crime and Justice
  • Punishments, Politics, and Prisons in Western Countries, 2022, Crime and Justice
  • Doing Justice in Sentencing, 2021, Crime and Justice
  • Organized Crime: Less Than Meets the Eye, 2020, Crime and Justice

Michael Tonry has collaborated with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Peter Reuter
  • Tracey L. Meares
  • Robert J. Sampson
  • David E. Garland
  • Candace Kruttschnitt

Their research topics reflect an emphasis on the analysis of criminal justice systems and corrections, the ethical and legal dimensions of torture, the intersections of race and history within American society, social issues linked to homelessness, and patterns of crime and governance. Additionally, Michael Tonry has explored European criminal justice alongside data protection issues.

Best Publications

  • Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America

    Michael H. Tonry

  • Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research

    Michael H. Tonry;Norval Morris

  • Between Prison and Probation: Intermediate Punishments in a Rational Sentencing System

    Norval Morris;Michael H. Tonry

  • Penal Populism and Public Opinion: Lessons from Five Countries

    J.V. Roberts;L.J. Stalans;M. Hough;David Indermaur

  • Thinking about Crime: Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture

    Michael H. Tonry

  • Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration

    Michael Tonry

  • Punishing Race: A Continuing American Dilemma

    Michael H. Tonry

  • Malign Neglect Race, Crime, And Punishment In America

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  • Punishment and Politics

    Michael H. Tonry

  • Determinants of Penal Policies

    Michael Tonry

  • Building a safer society : strategic approaches to crime prevention

    David P. Farrington;Michael H. Tonry

  • Communities and Crime

    Geoffrey Pearson;Albert J. Reiss;Michael Tonry

  • Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform

    Donald J. Harris;Alfred Blumstein;Jacqueline Cohen;Susan Martin

  • Gender, Race, and Sentencing

    Kathleen Daly;Michael Tonry

  • Between Prison and Probation

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  • The Malign Effects of Drug and Crime Control Policies on Black Americans

    Michael Tonry;Matthew Melewski

  • Thinking about Crime

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  • Strategic Approaches to Crime Prevention

    Michael Tonry;David P. Farrington

  • The Handbook of Crime and Punishment

    Ronald Weitzer;Michael Tonry

  • Ethnicity, crime, and immigration : comparative and cross-national perspectives

    Michael H. Tonry

  • The sentencing commission and its guidelines

    Andrew Von Hirsch;Michael H. Tonry;Kay A. Knapp

  • Human Development and Criminal Behavior: New Ways of Advancing Knowledge

    Michael Tonry;Lloyd E. Ohlin;David P. Farrington

  • Why Are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High

    Michael Tonry

  • Explanations of American punishment policies: A national history

    Michael Tonry

  • Crime and Public Policy

    Michael Tonry

  • The Oxford handbook of ethnicity, crime, and immigration

    Sandra M. Bucerius;Michael H. Tonry

  • Communities and crime

    Albert J. Reiss;Michael H. Tonry

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Alfred Blumstein
Alfred Blumstein Carnegie Mellon University
Anthony Bottoms
Anthony Bottoms University of Cambridge
Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring University of California, Berkeley
Andrew von Hirsch
Andrew von Hirsch University of Cambridge
Joan Petersilia
Joan Petersilia Stanford University
Daniel S. Nagin
Daniel S. Nagin Carnegie Mellon University
Anthony N. Doob
Anthony N. Doob University of Toronto
Kathleen Daly
Kathleen Daly Griffith University
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

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