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Paul Nieuwbeerta

Paul Nieuwbeerta

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
58
Citations
11289
World Ranking
1673
National Ranking
65

Paul Nieuwbeerta 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 Paul Nieuwbeerta sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 295 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Nieuwbeerta 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 Paul Nieuwbeerta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Nieuwbeerta is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their academic work is concentrated primarily within the social sciences, with a notable focus on sociology and political science, clinical psychology, general health professions, political science and international relations, and law.

The main research themes involved in Nieuwbeerta's work include criminal justice and corrections analysis, crime patterns and interventions, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending, homelessness and social issues, policing practices and perceptions, migration, health and trauma, and child abuse and trauma.

Nieuwbeerta has contributed to frequent collaborations with several researchers, including:

  • Anja Dirkzwager
  • Hanneke Palmen
  • Matthias van Hall
  • P.H. van der Laan
  • Esther van Ginneken

They have published extensively in several academic venues known for their focus on criminal justice and related fields. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Crime & Delinquency
  • PROCES
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nieuwbeerta include:

  • Global Crime Patterns: An Analysis of Survey Data from 166 Countries Around the World, 2006-2019 (2021), Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • A New Instrument to Measure Prison Climate: The Psychometric Quality of the Prison Climate Questionnaire (2020), The Prison Journal
  • Climate consensus: A multilevel study testing assumptions about prison climate (2020), Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Mental and physical health problems before and after detention: A matched cohort study (2021), The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • The Effect of Sanction Severity and Its Interaction With Procedural Justice (2021), Criminal Justice and Behavior

Best Publications

  • THE EFFECTS OF LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES ON LONGITUDINAL TRAJECTORIES OF OFFENDING

    Arjan A.J. Blokland;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Criminal Victimisation in Seventeen Industrialised Countries. Key findings from the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey

    John van Kesteren;Pat Mayhew;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • How Do Residential Burglars Select Target Areas? A New Approach to the Analysis of Criminal Location Choice

    Wim Bernasco;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Neighbourhood Characteristics and Reporting Crime Effects of Social Cohesion, Confidence in Police Effectiveness and Socio-Economic Disadvantage

    Heike Goudriaan;Karin Wittebrood;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Marriage and Desistance from Crime in the Netherlands: Do Gender and Socio-Historical Context Matter?

    Bianca E. Bersani;John H. Laub;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • LIFE SPAN OFFENDING TRAJECTORIES OF A DUTCH CONVICTION COHORT

    Arjan A.J. Blokland;Daniel Nagin;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Cleavage-based voting behavior in cross-national perspective: evidence from six postwar democracies

    Clem Brooks;Paul Nieuwbeerta;Jeff Manza

  • Criminal Victimization During One's Life Course: The Effects of Previous Victimization and Patterns of Routine Activities:

    Karin Wittebrood;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • The democratic class struggle in twenty countries 1945-1990

    Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Class Mobility and Political Preferences: Individual and Contextual Effects.

    de Nan Dirk Graaf;Paul Nieuwbeerta;Anthony Heath

  • Reporting to the police in western nations: A theoretical analysis of the effects of social context.

    Heike Goudriaan;James P. Lynch;Paul Nieuwbeerta

  • Traditional class voting in twenty postwar societies

    Paul Nieuwbeerta;Nan Dirk de Graaf

  • Procedural Justice, Anger, and Prisoners’ Misconduct A Longitudinal Study

    Karin A. Beijersbergen;Anja J. E. Dirkzwager;Veroni I. Eichelsheim;Peter H. Van der Laan

  • The Impact of Imprisonment on Marriage and Divorce: A Risk Set Matching Approach

    R. Apel;A.A.J. Blokland;P. Nieuwbeerta;M. van Schellen

  • THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS: DO AGE AND CRIMINAL HISTORY AFFECT TIME TO REDEMPTION?*

    Shawn D. Bushway;Paul Nieuwbeerta;Arjan Blokland

  • Like Father, Like Son The Relationships between Conviction Trajectories of Fathers and their Sons and Daughters

    Marieke van der Rakt;Paul Nieuwbeerta;Nan Dirk de Graaf

  • Class voting in western industrialized countries, 1945—1990: Systematizing and testing explanations

    Paul Nieuwbeerta;Wout Ultee

  • Assessing the Impact of First-Time Imprisonment on Offenders’ Subsequent Criminal Career Development: A Matched Samples Comparison

    Paul Nieuwbeerta;Daniel S. Nagin;Arjan A. J. Blokland

  • Comparing the effects of community service and short-term imprisonment on recidivism: a matched samples approach

    Hilde Wermink;Arjan Blokland;Paul Nieuwbeerta;Daniel Nagin

  • Long-Term Patterns of Offending in Women

    Carolyn Rebecca Block;Arjan A. J. Blokland;Cornelia van der Werff;Rianne van Os

Frequent Co-Authors

Arjan Blokland
Arjan Blokland Maastricht University
Robert Apel
Robert Apel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Daniel S. Nagin
Daniel S. Nagin Carnegie Mellon University
Anne-Rigt Poortman
Anne-Rigt Poortman Utrecht University
Alex R. Piquero
Alex R. Piquero University of Miami
Wim Bernasco
Wim Bernasco Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement
Jeff Manza
Jeff Manza New York University
Brian D. Johnson
Brian D. Johnson University of Maryland, College Park
Beate Völker
Beate Völker Utrecht University
Shawn D. Bushway
Shawn D. Bushway University at Albany, State University of New York

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