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Richard Dembo publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 242 publications — 79th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Richard Dembo D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard Dembo is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio focusing primarily on psychology, social sciences, and health professions. Their work often intersects clinical psychology, general health professions, and sociology and political science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding social and health-related issues.

Their recent publications highlight research around justice-involved youth, substance use treatment, and service delivery interventions. Notable papers include:

  • The Missing Link(age): Multilevel Contributors to Service Uptake Failure Among Youths on Community Justice Supervision, 2021, Psychiatric Services
  • Using structured implementation interventions to improve referral to substance use treatment among justice-involved youth: Findings from a multisite cluster randomized trial, 2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth: Findings From JJ-TRIALS, 2020, Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • Remote delivery of a therapeutic intervention to court-mandated youths of Haitian descent during COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Community Psychology
  • Impact of implementation interventions to improve substance use service delivery on recidivism among justice-involved youth, 2023, Health & Justice

Their frequent coauthors include Jennifer Wareham, Angela A. Robertson, James Schmeidler, and Jessica Wolff.

Richard Dembo's work has been published repeatedly in specific venues, which include:

  • Deviant Behavior
  • Health & Justice
  • Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Victims & Offenders

Their research predominantly covers topics such as:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Community Health and Development
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Their focus on clinical psychology and justice-involved youth engages with important aspects of social service delivery and health outcomes, often addressing challenges in community supervision, treatment referrals, and recidivism prevention.

Best Publications

  • Construct Validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) and the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) With Justice-Involved Adolescents

    Norman G. Poythress;Richard Dembo;Jennifer Wareham;Paul E. Greenbaum

  • The role of family factors, physical abuse, and sexual victimization experiences in high-risk youths' alcohol and other drug use and delinquency: a longitudinal model.

    R. Dembo;L. Williams;W. Wothke;J. Schmeidler

  • Physical abuse, sexual victimization and illicit drug use: A structural analysis among high risk adolescents

    Richard Dembo;Max Dertke;Lawrence La Voie;Scott Borders

  • Physical abuse, sexual victimization, and illicit drug use: replication of a structural analysis among a new sample of high-risk youths.

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Lawrence La Voie;Estrellita Berry

  • A national survey of substance abuse treatment for juvenile offenders.

    Douglas W. Young;Richard Dembo;Craig E. Henderson

  • The Relationship Between Physical and Sexual Abuse and Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use Among Youths in a Juvenile Detention Center

    Richard Dembo;Max Dertke;Scott Borders;Mark Washburn

  • The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade: A new framework for measuring unmet substance use treatment services needs among adolescent offenders.

    Steven Belenko;Danica Knight;Gail A. Wasserman;Michael L. Dennis

  • Gender differences in mental health service needs among youths entering a juvenile detention center.

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;James Schmeidler

  • The relationship between physical and sexual abuse and illicit drug use: a replication among a new sample of youths entering a juvenile detention center.

    R. Dembo;L. Williams;Emma Berry;A. Getreu

  • A Longitudinal Study of the Relationships Among Alcohol Use, Marijuana/Hashish Use, Cocaine Use, and Emotional/Psychological Functioning Problems in a Cohort of High-Risk Youths

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Lawrence la Voie;Alan Getreu

  • Treating adolescent substance abuse problems in the juvenile drug court

    Steven Belenko;Richard Dembo

  • A Classification of High-Risk Youths

    Richard Dembo;James Schmeidler

  • Truancy Intervention Programs: Challenges and Innovations to Implementation

    Richard Dembo;Laura M. Gulledge

  • A Longitudinal Study of the Relationships among Marijuana/Hashish Use, Cocaine Use and Delinquency in a Cohort of High Risk Youths

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Alan Getreu;Lisa Genung

  • The Generality of Deviance: Replication of a Structural Model among High-Risk Youths

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Werner Wothke;James Schmeidler

  • Examination of the Relationships Among Drug Use, Emotional/Psychological Problems, and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;Eric D. Wish;Estrellita Berry

  • Testing a causal model of environmental influences on the early drug involvement of inner city junior high school youths.

    Richard Dembo;Dana Farrow;James Schmeidler;William Burgos

  • Predictors of Recidivism to a Juvenile Assessment Center: A Three Year Study.

    Richard Dembo;James Schmeidler;Banni Nini-Gough;Camille Chin Sue

  • A structural model examining the relationship between physical child abuse, sexual victimization, and marijuana/hashish use in delinquent youth: A longitudinal study.

    Richard Dembo;Linda Williams;James Schmeidler;Estrellita Berry

  • Drug use and sexually transmitted diseases among female and male arrested youths

    Richard Dembo;Steven Belenko;Kristina Childs;Jennifer Wareham

Frequent Co-Authors

James Schmeidler
James Schmeidler Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Steven Belenko
Steven Belenko Temple University
Ken C. Winters
Ken C. Winters Oregon Research Institute
Norman G. Poythress
Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida
Eric D. Wish
Eric D. Wish University of Maryland, College Park
Ralph J. DiClemente
Ralph J. DiClemente New York University
Paul E. Greenbaum
Paul E. Greenbaum University of South Florida
Linda M. Williams
Linda M. Williams Wellesley College
John K. Cochran
John K. Cochran University of South Florida
Linda K. Frisman
Linda K. Frisman University of Connecticut

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