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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Rita J. Simon was affiliated with American University in the United States during their academic career. Their body of work spanned multiple fields of study, including Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Strategy and Management, and Oceanography.

The research conducted by Rita J. Simon covered a diverse set of main topics, incorporating Criminal Law and Policy, Medical and Health Sciences Research, Diverse Legal and Medical Studies, as well as Marine and Environmental Studies.

Throughout their career, Simon published in several academic venues. These included Debreceni Jogi Műhely, Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union, and Ókor Folyóirat az antik kultúrákról. Each of these venues hosted at least one of their research papers.

Three recent papers illustrate the range of topics addressed by Simon:

  • "tisztességtelen kereskedelmi gyakorlatok szabályozása és gyakorlata Csehországban," 2021, Debreceni Jogi Műhely
  • "Erschwerte Einlegung von Rechtsbehelfen als Kehrseite vereinfachter Zwangsvollstreckung," 2020, Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union
  • "Korai hajópetroglifák a nyugati-sivatagi oázisok térségében," 2025, Ókor Folyóirat az antik kultúrákról

Simon did not appear to have frequent co-authors listed in the available data. The documented recognition includes being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1966.

Best Publications

  • Women and crime

    Rita James Simon

  • The jury and the defense of insanity

    Rita James Simon

  • Sisters in Crime

    Rita James Simon;Freda Adler

  • Quantifying Burdens of Proof: A View from the Bench, the Jury, and the Classroom

    Rita James Simon;Linda Mahan

  • A Comparative Assessment of Public Opinion toward Immigrants and Immigration Policies

    Rita J. Simon;James P. Lynch

  • The crimes women commit, the punishments they receive

    Rita James Simon;Jean Landis

  • The Manuscript Review and Decision-Making Process

    Von Bakanic;Clark McPhail;Rita J. Simon

  • The Ambivalent Welcome: Print Media, Public Opinion and Immigration

    J. C. Harles;Rita J. Simon;Susan Alexander

  • The Woman Ph.d.: A Recent Profile

    Rita James Simon;Shirley Merritt Clark;Kathleen Galway

  • International migration: the female experience.

    Rita James Simon;Caroline Brettell

  • Intercountry Adoption: A Multinational Perspective

    Peter Uhlenberg;Howard Altstein;Rita J. Simon

  • The case for transracial adoption

    Rita J. Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Transracial Adoptees and Their Families: A Study of Identity and Commitment

    Penelope L. Maza;Rita J. Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Public Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policies across Seven Nations

    Rita J. Simon;Keri W. Sikich

  • Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in the United States

    Stephanie Hepburn;Rita J. Simon

  • Adoption, Race, and Identity: From Infancy through Adolescence.

    Elaine Bell Kaplan;Rita J. Simon;Howard Alstein

  • The Case for Transracial Adoption.

    Peter Uhlenberg;Rita J. Simon;Howard Alstein;Marygold S. Melli

  • Adoption across Borders: Serving the Children in Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions

    Sara K. Dorow;Rita J. Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Women and crime the world over

    Nina W. Chernoff;Rita J. Simon

  • Public opinion and the immigrant : print media coverage, 1880-1980

    Dorothy L. Nortman;Rita J. Simon

  • The Criminology of deviant women

    Charles R. Tittle;Freda Adler;Rita James Simon

  • Transracial Placement in Adoptions with Public Agency Involvement

    Mary Eschelbach Hansen;Rita J. Simon

  • Coming of Age: The World Over

    Howard Altstein;Rita J. Simon;Rita J. Simon

  • Adoption, race, and identity

    Rita James Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Intercountry adoptions: Experiences of families in the United States.

    Rita J. Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Transracial adoptions: Experiences of a twenty-year study

    Rita J. Simon

  • Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal.@@@Women and Crime.

    Lois B. Defleur;Freda Adler;Rita James Simon

  • Teachers, Preachers, and Feminists in America: Women Rabbis

    Rita J. Simon;Pamela Nadell

  • Immigrants in Turmoil (review)

    Rita James Simon

  • Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves: Exploring Women's Roles

    Rita James Simon

  • Mixed Families: Adopting Across Racial Boundaries.@@@Transracial Adoption.

    William Feigelman;Arnold J. Silverman;Joyce A. Ladner;Rita J. Simon

  • The Relevance of Race in Adoption Law and Social Practice

    Rita J. Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Refugee Communities: A Comparative Field Study (review)

    Rita J. Simon

  • The Case for Maintaining and Encouraging the Use of Voluntary Affirmative Action in Private Sector Employment

    Rita Simon;Howard Altstein

  • Ordinary Families: A Collective Portrait

    Rita J. Simon;Howard Altstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Uhlenberg
Peter Uhlenberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Merrill Singer
Merrill Singer University of Connecticut
Thomas J. Scheff
Thomas J. Scheff University of California, Santa Barbara
Charles R. Tittle
Charles R. Tittle North Carolina State University
David L. Altheide
David L. Altheide Arizona State University

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