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Robert A. Prentky 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 Robert A. Prentky sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 110 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert A. Prentky 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 Robert A. Prentky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert A. Prentky is affiliated with the Justice Resource Institute in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on topics within social sciences and psychology, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, health, gender studies, and general health professions.

The scientist's main areas of investigation cover intimate partner and family violence, sexual assault and victimization studies, child abuse and trauma, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending, bullying, victimization and aggression, as well as sexuality, behavior and technology, and sex work and related issues.

Frequent coauthors working alongside Robert A. Prentky include:

  • Raina V. Lamade
  • Mary P. Koss
  • Elise Lopez
  • Austin F. Lee
  • Ann Schuler

They have contributed multiple papers to various journals and academic venues. Some recent publications are:

  • Factors predictive of sexual violence: Testing the four pillars of the Confluence Model in a large diverse sample of college men, 2021, published in Aggressive Behavior
  • The Scope of Rape Victimization and Perpetration Among National Samples of College Students Across 30 years, 2021, in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Retrospective Study of Fire Setting Among Boys in a Child Welfare Sample, 2020, published in Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
  • Tracking dynamic intervention needs as a vehicle for mitigating risk among juveniles with sex offenses, 2022, in Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • Fire Setting Measure, 2020, documented in PsycTESTS Dataset

Their publications have appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Aggressive Behavior
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
  • Psychology Public Policy and Law

Robert A. Prentky was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Classifying Sexual Offenders

    Raymond A. Knight;Robert A. Prentky

  • Classifying sexual offenders: The development and corroboration of taxonomic models.

    Raymond A. Knight;Robert A. Prentky

  • Recidivism rates among child molesters and rapists: A methodological analysis.

    Robert A. Prentky;Austin F. S. Lee;Raymond A. Knight;David Cerce

  • Identifying critical dimensions for discriminating among rapists.

    Robert A. Prentky;Raymond A. Knight

  • Exploring characteristics for classifying juvenile sex offenders.

    Raymond A. Knight;Robert A. Prentky

  • The presumptive role of fantasy in serial sexual homicide.

    Robert Alan Prentky;Ann Wolbert Burgess;Frances Rokous;Austin Lee

  • An actuarial procedure for assessing risk with juvenile sex offenders.

    Robert Prentky;Bert Harris;Kate Frizzell;Sue Righthand

  • Risk factors associated with recidivism among extrafamilial child molesters

    Robert A. Prentky;Raymond A. Knight;Austin F. S. Lee

  • Childhood sexual abuse in the lives of sexually aggressive offenders.

    Theoharis K. Seghorn;Robert A. Prentky;Richard J. Boucher

  • Fluoxetine treatment of nonparaphilic sexual addictions and paraphilias in men

    M P Kafka;R Prentky

  • The development, reliability, and validity of an inventory for the Multidimensional Assessment of Sex and Aggression

    Raymond A. Knight;Robert A. Prentky;David D. Cerce

  • A System for the Classification of Child Molesters: Reliability and Application

    Raymond A. Knight;Daniel Lee Carter;Robert Alan Prentky

  • Preliminary observations of DSM-III—R Axis I comorbidity in men with paraphilias and paraphilia-related disorders.

    Martin P. Kafka;Robert A. Prentky

  • REHABILITATION OF CHILD MOLESTERS: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

    Robert A. Prentky;Ann Wolbert Burgess

  • Developmental antecedents of sexual aggression

    R. A. Prentky;R. A. Knight;J. E. Sims-Knight;H. Straus

  • SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS IN THE COURTROOM Science on Trial

    Robert A. Prentky;Eric Janus;Howard Barbaree;Barbara K. Schwartz

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Males With Paraphilias and Paraphilia-Related Disorders: A Comorbidity Study

    Martin P. Kafka;Robert A. Prentky

  • A comparative study of nonparaphilic sexual addictions and paraphilias in men.

    Martin P. Kafka;Robert Prentky

  • Sexual abuse of nursing home residents.

    Ann Wolbert Burgess;Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell;Robert A. Prentky

  • Creativity and psychopathology

    Robert Prentky

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond A. Knight
Raymond A. Knight Brandeis University
Ann Wolbert Burgess
Ann Wolbert Burgess Boston College
Howard E. Barbaree
Howard E. Barbaree University of Toronto
Michael C. Seto
Michael C. Seto University of Ottawa
Jerome C. Wakefield
Jerome C. Wakefield New York University
Michael H. Miner
Michael H. Miner University of Minnesota
Ron Langevin
Ron Langevin University of Toronto
Kenneth J. Zucker
Kenneth J. Zucker University of Toronto
Neil M. Malamuth
Neil M. Malamuth University of California, Los Angeles

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