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Terence P. Thornberry 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 Terence P. Thornberry sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 185 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Terence P. Thornberry 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 Terence P. Thornberry sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Terence P. Thornberry is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of social sciences, with a focus on areas including sociology and political science, epidemiology, health, clinical psychology, and demography.

Their recent publications have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology and UNC Libraries. Notable papers include:

  • Are Late Bloomers Real? Identification and Comparison of Late-Onset Offending Patterns from Ages 14-40, 2022, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • Intergenerational Patterns in Offending: Lessons from the Rochester Intergenerational Study-ASC Division of Developmental and Life Course Criminology David P. Farrington Lecture, 2019, 2020, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • Intergenerational Continuity and Discontinuity in Substance Use: the Role of Concurrent Parental Marijuana Use, 2021, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • Population Frequencies of the Triallelic 5HTTLPR in Six Ethnically Diverse Samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, 2020, UNC Libraries

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Thornberry include Thomas A. Loughran, Mauri Matsuda, Marvin D. Krohn, Pilar Larroulet, and Megan Bears Augustyn.

The main research topics addressed in their work cover substance abuse treatment and outcomes, crime patterns and interventions, criminal justice and corrections analysis, health disparities and outcomes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, family dynamics and relationships, and homelessness and social issues.

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Their work contributes to a deeper understanding of intergenerational influences on offending and substance use, as well as broader social dynamics affecting health and criminal behavior over the life course.

Best Publications

  • TOWARD AN INTERACTIONAL THEORY OF DELINQUENCY

    Terence P. Thornberry

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT AND ADOLESCENT INVOLVEMENT IN DELINQUENCY

    Carolyn Smith;Terence P. Thornberry

  • Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective

    Terence P. Thornberry;Marvin D. Krohn;Alan J. Lizotte;Carolyn A. Smith

  • DELINQUENT PEERS, BELIEFS, AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR: A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF INTERACTIONAL THEORY*

    Terence P. Thornberry;Alan J. Lizotte;Marvin D. Krohn;Margaret Farnworth

  • The Role of Juvenile Gangs in Facilitating Delinquent Behavior

    Terence P. Thornberry;Marvin D. Krohn;Alan J. Lizotte;Deborah Chard-Wierschem

  • School Disengagement as a Predictor of Dropout, Delinquency, and Problem Substance Use During Adolescence and Early Adulthood

    Kimberly L. Henry;Kelly E. Knight;Terence P. Thornberry

  • The importance of timing: the varying impact of childhood and adolescent maltreatment on multiple problem outcomes.

    Terence P. Thornberry;Timothy O. Ireland;Carolyn A. Smith

  • From Boy to Man, from Delinquency to Crime

    Marvin E. Wolfgang;Terence P. Thornberry;Robert M. Figlio

  • Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination of Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Family, School, and Delinquency

    Terence P. Thornberry;Alan J. Lizotte;Marvin D. Krohn;Margaret Farnworth

  • Linked lives: the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior.

    Terrence P. Thornberry;Adrienne Freeman-Gallant;Alan J. Lizotte;Marvin D. Krohn

  • Membership in youth gangs and involvement in serious and violent offending.

    Terence P. Thornberry

  • Desistance as a Developmental Process: A Comparison of Static and Dynamic Approaches

    Shawn D. Bushway;Terence P. Thornberry;Marvin D. Krohn

  • Developmental theories of crime and delinquency

    Terence P. Thornberry

  • THE EFFECT OF DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL ON SUBSEQUENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

    Terence P. Thornberry;Melanie Moore;R. L. Christenson

  • Adolescent maltreatment and its impact on young adult antisocial behavior.

    Carolyn A. Smith;Timothy O. Ireland;Thornberry P. Thornberry

  • DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES IN THE IMPACT OF CHILD MALTREATMENT ON LATER DELINQUENCY AND DRUG USE

    Timothy O. Ireland;Carolyn A. Smith;Terence P. Thornberry

  • Taking stock of delinquency : an overview of findings from contemporary longitudinal studies

    Terence P. Thornberry;Marvin D. Krohn

  • Explaining Multiple Patterns of Offending across the Life Course and across Generations

    Terence P. Thornberry

  • Unemployment and criminal involvement: an investigation of reciprocal causal structures.

    Terence P. Thornberry;R. L. Christenson

  • The causal impact of childhood-limited maltreatment and adolescent maltreatment on early adult adjustment.

    Terence P. Thornberry;Kimberly L. Henry;Timothy O. Ireland;Carolyn A. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Marvin D. Krohn
Marvin D. Krohn University of Florida
Carolyn A. Smith
Carolyn A. Smith University at Albany, State University of New York
Alan J. Lizotte
Alan J. Lizotte University at Albany, State University of New York
David Huizinga
David Huizinga University of Colorado Boulder
Kimberly L. Henry
Kimberly L. Henry Colorado State University
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
Magda Stouthamer-Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Uggen
Christopher Uggen University of Minnesota
Peggy C. Giordano
Peggy C. Giordano Bowling Green State University
Ann S. Masten
Ann S. Masten University of Minnesota

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