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Todd R. Clear is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science as well as related subfields including General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Law, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The researcher's work predominantly addresses various aspects of criminal justice and corrections, as well as social issues linked to homelessness and crime patterns. Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Legal Education and Practice Innovations
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

Todd R. Clear's publication record features several recent papers, reflecting contributions to both academic journals and books. Notable works include:

  • Decarceration Problems and Prospects, 2020, Annual Review of Criminology
  • The Punishment Imperative, 2020, New York University Press eBooks
  • A Review of the Reality of Violent Offending and the Administration of Justice, 2020, Criminal Justice Policy Review
  • Reinventing Punitive Justice and the Community Justice System: Address to the Asian Criminological Society, 2020, Asian Journal of Criminology
  • Commentary: Criminology and Criminal Justice Education and the Search for Quality: Then and Now, 2024, Journal of Criminal Justice Education

The scholar frequently publishes with several coauthors, with the most consistent collaborations being:

  • Natasha A. Frost (15 joint publications)
  • James F. Austin (2 joint publications)
  • Kristen M. Zgoba (1 joint publication)

Publication venues where their work appears most often include:

  • New York University Press eBooks (3 publications)
  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2 publications)
  • Annual Review of Criminology (1 publication)
  • Criminal Justice Policy Review (1 publication)
  • Asian Journal of Criminology (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse

    Todd R. Clear

  • INCARCERATION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND CRIME: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY*

    Dina R. Rose;Todd R. Clear

  • Incarceration and the Community: The Problem of Removing and Returning Offenders

    Todd R. Clear;Dina R. Rose;Judith A. Ryder

  • Harm in American penology : offenders, victims, and their communities

    Todd R. Clear

  • The Punishment Imperative

    Todd R. Clear;Natasha A. Frost

  • Coercive mobility and crime: A preliminary examination of concentrated incarceration and social disorganization

    Todd R. Clear;Dina R. Rose;Elin Waring;Kristen Scully

  • The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America

    Todd R. Clear;Natasha A. Frost

  • The Effects of High Imprisonment Rates on Communities

    Todd R. Clear

  • The Community Justice Ideal

    Todd R. Clear;David R. Karp

  • The Value of Religion in Prison An Inmate Perspective

    Todd R. Clear;Patricia L. Hardyman;Bruce Stout;Karol Lucken

  • Prisoners, Prison, and Religion: Religion and Adjustment to Prison.

    Todd R. Clear;Melvina T. Sumter

  • Probation officers' roles in intensive supervision: Surveillance versus treatment

    Todd R. Clear;Edward J. Latessa

  • Has academic criminal justice come of age

    Todd R. Clear

  • The New Intensive Supervision Movement

    Todd R. Clear;Patricia L. Hardyman

  • POLICY AND EVIDENCE: THE CHALLENGE TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY: 2009 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY*

    Todd R. Clear

  • A private-sector, incentives-based model for justice reinvestment

    Todd R. Clear

  • The Offender in the Community

    Todd R. Clear;Harry R. Dammer

  • Controlling the offender in the community : reforming the community supervision function

    Todd R. Clear;Vincent O'Leary

  • Universal Applicability of Probation Risk‐Assessment Instruments

    Kevin N. Wright;Todd R. Clear;Paul Dickson

  • Probation and Parole Supervision: A Review of Current Classification Practices:

    Todd R. Clear;Kenneth W. Gallagher

  • Criminology and Public Policy

    Todd R. Clear;Natasha A. Frost

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin D. Schwartz
Martin D. Schwartz George Washington University
Edward J. Latessa
Edward J. Latessa University of Cincinnati
Doris Layton MacKenzie
Doris Layton MacKenzie Pennsylvania State University
Anthony A. Braga
Anthony A. Braga University of Pennsylvania

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