Velmer S. Burton

Velmer S. Burton publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Velmer S. Burton D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Best Publications

• THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF SELF-CONTROL: TESTING THE GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME*

  T. David Evans;Francis T. Cullen;Velmer S. Burton;R. Gregory Dunaway

  642
  Citations

• RELIGION AND CRIME REEXAMINED: THE IMPACT OF RELIGION, SECULAR CONTROLS, AND SOCIAL ECOLOGY ON ADULT CRIMINALITY*

  T. David Evans;Francis T. Cullen;R. Gregory Dunaway;Velmer S. Burton

  515
  Citations

• Gender, Self-Control, and Crime

  Velmer S. Burton;Francis T. Cullen;T. David Evans;Leanne Fiftal Alarid

  489
  Citations

• Gender and Crime among Felony Offenders: Assessing the Generality of Social Control and Differential Association Theories

  Leanne Fiftal Alarid;Velmer S. Burton;Francis T. Cullen

  395
  Citations

• Strain, Anger, and Delinquent Adaptations: Specifying General Strain Theory

  Paul Mazerolle;Velmer S. Burton;Francis T. Cullen;T.David Evans

  339
  Citations

• Reconsidering strain theory: Operationalization, rival theories, and adult criminality

  Velmer S. BurtonJr.;Francis T. Cullen;T. David Evans;R. Gregory Dunaway

  265
  Citations

• THE CORRECTIONAL ORIENTATION OF PRISON WARDENS: IS THE REHABILITATIVE IDEAL SUPPORTED?*

  Francis T. Cullen;Edward J. Latessa;Velmer S. Burton;Lucien X. Lombardo

  229
  Citations

• A new test of classic strain theory

  Robert Agnew;Francis T. Cullen;Velmer S. Burton;T. David Evans

  223
  Citations

• A Large-Scale Multidimensional Test of the Effect of Prison Education Programs on Offenders' Behavior:

  Kenneth Adams;Katherine J. Bennett;Timothy J. Flanagan;James W. Marquart

  188
  Citations

• Public Support for Correctional Treatment The Tenacity of Rehabilitative Ideology

  Francis T. Cullen;Sandra Evans Skovron;Joseph E. Scott;Velmer S. Burton

  170
  Citations

• THE MYTH OF SOCIAL CLASS AND CRIME REVISITED: AN EXAMINATION OF CLASS AND ADULT CRIMINALITY*

  R. Gregory Dunaway;Francis T. Cullen;Velmer S. Burton;T. David Evans

  164
  Citations

• THE EMPIRICAL STATUS OF STRAIN THEORY

  Velmer S. Burton;Francis T. Cullen

  163
  Citations

• Religion, social bonds, and delinquency

  T. David Evans;Francis T. Cullen;Velmer S. Burton;R. Gregory Dunaway

  146
  Citations

• Age, self-control, and adults' offending behaviors: A research note assessing A general theory of crime

  Velmer S. Burton;T.David Evans;Francis T. Cullen;Kathleen M. Olivares

  136
  Citations

• The impact of parental controls on delinquency

  Velmer S Burton;T.David Evans;Sesha R Kethineni;Francis T Cullen

  101
  Citations

• The Consequences of Official Labels: An Examination of the Rights Lost by the Mentally Ill and Mentally Incompetent Since 1989.

  Andrea M. Walker;Michael S. Klein;Craig Hemmens;Mary K. Stohr

  90
  Citations

• Reintegration or stigmatization? Offenders' expectations of community re-entry

  Michael L. Benson;Leanne Fiftal Alarid;Velmer S. Burton;Francis T. Cullen

  90
  Citations

• Belief in Redeemability and Punitive Public Opinion: “Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal” Revisited:

  Alexander L. Burton;Francis T. Cullen;Velmer S. Burton;Amanda Graham

  86
  Citations

• Group and solo robberies: Do accomplices shape criminal form?

  Leanne Fiftal Alarid;Velmer S. Burton;Andy L. Hochstetler

  85
  Citations

• Women's roles in serious offenses: A study of adult felons

  Leanne Fiftal Alarid;James W. Marquart;Velmer S. Burton;Francis T. Cullen

  76
  Citations