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William Alex Pridemore

William Alex Pridemore

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Law
USA
2023

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Law

D-Index
41
Citations
5896
World Ranking
101
National Ranking
79

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William Alex Pridemore is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology, Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and General Health Professions. The scholar has authored 28 publications related to these areas of study.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

William Alex Pridemore has published in various venues, with frequent contributions to CrimRxiv, Justice Quarterly, Annual Review of Criminology, The British Journal of Criminology, and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Their publication count by venue includes:

  • CrimRxiv (8 publications)
  • Justice Quarterly (3 publications)
  • Annual Review of Criminology (2 publications)
  • The British Journal of Criminology (2 publications)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (1 publication)

Their recent significant papers include:

  • A Review and Analysis of the Impact of Homicide Measurement on Cross-National Research, 2022, Annual Review of Criminology
  • Perceived Inequality and Cross-National Homicide Rates, 2020, Justice Quarterly
  • Not Just Another Test of Institutional Anomie Theory: Assessing Relative Institutional Imbalances, 2022, Justice Quarterly
  • Region-Specific Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates in Latin America: State Legitimacy and Remittances, 2023, Justice Quarterly
  • Population-Level Alcohol Consumption and Homicide Rates in Latin America: A Fixed Effects Panel Analysis, 1961-2019, 2023, The British Journal of Criminology

Co-authorship collaborations have been established with several researchers, most notably with:

  • Meghan L. Rogers
  • Guillermo Jesús Escaño
  • Aleksandra J. Snowden
  • David McDowall
  • Constance Kostelac

In 2019, William Alex Pridemore was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), reflecting a noteworthy milestone in their academic career.

Best Publications

  • Incarceration and Health

    Michael Massoglia;William Alex Pridemore

  • Vodka and violence: alcohol consumption and homicide rates in Russia.

    William Alex Pridemore

  • A METHODOLOGICAL ADDITION TO THE CROSS‐NATIONAL EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ON SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND HOMICIDE: A FIRST TEST OF THE POVERTY‐HOMICIDE THESIS*

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Poverty Matters: A Reassessment of the Inequality–Homicide Relationship in Cross-National Studies

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Heavy Drinking and Suicide in Russia

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Replication in Criminology and the Social Sciences

    William Alex Pridemore;Matthew C. Makel;Jonathan A. Plucker

  • A time-series analysis of the impact of heavy drinking on homicide and suicide mortality in Russia, 1956-2002.

    William Alex Pridemore;Mitchell B. Chamlin

  • Weekend effects on binge drinking and homicide: the social connection between alcohol and violence in Russia

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Alcohol Outlets and Community Levels of Interpersonal Violence Spatial Density, Outlet Type, and Seriousness of Assault

    William Alex Pridemore;Tony H. Grubesic

  • What we know about social structure and homicide: a review of the theoretical and empirical literature.

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Alcohol outlets and clusters of violence

    Tony H Grubesic;William Alex Pridemore

  • The changing nature of murder in Russia.

    Valeriy V. Chervyakov;Vladimir M. Shkolnikov;William Alex Pridemore;Michael McKee

  • Social change, institutional anomie, and serious property crime in transitional Russia.

    Sang-Weon Kim;William Alex Pridemore

  • Poverty, Socioeconomic Change, Institutional Anomie, and Homicide

    Sang-Weon Kim;William Alex Pridemore

  • Reduction in suicide mortality following a new national alcohol policy in Slovenia: an interrupted time-series analysis.

    William Alex Pridemore;Aleksandra J. Snowden

  • A Reassessment of the Association Between Social Disorganization and Youth Violence in Rural Areas

    Maria T. Kaylen;William Alex Pridemore

  • Patterns of Suicide Mortality in Russia

    William Alex Pridemore;Andrew L. Spivak

  • Demographic, Temporal, and Spatial Patterns of Homicide Rates in Russia

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Measuring homicide in Russia: a comparison of estimates from the crime and vital statistics reporting systems.

    William Alex Pridemore

  • Specifying the Role of Exposure to Violence and Violent Behavior on Initiation of Gun Carrying: A Longitudinal Test of Three Models of Youth Gun Carrying

    Richard Spano;William Alex Pridemore;John Bolland

  • Women's Fatalistic Suicide in Iran: A Partial Test of Durkheim in an Islamic Republic

    Akbar Aliverdinia;William Alex Pridemore

  • Do the Invariant Findings of Land, McCall, and Cohen Generalize to Cross-National Studies of Social Structure and Homicide?

    William Alex Pridemore;Carol L. S. Trent

  • An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Durkheim's Social Deregulation Thesis: The Case of the Russian Federation

    William Alex Pridemore;Mitchell B. Chamlin;John K. Cochran

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony H. Grubesic
Tony H. Grubesic University of California, Riverside
Joshua D. Freilich
Joshua D. Freilich John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Mitchell B. Chamlin
Mitchell B. Chamlin Texas State University
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov Max Planck Society
Bernice A. Pescosolido
Bernice A. Pescosolido Indiana University
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns Indiana University
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Jonathan A. Plucker
Jonathan A. Plucker Johns Hopkins University
John K. Cochran
John K. Cochran University of South Florida

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