Educational backgrounds of most-cited scholars

    Authors

    D. Fabianic

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Crim. Justice

    Keywords

    CRIMINAL-JUSTICE; DOCTORAL PROGRAMS; CRIMINOLOGY; JOURNALS; QUALITY; CITATIONS; TEXTBOOKS; PRESTIGE; DEVIANCE; Criminology & Penology

    Abstract

    There are many factors affecting the intellectual terrain of criminal justice. Among these is the educational background of influential scholars. A list of influential scholars was created by using those previously recognized as most-cited in the criminal justice literature. A glimpse at their educational backgrounds was accomplished through Dissertation Abstracts and it was determined that thirteen institutions were the source for the terminal degrees of 65.1 percent of the most-cited scholars in the field The institutions providing the scholars were located primarily in the east and midwest, and 60.6 percent of the scholars had their terminal degrees in sociology. On the basis of this overview, it was concluded that there has been a concentration in the educational source of scholars in criminal justice. Sociology has been heavily represented among most-cited scholars, and those with degrees in criminal justice and criminology appear much less frequently. In addition the geographical concentration of institutions from which degrees were received tended to exclude institutions from the southern region of the country. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Criminal Justice

    Volume

    27

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-1999

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    517

    Last Page

    524

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000083933700004

    ISSN

    0047-2352

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