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Richard C. McCorkle

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1992

Active since

Affiliations

University of Nevada, Las Vegas(Current)

Richard C. McCorkle is an author at University of Nevada, Las Vegas specializing in criminal justice, social sciences, and sociology.

Top concepts

Criminal JusticeLawSociologyCriminal LawSocial SciencesPenologyPsychologyDecarcerationForensic PsychologyPublic Policy

Publications per year

1992–2006

13

Publications

13

The Roots of Prison Violence: A Test of the Deprivation, Management, and “Not-So-Total” Institution Models

Richard C. McCorkle, Terance D. Miethe, Kriss A. Drass · Crime & Delinquency · 1995 · 266 citations

Penology, Criminal Code, Violent Crime +13

Research Note: Punish and Rehabilitate? Public Attitudes Toward Six Common Crimes

Richard C. McCorkle · Crime & Delinquency · 1993 · 191 citations

Penology, Public Policy, Telephone Survey +14

Personal Precautions to Violence in Prison

Richard C. McCorkle · Criminal Justice and Behavior · 1992 · 140 citations

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Sciences, U.s. Prisons +15

The political and organizational response to gangs: An examination of a “Moral panic” in Nevada

Richard C. McCorkle, Terance D. Miethe · Justice Quarterly · 1998 · 115 citations

Crime Profiles: The Anatomy of Dangerous Persons, Places, and Situations

Judith Lawler Caron, Terance D. Miethe, Richard C. McCorkle · Teaching Sociology · 1999 · 81 citations

Forensic Psychology, Violent Crime, Sociology +5

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