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Publications
13
Citations
661
H-Index
12
Active since
1996
Affiliations
Western Washington University(Current)
The Ohio State University
California State University, Sacramento
Central Connecticut State University
University of South Alabama
Ronald Helms is an author at Western Washington University specializing in criminal justice, law, and criminal law.
Top concepts
Criminal JusticeLawCriminal LawSocial SciencesSociologyPublic PolicyJusticePenologyPoliticsEconomics
Publications per year
1996–2019
Toward a Political Model of Incarceration: A Time-Series Examination of Multiple Explanations for Prison Admission Rates
David R. Jacobs, Ronald Helms · American Journal of Sociology · 1996 · 259 citations
Criminal Code, Criminal Justice Reform, Economic Determinants +21
Toward a Political Sociology of Punishment: Politics and Changes in the Incarcerated Population
David R. Jacobs, Ronald Helms · Social Science Research · 2001 · 79 citations
Penology, Criminal Code, Incarcerated Population +12
Testing Coercive Explanations for Order: The Determinants of Law Enforcement Strength over Time
David R. Jacobs, Ronald Helms · Social Forces · 1997 · 73 citations
Forensic Psychology, Community Policing, Crime Analysis +17
Collective Outbursts, Politics, and Punitive Resources: Toward a Political Sociology of Spending on Social Control
David R. Jacobs, Ronald Helms · Social Forces · 1999 · 70 citations
Social Theory, Racial Threat, Early 1950S +22
Modeling the politics of punishment: A conceptual and empirical analysis of ‘law in action’ in criminal sentencing
Ronald Helms · Journal of Criminal Justice · 2009 · 37 citations
Penology, Criminal Code, Empirical Analysis +10
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