Recent changes in the most-cited scholars in criminology A comparison of textbooks and journals

A General Theory of Crime

Michael R. Gottfredson, Travis Hirschi · Stanford University Press eBooks · 1990 · 6.4K citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Sociology +15

Causes of Delinquency

Don C. Gibbons, Travis Hirschi · The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science · 1970 · 5.2K citations

Social Structure and Anomie

American Sociological Review · 1938 · 3.4K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

Delinquency in a Birth Cohort.

Michael Wasserman, Marvin E. Wolfgang, Robert M. Figlio et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1973 · 1.9K citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Demography +8

Principles of Criminology

N. S. Timasheff, Edwin H. Sutherland, Donald R. Cressey · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1955 · 1.3K citations