Richard B. Felson

Research output

Research output per year 1978 2000 2005 2007 2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2021 2024 2025

• 98 Article
• 9 Chapter
• 9 Review article
• 1 Comment/debate
• 1 More
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Reactions to sexual and monetary bribes

  Felson, R. B., Silver, E. & Silver, J. R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Experimental Criminology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Female Respondent 100%
  • Attribution Theory 100%
  • Metoo Movement 100%
  • Payoff 100%
  • Nationally Representative Sample 25%

• When is violence honorable? Honor attitudes and aggression

  Krajewski, A. T., Felson, R. B. & Berg, M. T., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of Criminal Justice. 97, 102383.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression 100%
  • Violence 100%
  • Adversary 44%
  • Family Members 22%
  • Verbal Aggression 22%
• 2024

  Are Men Reluctant to Assault Women Even When Intoxicated?

  Krajewski, A. T., Felson, R. B. & Berg, M. T., 2024, In: Justice Quarterly. 41, 2, p. 243-267 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adversary 100%
  • Assault 100%
  • Violence against Women 100%
  • Ethanol 100%
  • Alcohol Intoxication 100%

• Bringing aggression back into the study of sexual violence

  Felson, R. B., Oct 2024, In: Theory and Society. 53, 5, p. 1177-1211 35 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression 100%
  • Violence 100%
  • Sex Differences 100%
  • Bounded Rationality 100%
  • Sexual Violence 100%

• Correlates of “white-collar” offending

  Krajewski, A. T. & Felson, R. B., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Criminal Justice. 93, 102226.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Legislation 100%
  • Embezzlement 50%
  • Occupational Crime 25%
  • Status Offenders 25%
  • Fraudsters 25%

• Moral Reactions to Sexual Relationships that Violate Age Norms

  Felson, R. B. & Silver, E., 2024, In: Journal of Sex Research. 61, 7, p. 1108-1118 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sexual Relationships 100%
  • Age Norms 100%
  • Age-related 25%
  • Older Adults 25%
  • United States 25%
  2 Scopus citations

• Rape or Homicide: Which Is Worse?

  Felson, R. B. & Silver, E., Mar 2024, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 53, 3, p. 1001-1013 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Homicide 100%
  • Rape 100%
  • Political Ideology 100%
  • Law 14%
  • Gender Equality 14%
  1 Scopus citations
• 2023

  Situational Peer Effects on Delinquency¹

  Felson, R. B. & Vanhee, A. J., 2023, In: Justice Quarterly. 40, 3, p. 427-449 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Peer Effects 100%
  • Delinquency 100%
  • Peer Effect 100%
  • Situational Effects 40%
  • Unstructured Socializing 40%
  4 Scopus citations

• When men fight with women (versus other men): Limited offending during disputes

  Felson, R. B., Berg, M. T., Rogers, E. M. & Krajewski, A. T., Feb 2023, In: Criminology. 61, 1, p. 132-156 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offending 100%
  • Adversary 100%
  • With Woman 100%
  • Regression Model 100%
  • Verbal Aggression 40%
  4 Scopus citations

• When strength is a weakness

  Felson, R. B., Jul 2023, In: Aggressive Behavior. 49, 4, p. 431-440 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Coercive Power 100%
  • Social Responsibility 100%
  • Protective Effect 100%
  • Adversary 40%
  • Vulnerability 20%
  2 Scopus citations
• 2021

  Adversary effects and the tactics of violent offenders

  Felson, R. B. & Hullenaar, K. L., Jan 2021, In: Aggressive Behavior. 47, 1, p. 99-110 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adversary Effects 100%
  • Violent Offenders 100%
  • Offenders 50%
  • Violent Events 50%
  • Coercive Power 50%
  12 Scopus citations

• Opportunity and the sexual abuse of adolescents

  Felson, R. B., Savolainen, J., Whichard, C., Fry, S. & Ellonen, N., Dec 2021, In: Child Abuse and Neglect. 122, 105363.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sexual Abuse 100%
  • Sexual Encounters 75%
  • Delinquent Youth 50%
  • Physical Attractiveness 50%
  • Method Analysis 25%
  5 Scopus citations

• Push and pushback: Control behavior as a precipitant of verbal and violent disputes

  Felson, R. B., Berg, M. T., Krajewski, A. T. & Rogers, E. M., Sep 2021, In: Aggressive Behavior. 47, 5, p. 603-616 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Controlling Behavior 100%
  • Mutual Control 100%
  • Regression Model 100%
  • Probit Regression 100%
  • Adversary 66%
  4 Scopus citations

• Traditionalism and victim blaming

  Felson, R. B. & Palmore, C. C., 2021, In: Journal of Social Psychology. 161, 4, p. 492-507 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gender Roles 100%
  • Traditional Attitude 100%
  • Traditionalism 100%
  • Victim Blaming 100%
  • Gender Role 100%
  5 Scopus citations
• 2020

  A Social Interactionist Approach to the Victim-Offender Overlap

  Berg, M. T. & Felson, R., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 36, 1, p. 153-181 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offenders 100%
  • Violent Offenders 100%
  • Interactionist Approach 100%
  • Aggression 100%
  • Offending 66%
  18 Scopus citations

• Did mass incarceration lead to the disproportionate admission of minorities and marginal offenders?

  Felson, R. B. & Krajewski, A. T., Nov 2020, In: Criminology and Public Policy. 19, 4, p. 1209-1229 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offenders 100%
  • Mass Incarceration 100%
  • Policy Implication 100%
  • Hispanic 37%
  • Incarceration 37%
  6 Scopus citations

• The Influence of Alcohol Intoxication on Adolescent Sexual Intercourse and Contraception Use

  Felson, R. B., Savolainen, J. & Schwartz, J. A., Nov 1 2020, In: Youth and Society. 52, 8, p. 1395-1413 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Contraceptive Use 100%
  • Adolescent Sexual Behavior 100%
  • Alcohol Intoxication 100%
  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 100%
  • Alcohol 50%
  3 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Life in the Fast Lane: Drugs, Hedonistic Lifestyles, and Economic Crime

  Felson, R. B., Osgood, D. W., Cundiff, P. R. & Wiernik, C., Aug 1 2019, In: Crime and Delinquency. 65, 9, p. 1292-1318 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Economic Crime 100%
  • Drug Use 16%
  • Alcohol 16%
  • Marijuana 16%
  • Motivation 16%
  11 Scopus citations

• Reactions of Boys and Girls to Sexual Abuse and to Sexual Encounters with Peers

  Felson, R. B., Savolainen, J., Fry, S., Whichard, C. & Ellonen, N., Oct 1 2019, In: Journal of youth and adolescence. 48, 10, p. 1869-1882 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sexual Abuse 100%
  • Age Differences 100%
  • Sexual Encounters 100%
  • Sex Differences 100%
  • Multivariate Analysis 100%
  17 Scopus citations

• Taking sides: Gender and third-party partisanship in disputes

  Rogers, E. M., Felson, R. B., Berg, M. T. & Krajewski, A., Nov 1 2019, In: Criminology. 57, 4, p. 579-602 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Partisanship 100%
  • Adversary 100%
  • Gender Effect 100%
  • Situational Factors 25%
  • Physical Size 25%
  15 Scopus citations
• 2018

  Biases in blaming victims of rape and other crime

  Felson, R. B. & Palmore, C., May 2018, In: Psychology of Violence. 8, 3, p. 390-399 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • College Students 100%
  • Rape Victims 60%
  • Victim Blaming 40%
  • Bias Attribution 20%
  29 Scopus citations

• Blame analysis: Accounting for the behavior of protected groups

  Felson, R. B., Apr 17 2018, What's Wrong with Sociology?. Taylor and Francis, p. 223-246 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  6 Citations (SciVal)

• Disputatiousness and the Offender–Victim Overlap

  Felson, R. B., Berg, M. T., Rogers, E. M. & Krajewski, A., May 1 2018, In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 55, 3, p. 351-389 39 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Victimization 100%
  • Low Self-control 100%
  • Alcohol Abuse 100%
  • Offending 66%
  • Offenders 66%
  31 Scopus citations

• The gold rush and afterwards: Homicide in San Francisco, 1849–2003

  Felson, R. B. & Cundiff, P. R., Nov 1 2018, In: Aggressive Behavior. 44, 6, p. 601-613 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • San Francisco 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  • Gold Rush 100%
  • Gambling 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  2 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Committing economic crime for drug money

  Felson, R. B. & Staff, J., 2017, In: Crime and Delinquency. 63, 4, p. 375-390 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offenders 100%
  • Economic Crime 100%
  • Narcotic Drugs 66%
  • Drug Use 66%
  • Motivation 50%
  30 Scopus citations

• Reasons for reporting and not reporting domestic violence to the police

  Felson, R. B., Messner, S. F., Hoskin, A. W. & Deane, G., May 15 2017, Domestic Violence: The Five Big Questions. Taylor and Francis, p. 79-109 31 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Domestic Violence Victims 100%
  • Privacy Concerns 33%
  • Offenders 33%
  • Assault 33%

• Routine activities and involvement in violence as actor, witness, or target

  Felson, R. B., Jul 5 2017, Crime Opportunity Theories: Routine Activity, Rational Choice and their Variants. Taylor and Francis, p. 113-125 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Violence 100%
  • Routine Activities 100%
  • Non-domestic 100%
  • Interpersonal Violence 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  3 Scopus citations

• The control motive in intimate partner violence

  Felson, R. B. & Messner, S. E., May 15 2017, Domestic Violence: The Five Big Questions. Taylor and Francis, p. 253-261 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Intimate Partner Violence 100%
  • Assault 100%
  • Control Motive 100%
  • Offenders 66%
  • Husband 33%
  1 Scopus citations
• 2016

  When are victims unlikely to cooperate with the police?

  Felson, R. B. & Lantz, B., Jan 1 2016, In: Aggressive Behavior. 42, 1, p. 97-108 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Physical Violence 100%
  • Sexual Assault 100%
  • Offenders 50%
  • Stranger 25%
  • Male Partner 25%
  24 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Are Suspects Who Resist Arrest Defiant, Desperate, or Disoriented?

  Whichard, C. & Felson, R. B., Jul 2015, In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 53, 4, p. 564-591 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Decision Maker 100%
  • Mental Illness 100%
  • Race-ethnicity 50%
  • Substance Use 50%
  • Survey Data 50%
  20 Scopus citations

• Group differences in delinquency: What is there to explain?

  Felson, R. B. & Kreager, D. A., Jan 2015, In: Race and Justice. 5, 1, p. 58-87 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Delinquency 100%
  • Group Differences 100%
  • Ethnic Differences 66%
  • Substance Use 66%
  • Low Dose Rate 66%
  29 Scopus citations

• Opportunities for dispute-related violence

  Felson, R. B., Jan 1 2015, The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 88-107 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  1 Scopus citations

• Opportunities for Dispute-Related Violence

  Felson, R. B., Jan 29 2015, The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 88-107 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2014

  A rational-choice approach to violence

  Felson, R. B., Jan 1 2014, Violence: From Theory to Research. Taylor and Francis, p. 71-90 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Violence 100%
  • Rational Choice 100%
  • Psychological Consequences 100%
  • Law 100%
  • Offenders 50%
  16 Citations (SciVal)

• Bring a gun to a gunfight: Armed adversaries and violence across nations

  Felson, R. B., Berg, M. T. & Rogers, M. L., Sep 2014, In: Social Science Research. 47, p. 79-90 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gun Violence 100%
  • Multi-Level Modeling 100%
  • Homicide Data 25%
  • Victimization Survey 25%
  • Cross-national Variation 25%
  15 Scopus citations

• Income inequality, poverty and crime across nations

  Pare, P. P. & Felson, R., Sep 1 2014, In: British Journal of Sociology. 65, 3, p. 434-458 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Poverty 100%
  • Income Inequality 100%
  • Multi-Level Modeling 100%
  • Criminal Behavior 100%
  • Robbery 33%
  98 Scopus citations

• Sexual assault as a crime against young people

  Felson, R. B. & Cundiff, P. R., Feb 2014, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 43, 2, p. 273-284 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Young People 100%
  • Sexual Assault 100%
  • Offenders 50%
  • Older Men 33%
  • Offending 16%
  53 Scopus citations
• 2013

  Apparent motives for aggression in the social context of the bar

  Graham, K., Bernards, S., Osgood, D. W., Parks, M., Abbey, A., Felson, R. B., Saltz, R. F. & Wells, S., Jul 2013, In: Psychology of Violence. 3, 3, p. 218-232 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cell Excitability 100%
  • Identity Motives 60%
  • Gender Difference 50%
  • Drinking Location 20%
  • Barroom Aggression 20%
  29 Scopus citations

• Does Spending Time in Public Settings Contribute to the Adolescent Risk of Violent Victimization?

  Felson, R. B., Savolainen, J., Berg, M. T. & Ellonen, N., Jun 2013, In: Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 29, 2, p. 273-293 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adolescent Risk Behavior 100%
  • Violent Victimization 100%
  • Public Settings 100%
  • Spending Time 100%
  • Youth 100%
  33 Scopus citations

• Guns and Trafficking in Crack-Cocaine and Other Drug Markets

  Felson, R. B. & Bonkiewicz, L., Apr 2013, In: Crime and Delinquency. 59, 3, p. 319-343 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crack Cocaine 100%
  • Street-level 33%
  • Traffickers 33%
  • Cocaine Market 33%
  17 Scopus citations

• Third party involvement in barroom conflicts

  Parks, M. J., Osgood, D. W., Felson, R. B., Wells, S. & Graham, K., Jul 2013, In: Aggressive Behavior. 39, 4, p. 257-268 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Aggression 100%
  • Third-party Involvement 100%
  • Barroom 100%
  • Canada 100%
  • Serious Harm 33%
  28 Scopus citations

• What are violent offenders thinking?

  Felson, R. B., 2013, Cognition and Crime: Offender Decision Making and Script Analyses. Taylor and Francis, p. 12-25 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  12 Scopus citations

• Women's Education, Marital Violence, and Divorce: A Social Exchange Perspective

  Kreager, D. A., Felson, R. B., Warner, C. & Wenger, M. R., Jun 2013, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 75, 3, p. 565-581 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Women's Education 100%
  • Marital Violence 100%
  • Social Exchange Perspective 100%
  • Older Adults 50%
  • United States 50%
  56 Scopus citations
• 2012

  Age and sexual assault during robberies

  Felson, R. B. & Cundiff, P. R., Jan 1 2012, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 33, 1, p. 10-16 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Robbery 100%
  • Sexual Assault 100%
  • Offenders 75%
  • Adaptation 25%
  • All Ages 25%
  16 Scopus citations

• Age and sexual assault in correctional facilities: A blocked opportunity approach

  Felson, R. B., Cundiff, P. & Painter-Davis, N., Nov 2012, In: Criminology. 50, 4, p. 887-911 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sexual Assault 100%
  • Correctional Facilities 100%
  • Young Men 66%
  • Consensual Sex 66%
  • Physical Violence 66%
  19 Scopus citations

• Another cost of being a young black male: Race, weaponry, and lethal outcomes in assaults

  Felson, R. B. & Painter-Davis, N., Sep 2012, In: Social Science Research. 41, 5, p. 1241-1253 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Offenders 100%
  • Assault 100%
  • Lethal Outcome 100%
  • Weaponry 100%
  • Young Black Males 100%
  26 Scopus citations

• Having a Bad Month: General Versus Specific Effects of Stress on Crime

  Felson, R. B., Osgood, D. W., Horney, J. & Wiernik, C., Jun 2012, In: Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 28, 2, p. 347-363 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stress Types 100%
  • Stress Effect 100%
  • Assault 100%
  • Crime Type 100%
  • Negative Affect 100%
  42 Scopus citations

• Mental disorder and offending in prison

  Felson, R. B., Silver, E. & Remster, B., Feb 2012, In: Criminal Justice and Behavior. 39, 2, p. 125-143 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression 100%
  • Offending 100%
  • Prison 100%
  • Mental Disorders 100%
  • Anxiety Disorder 100%
  85 Scopus citations

• When Is Violence Planned?

  Felson, R. B. & Massoglia, M., Mar 2012, In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 27, 4, p. 753-774 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Self-Report 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Sexual Assault 100%
  • Violent Offences 40%
  • Self-reported Data 20%
  31 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Behavioural indicators of motives for barroom aggression: Implications for preventing bar violence

  Graham, K., Bernards, S., Wells, S., Osgood, D. W., Abbey, A., Felson, R. B. & Saltz, R. F., Sep 2011, In: Drug and Alcohol Review. 30, 5, p. 554-563 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Aggression 100%
  • Violence 100%
  • Behavioural Indicators 100%
  • Barroom Aggression 100%
  • Cell Excitability 100%
  20 Scopus citations