Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach

Article Properties

DOI (url)

10.2307/2094589
Publication Date

1979/08/01
Journal

American Sociological Review
Indian UGC (Journal)
Citations

5,044
Lawrence E. Cohen
Marcus Felson

Cite

Cohen, Lawrence E., and Marcus Felson. “Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach”. American Sociological Review, vol. 44, no. 4, 1979, p. 588, https://doi.org/10.2307/2094589.

Cohen, L. E., & Felson, M. (1979). Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach. American Sociological Review, 44(4), 588. https://doi.org/10.2307/2094589

Cohen LE, Felson M. Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach. American Sociological Review. 1979;44(4):588.

Journal Categories

Social Sciences

Sociology (General)

Citations

Citations Analysis

Category	Category Repetition
Social Sciences	3,029
Social Sciences: Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology	2,632
Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor	1,167
Law	928
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology	683

The first research to cite this article was titled On estimating the social costs of national economic policy: A critical examination of the Brenner study and was published in 1979. The most recent citation comes from a 2024 study titled On estimating the social costs of national economic policy: A critical examination of the Brenner study . This article reached its peak citation in 2021 , with 416 citations.It has been cited in 1,024 different journals, 12% of which are open access. Among related journals, the Crime & Delinquency cited this research the most, with 155 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.