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Raymond Paternoster

Paternoster, R., Brame, R. and Bushway, S. (Forthcoming), America's Experiment with the Death Penalty, Roxbury, Los Angeles, CA

Paternoster, R., Brame, R. and Bacon, S. (Eds.) (2007), The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment, Oxford University Press, New York: NY

Apel, R., Brame, R., Bushway, S., Haviland, A., Nagin, D. and Paternoster, R. (2007), "Unpacking the Relationship Between Adolescent Employment and Antisocial Behavior: A Matched Samples Comparison", Criminology, 45 : 67-97

Paternoster, R. (2007), "Capital Punishment", in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Ritzer, G. (Ed.),

Apel, R., Paternoster, R., Bushway, S.D. and Brame, R. (2006), "A Job Isn't Just A Job: The Differential Impact of Formal versus Informal Work on Adolescent Problem Behavior", Crime and Delinquency, 52 (2): 333-369

Apel, R., Paternoster, R., Bushway, S. and Brame, R. (2006), "A Job Isn't Just a Job: The Differential Impact of Formal versus Informal Work on Adolescent Problem Behavior", Crime & Delinquency, 52 (2): 333-369

Pogarsky, G., KiDeuk, K. and Paternoster, R. (2005), "Perceptual Change in the National Youth Survey: Lessons for Deterrence Theory and Offender Decision-making", Justice Quarterly, 22 (1): 1-29

Brame, R., Bushway, S. D., Paternoster, R., & Thornberry, T. (2005), "Temporal Linkages in Violent and Nonviolent Criminal Activity", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21 (2): 149-174

Brame, R., Paternoster, R. and Bushway, S. (2004), "Criminal Offending Frequency and Offense Switching", Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 20 : 201-214

Wright, B., Moffit, T. Caspi, A. & Paternoster,R. (2004), "Does the Perceived Risk of Punishment Deter Criminally-Prone Individuals", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency , (41): 180-213

Brame, R., Bushway, S., Paternoster, R., & Apel, R. (2004), "Assessing the Effect of Adolescent Employment on Involvement in Criminal Activity", Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice: Special Issue on Economics and Crime, 20 : 236-256

Brame, R., Paternoster, R., & Bushway, S. D. (2004), "Criminal Offending Frequency and Offense Switching", Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice , (20): 201-214

Paternoster, R. , Brame, R. Bacon, S.,& Ditchfield, A. (2004), "Justice by Geography and Race: The Administration of the Death Penalty in Maryland, 1978-1999", Margins: Maryland's Law Journal on Race, Religion, Gender and Class, :

Brame, R., Bushway, S. and Paternoster, R. (2004), "Some Methodological Issues in Estimating the Size of Desisting Populations", Going Straight, :

Brame, R., Bushway, S. D., & Paternoster, R. (2003), "Examining the Prevalence of Criminal Desistance", Criminology, 41 (2): 423-448 [Link]

Paternoster, R., Bushway, S., Brame, R., & Apel, R. (2003), "The Effect of Teenage Employment on Delinquency and Problem Behaviors", Social Forces, 82 (1): 297-335 [Link]

Brame, R. & Paternoster, R. (2003), "Missing Data Problems in Criminological Research", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 19 (1): 55-78

Bushway, S., Brame, R., & Paternoster, R. (2003), "Connecting Desistance and Recidivism: Measuring Changes in Criminality over the Lifespan", in Desistance from Crime and Ex-Convict Reentry, S. Maruna & R. Immarigeon,

Paternoster, R. and Waldo, G.P. (2003), "Promises Not Kept: The Breakdown of the Machinery of Capital Punishment in the United States", Essays in Honor of Sheldon Messinger, :

Sally S. Simpson, Nicole Leeper Piquero, and Raymond Paternoster (2002), "Rationality and Corporate Offending Decisions", Rational Choice and Criminal Behavior, :

Colbert, D., Paternoster, R., & Bushway, S. (2002), "Do Attorneys Really Matter? The Empirical and Legal Case for the Right of Counsel at Bail", Cardoza Law Review, 23 (15): 1719-1794

Laub, J. H., Sampson, R. J., & Allen, L. C. (2001), "Explaining Crime Over the Life Course: Toward a Theory of Age-Graded Informal Social Control", in Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminological Theory, R. Paternoster & R. Bachman, 97-112

Paternoster, R. & Bachman, R. (2001), , Roxbury Press, Los Angeles, CA

Raymond Paternoster and Sally S. Simpson (2001), "A Rational Choice Theory of Corporate Crime", Crimes of Privilege, :

Paternoster, R., Dean, C.W., Piquero, A.R., Mazerolle, P., and Brame, R. (2001), "Generality, continuity, and change in criminal offending", in Life-Course Criminology, Piquero, A.R. and Mazerolle, P., 283-316

Paternoster, R., Brame, R., & Farrington, D. (2001), "On the Relationship Between Adolescent and Adult Conviction Frequencies", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 17 (3): 201-226

Paternoster, R. & Bushway, S. (2001), "Theoretical and Empirical Work on the Relationship Between Unemployment and Crime", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 17 (4): 391-408 [Link]

Nagin, D. S. & Paternoster, R. (2000), "Population Heterogeneity and State Dependence: State of the Evidence and Directions for Future Research", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 16 (2): 117-144

Bouffard, J., Exum, M. L., & Paternoster, R. (2000), "Whither the Beast? The Role of Emotions in a Rational Choice Theory of Crime", in Of Crime and Criminality: The Use of Theory in Everyday Life, S. S. Simpson,

Tittle, C. R. & Paternoster, R. (2000), , Roxbury Press, Los Angeles, CA

Paternoster, R. & Brame, R. (2000), "On the Association Between Self-Control, Crime, and Analogous Behaviors", Criminology, 38 (3): 971-982 [Link]

Mazerolle, P., Brame, R., Paternoster, R., Piquero, A., & Dean, C. W. (2000), "Onset Age, Persistence, and Offending Versatility: Comparisons Across Gender", Criminology, 38 : 1143-1172

Brame, R., Bushway, S., & Paternoster, R. (1999), "Can Panel Designs Tell Us Anything About Continuity and Change in Offending Over Time?", Criminology, 37 : 588-641

Piquero, A., Paternoster, R., Mazerolle, P., Brame, R., & Dean, C. W. (1999), "Onset Age and Offense Specialization", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 36 (3): 275-299 [Link]

Brame, R., Bushway, S., & Paternoster, R. (1999), "On the Use of Panel Research Designs and Random Effect Models to Investigate Static and Dynamic Theories of Criminal Offending", Criminology, 37 (3): 599-641 [Link]

Bushway, S., R. Brame, and R. Paternoster (1999), "Assessing Stability and Change in Criminal Offending: A Comparison of Random Effects, Semi-Parametric, and Fixed Effects Modeling Strategies", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 15 : 23-61 [Link]

Paternoster, R. (1998), "Review of "The Crime Conundrum"", Law and Politics, :

Sally S. Simpson, Raymond Paternoster, and Nicole Leeper Piquero (1998), "Exploring the Micro-Macro Link in Corporate Crime Research", Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Deviance in and of Organizations, :

Piquero, A. & Paternoster, R. (1998), "An Application of Stafford and Warr`s Reconceptualization of Deterrence to Drinking and Driving", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 35 (1): 5-41 [Link]

Brame, R., Paternoster, R., Mazerolle, P., & Piquero, A. (1998), "Testing for the Equality of Maximum Likelihood Regression Coefficients Between Two Independent Samples", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 14 : 245-262

Paternoster, R., Brame, R., Piquero, A., Mazerolle, P., & Dean, C. W. (1998), "The Forward Specialization Coefficient: Distributional Properties and Subgroup Differences", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 14 : 133-154

Paternoster, R. & Brame, R. (1998), "The Structural Similarity of Processes Generating Criminal and Analogous Behaviors", Criminology, 36 (3): 633-670 [Link]

Paternoster, R., Brame, R., Mazerolle, P., & Piquero, A. (1998), "Using the Correct Statistical Test for the Equality of Regression Coefficients", Criminology, 36 (4): 859-866 [Link]

Loewenstein, G., Nagin, D., & Paternoster (1997), "The Effect of Sexual Arousal on Expectations of Sexual Forcefulness", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 34 (4): 443-473

Simpson, S. S., Paternoster, R., & Piquero, N. L. (1997), "Exploring the Micro-Macro Link in Corporate Crime Research", Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 15 : 35-

Bachman, R. & Paternoster, R. (1997), , McGraw-Hill, New York, NY

Paternoster, R., Brame, R., Bachman, R., & Sherman, L. W. (1997), "Do Fair Procedures Matter? The Effect of Procedural Justice on Spouse Assault", Law and Society Review, 31 (1): 163-204

Paternoster, R. & Brame, R. (1997), "Multiple Routes to Delinquency? A Test of Developmental and General Theories of Crime", Criminology, 35 (1): 49-84 [Link]

Paternoster, R., Dean, C. W., Piquero, A., Mazerolle, P., & Brame, R. (1997), "Generality, Continuity, and Change in Offending Careers", Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 13 : 231-266

Paternoster, R. & Simpson, S. (1996), "Sanction Threats and Appeals to Morality: Testing a Rational Choice Model of Corporate Crime", Law and Society Review, 30 (3): 549-583

Paternoster, R. & Piquero, A. (1995), "Reconceptualizing Deterrence: An Empirical Test of Personal and Vicarious Experiences", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 32 (3): 251-286

Paternoster, R. (1995), "Review of "Child Witnesses: Fragile Voices in the American Legal System" by L. S. McGough", Law and Politics, :

Paternoster, R. & Mazerolle, P. (1994), "General Strain and Delinquency: A Replication and Extension", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 31 : 235-263

Nagin, D. & Paternoster, R. (1994), "Personal Capital and Social Control: The Deterrence Implications of a Theory of Individual Differences in Offending", Criminology, 32 (4): 581-606

Paternoster, R. (1993), "Assessing Capriciousness in Capital Cases", Law and Society Review, 27 : 111-123

Nagin, D. & Paternoster, R. (1993), "Enduring Individual Differences and Rational Choice Theories of Crime", Law and Society Review, 27 (3): 467-496

Bachman, R. & Paternoster, R. (1993), "A Contemporary Look at the Effects of Rape Law Reform: How Far Have We Really Come?", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 84 : 554-574

Paternoster, R. & Simpson, S. (1993), "A Rational Choice Theory of Corporate Crime", in Advances in Criminological Theory, R. V. Clarke,

Bachman, R., Paternoster, R., & Ward, S. (1992), "The Rationality of Sexual Offending: Testing a Deterrence/Rational Choice Conception of Sexual Assault", Law and Society Review, 26 (2): 343-372 [Link]

Apospori, E., Alpert, G. P., & Paternoster, R. (1992), "The Effect of Involvement with the Criminal Justice System: A Neglected Dimension of the Experience-->Perceptions Relationship", Justice Quarterly, 9 : 380-392

Paternoster, R. & Kazyaka, A. M. (1991), "An Examination of Comparatively Excessive Death Sentences in South Carolina 1979-1987", New York University Review of Law and Social Change, 17 : 101-159

Smith, D. & Paternoster, R. (1991), "Formal Processing and Future Delinquency: Deviance Amplification as Selection Artifact", Law and Society Review, 24 (5): 1109-1131 [Link]

Nagin, D. & Paternoster, R. (1991), "On the Relationship Between Past and Future Criminality", Criminology, :

Nagin, D. & Paternoster, R. (1991), "The Preventative Effects of the Perceived Risk of Arrest: Testing an Expanded Conception of the Deterrence Doctrine", Criminology, 29 : 561-588

Paternoster, R. (1991), , Lexington Books, Lexingon, MA

Paternoster, R. (1990), "Prosecutorial Discretion and Capital Sentencing in North and South Carolina", in The Death Penalty in America: Current Research, R. M. Bohm,

Paternoster, R. & Tittle, C. R. (1990), "Parental Work Control and Delinquency: A Theoretical and Empirical Critique", in Advances in Criminological Theory, W. S. Laufer & F. Adler,

Paternoster, R. (1989), "Decisions to Participate in and Desist from Four Types of Common Delinquency: Deterrence and the Rational Choice", Perspective, Law and Society Review, 23 : 501-534

Paternoster, R. (1989), "Absolute and Restrictive Deterrence in a Panel of Youth: Explaining the Onset, Persistence/Desistance, and Frequency of Delinquent Offending", Social Problems, 36 : 289-309

Paternoster, R. & Iovanni, L. (1989), "The Labeling Perspective and Delinquency: An Elaboration of the Theory and Assessment of the Evidence", Justice Quarterly, 6 : 359-394

Paternoster, R. (1988), "Examining Three-Wave Deterrence Models: A Question of Temporal Order and Specification", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 79 (1): 135-179

Paternoster, R. & Kazyaka, A. M. (1988), "The Administration of the Death Penalty in South Carolina: Experiences over the First Few Years", South Carolina Law Review, 39 (2): 245-414

Paternoster, R. & Tittle, C. R. (1988), "Geographic Mobility and Criminal Behavior", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 25 (3): 301-343

Paternoster, R. & Triplett, R. (1988), "Disaggregating Self-Reported Delinquency and Its Implications for Theory", Criminology, 26 : 591-625

Paternoster, R. & Kazyaka, A. M. (1988), "Racial Considerations in Capital Punishment: The Failure of Evenhanded Justice", in The Death Penalty and the Criminal Justice System, K. C. Hass & J. A. Inciardi, 113-148

Paternoster (1988), "Racial Discrimination and Arbitrariness in Capital Sentencing: A Review of the Evidence", in Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Law and Justice Statistics, G. W. Woodworth, 59-69

Wiersema, B., C. Loftin, S. L. Miller, R. Paternoster, and R. Triplett (1987), "Data Resources of the National Institute of Justice, Second Edition", , NCJ-122224 :

Smith, D. A. & Paternoster, R. (1987), "The Gender Gap in Theories of Deviance: Issues and Evidence", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 24 (2): 140-172

Paternoster, R. (1987), "The Deterrent Effect of the Perceived Certainty and Severity of Punishment: A Review of the Evidence and Issues", Justice Quarterly, 4 (2): 173-218

Paternoster, R. & Iovanni, L. (1986), "The Deterrent Effect of Perceived Severity: A Reexamination", Social Forces, 64 (3): 751-777 [Link (via JStor)]

Paternoster, R. (1986), "The Use of Composite Scales in Perceptual Deterrence Research: A Cautionary Note", Journal for Research in Crime and Delinquency, 23 (2): 128-168

Paternoster, R. (1986), "Review of "From Crime Policy to Victim Policy: Reorienting the Justice System" by E. Z. Fattah", Ethics, :

Paternoster, R., Saltzman, L. E., Waldo, G. P., & Chiricos, T. G. (1985), "Assessments of Risk and Behavioral Experience: An Exploratory Study of Change", Criminology, : 417-436

Paternoster, R. (1985), "Review of "The Consensus-Conflict Debate" by T. J. Bernard", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, :

Paternoster, R. (1985), "Understanding the Problem of Social Order: A Reply to Bernard", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, :

Paternoster, R. (1984), "Prosecutorial Discretion in Requesting the Death Penalty: The Case of Victim-Based Discrimination", Law and Society Review, 18 (3): 437-478

Bynum, T. S. & Paternoster, R. (1984), "Discrimination Revisited: An Exploration of Frontstage and Backstage Criminal Justice Decision Making", Sociology and Social Research, 69 (1): 90-108

Paternoster, R., Saltzman, L. E., Waldo, G. P., & Chiricos, T. G. (1983), "Perceived Risk and Social Control: Do Sanctions Really Deter?", Law and Society Review, 17 : 457-479

Paternoster, R., Saltzman, L. E., Waldo, G. P., & Chiricos, T. G. (1983), "Estimating Perceptual Stability and Deterrent Effect: The Role of Perceived Legal Punishment in the Inhibition of Criminal Involvement", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 74 : 270-297

Paternoster, R. (1983), "Race of Victim and Location of Crime: The Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in South Carolina", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 74 : 701-731

Paternoster, R. & Bynum, T. (1982), "The Justice Model as Ideology: A Critical Look at the Impetus for Sentencing Reform", Contemporary Crises, 6 : 7-24

Jacoby, J. E. & Paternoster, R. (1982), "Sentencing Disparity and Jury Packing: Further Challenges to the Death Penalty", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 73 (1): 379-387

Paternoster, R., Saltzman, L. E., Chiricos, T. G., & Waldo, G. P. (1982), "Perceived Risk and Deterrence: Methodological Artifacts in Perceptual Deterrence Research", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 73 : 1238-1258

Paternoster, R., Saltzman, L. E., Waldo, G. P., & Chiricos, T. G. (1982), "Causal Ordering in Deterrence Research: An Examination of the Perceptions <--> Behavior Relationship", in Deterrence Reconsidered, J. Hagen,

Paternoster, R. (1982), "Review of D. Appleyard", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 459 : 195-196

Paternoster, R. (1982), "Review of "U.S. vs. Crime in the Streets" by T. E. Cronin, T. Z. Cronin, & M. E. Milakovich", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, :

Saltzman, L. E., Paternoster, R., Waldo, G. P., & Chiricos, T. G. (1982), "Deterrent and Experiential Effects: The Problem of Causal Order in Perceptual Deterrence Research", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 18 :

Paternoster, R. (1981), "Review of C. A. Murray & L. A. Cox, Jr.", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 454 : 244-245

Paternoster, R. (1980), "Review of "The Police and Criminal Statistics: An Analysis of Official Statistics for England and Wales Using Econometric Methods" by R. A. Carr-Hill & N. G. Stern", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 450 : 286-287

Paternoster, R., Waldo, G. P., Chiricos, T. G., & Anderson, L. S. (1979), "The Stigma of Diversion: Labeling in the Juvenile Justice System", in Courts and Diversion, P. L. Brantingham & T. G. Blomberg, 127-142

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