Kevin Steinmetz

Kevin Steinmetz

Kansas State University

H-index: 18

North America-United States

About Kevin Steinmetz

Kevin Steinmetz, With an exceptional h-index of 18 and a recent h-index of 15 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Kansas State University, specializes in the field of cybercrime, critical criminology, popular culture and crime, inequality in the criminal justice system.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Revisiting the tautology problem in rational choice theory: What it is and how to move forward theoretically and empirically

Whited Sepulchers: Exploring Explanations for White Overrepresentation in Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Developing and implementing social engineering-prevention policies: a qualitative study

Executing effective social engineering penetration tests: A qualitative analysis

Falling for Social Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Engineering Policy Recommendations

The Role of Computer Technologies in Structuring Evidence Gathering in Cybercrime Investigations: A Qualitative Analysis

Perilous Policing: An Analysis of the Resident Evil Series

“We Declared a Consumer Revolt, So They Declared a Cultural War”: The Development of Shared Narratives among Supporters of the# Gamergate Campaign

Kevin Steinmetz Information

University

Position

Associate Professor of Sociology

Citations(all)

1985

Citations(since 2020)

1157

Cited By

1234

hIndex(all)

18

hIndex(since 2020)

15

i10Index(all)

28

i10Index(since 2020)

23

Email

University Profile Page

Kansas State University

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Kevin Steinmetz Skills & Research Interests

cybercrime

critical criminology

popular culture and crime

inequality in the criminal justice system

Top articles of Kevin Steinmetz

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Revisiting the tautology problem in rational choice theory: What it is and how to move forward theoretically and empirically

European Journal of Criminology

Kevin F Steinmetz

Travis C Pratt

2024/1/22

Whited Sepulchers: Exploring Explanations for White Overrepresentation in Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Victims & Offenders

Kevin F Steinmetz

Howard Henderson

Payton Fenwick

2024/1/5

Developing and implementing social engineering-prevention policies: a qualitative study

Security Journal

Kevin F Steinmetz

Thomas J Holt

Christopher G Brewer

2023/6/16

Executing effective social engineering penetration tests: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Applied Security Research

Kevin F Steinmetz

2023/4/3

Falling for Social Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Engineering Policy Recommendations

Social Science Computer Review

Kevin F Steinmetz

Thomas J Holt

2023/4

The Role of Computer Technologies in Structuring Evidence Gathering in Cybercrime Investigations: A Qualitative Analysis

Criminal Justice Review

Kevin F Steinmetz

Brian P Schaefer

Christopher G Brewer

Don L Kurtz

2023/3

Perilous Policing: An Analysis of the Resident Evil Series

Critical Criminology

Kevin F Steinmetz

Melissa A Petkovsek

2023/3

“We Declared a Consumer Revolt, So They Declared a Cultural War”: The Development of Shared Narratives among Supporters of the# Gamergate Campaign

Victims & Offenders

Trina Knight

Kevin F Steinmetz

Jordana Navarro

Shelly Clevenger

2022/12/7

Hacking and hacktivism

Kevin F Steinmetz

2022/11/4

Enacting social engineering: the emotional experience of information security deception

Crime, Law and Social Change

Alexandra Pimentel

Kevin F Steinmetz

2022/4

Crime in the Age of the Smart Machine: A Zuboffian Approach to Computers and Crime

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Kevin F Steinmetz

2022/3/1

Examining the Role of Power-Control Theory and Self-Control to Account for Computer Hacking

Crime & Delinquency

Thomas J Holt

Kevin F Steinmetz

2021/9

Toward a Realist Criminology of the Internet: Considering Technology-Facilitated Crime and Victimization 1

Kevin F Steinmetz

Adrienne L McCarthy

2021/4/8

Masculinity and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Crime TV: Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture

Kevin F Steinmetz

Don L Kurtz

2021/7/27

Mr. Robot and Radical Criminology

Crime TV: Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture

Christopher Brewer

Kevin F Steinmetz

2021/7/27

Organizational Characteristics Associated with Vulnerability to Social Engineering Deception: A Qualitative Analysis

Victims & Offenders

Kevin F Steinmetz

Trina Knight

Adrienne L McCarthy

2021/7/2

The Identification of a Model Victim for Social Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis

Victims & Offenders

Kevin F Steinmetz

2021/5/19

Performing social engineering: A qualitative study of information security deceptions

Computers in Human Behavior

Kevin F Steinmetz

Alexandra Pimentel

W Richard Goe

2021/11/1

Decrypting social engineering: An analysis of conceptual ambiguity

Critical Criminology

Kevin F Steinmetz

Alexandra Pimentel

W Richard Goe

2020/12

Decoding the binary: Reconsidering the hacker subculture through a gendered lens

Deviant Behavior

Kevin F Steinmetz

Thomas J Holt

Karen M Holt

2020/8/2

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Co-Authors

H-index: 22
Jurg Gerber

Jurg Gerber

Sam Houston State University

H-index: 13
Brian P. Schaefer

Brian P. Schaefer

Indiana University Bloomington

H-index: 12
Howard Henderson

Howard Henderson

Texas Southern University

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