Thomas A. Loughran

Thomas A. Loughran

University of Maryland

H-index: 35

North America-United States

About Thomas A. Loughran

Thomas A. Loughran, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 29 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Maryland, specializes in the field of Offender Decision-Making, Deterrence, Quantitative Methods.

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

Prognosticating offending in early adulthood: How early can we predict?

Perceptions of white-collar crime seriousness: Unpacking and translating attitudes into policy preferences

Estimating latent preferences for crime: Implications for rational choice, identity, and desistance theories

Crime, consumption, and choice: on the interchangeability of licit and illicit income

Structural predictors of choice: Testing a multilevel rational choice theory of crime

Department of Justice to prepare the following resource

Are late bloomers real? Identification and comparison of late-onset offending patterns from ages 14–40

Paternoster on human agency and crime: a rejoinder to critics on his behalf

Thomas A. Loughran Information

University

Position

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Citations(all)

4160

Citations(since 2020)

2423

Cited By

2741

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

29

i10Index(all)

67

i10Index(since 2020)

61

Email

University Profile Page

University of Maryland

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Thomas A. Loughran Skills & Research Interests

Offender Decision-Making

Deterrence

Quantitative Methods

Top articles of Thomas A. Loughran

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Prognosticating offending in early adulthood: How early can we predict?

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Thomas A Loughran

Megan Augustyn

Mauri Matsuda

Kimberly L Henry

2024/3

Perceptions of white-collar crime seriousness: Unpacking and translating attitudes into policy preferences

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Sally S Simpson

Miranda A Galvin

Thomas A Loughran

Mark A Cohen

2023/8

Estimating latent preferences for crime: Implications for rational choice, identity, and desistance theories

Justice Quarterly

Kyle J Thomas

Jennifer O’Neill

Thomas A Loughran

2023/7/29

Crime, consumption, and choice: on the interchangeability of licit and illicit income

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Holly Nguyen

Thomas A Loughran

Volkan Topalli

2023/7

Structural predictors of choice: Testing a multilevel rational choice theory of crime

Criminology

Kyle J Thomas

Eric P Baumer

Thomas A Loughran

2022/11

Department of Justice to prepare the following resource

Timothy Brezina

Gabriel Kuperminc

Erdal Tekin

2016/12

Are late bloomers real? Identification and comparison of late-onset offending patterns from ages 14–40

Journal of developmental and life-course criminology

Mauri Matsuda

Terence P Thornberry

Thomas A Loughran

Marvin D Krohn

2022/3

Paternoster on human agency and crime: a rejoinder to critics on his behalf

Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Kyle J Thomas

Greg Pogarsky

Thomas A Loughran

2021/9/1

Intergenerational continuity and discontinuity in substance use: the role of concurrent parental marijuana use

Journal of developmental and life-course criminology

Pilar Larroulet

Thomas A Loughran

Megan B Augustyn

Terence P Thornberry

Kimberly L Henry

2021/6

Random drug testing in prisons: Does a little testing go a long way?

Criminology & public policy

Holly Nguyen

Greg Midgette

Thomas Loughran

Yiwen Zhang

2021/5

A latent class typology of justice-involved youth victims and exploration of trauma-related psychological symptoms

Justice Quarterly

Joan A Reid

Thomas A Loughran

2021/2/23

Final Thoughts on Human Agency and Crime: Reply to Brezina (2021) and Piquero (2021) on Behalf of Paternoster

CrimRxiv

Kyle J Thomas

Greg Pogarsky

Thomas A Loughran

2021/11/26

Offending frequency and responses to illegal monetary incentives

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Holly Nguyen

Thomas A Loughran

Carlo Morselli

Frédéric Ouellet

2021/2/2

The impact of ambiguity-induced error in offender decision-making: evidence from the field

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Greg Midgette

Thomas A Loughran

Sarah Tahamont

2021/11

Variation in exposure to violence in early adolescence distinguishes between intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration among young men involved in the justice system

Journal of family violence

Shelly M Wagers

Alex R Piquero

Chelsey Narvey

Joan A Reid

Thomas A Loughran

2021/1

Intergenerational marijuana use: A life course examination of the relationship between parental trajectories of marijuana use and the onset of marijuana use by offspring.

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Megan Bears Augustyn

Thomas Loughran

Pilar Larroulet

Celia J Fulco

Kimberly L Henry

2020/12

How offender decision-making can inform policing: A focus on the perceived certainty of apprehension

Science Informed Policing

Chae M Jaynes

Thomas A Loughran

2020

Economic effects of adolescent to adult patterns of cannabis use: Full-time employment and employment stability

Journal of Drug Issues

Megan Bears Augustyn

Thomas Loughran

Pilar Larroulet

Kimberly L Henry

2020/10

Perceived arrest risk, psychic rewards, and offense specialization: A partial test of rational choice theory†

Criminology

Kyle J Thomas

Thomas A Loughran

Benjamin C Hamilton

2020/8

How early is too early? Identification of elevated, persistent problem behavior in childhood

Prevention science

Megan Bears Augustyn

Thomas Loughran

Pilar Larroulet Philippi

Terence P Thornberry

Kimberly L Henry

2020/5

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