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Paul E. Bellair

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1994Rising activity
Crime Patterns and InterventionsUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisHomelessness and Social IssuesCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

Publications

52

Citations

3,127

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
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Paul E. Bellair studies how neighborhood conditions, race and ethnicity, and life experiences such as imprisonment and employment shape criminal behavior and recidivism (the tendency to reoffend after release). His work combines large-scale survey and administrative data to examine racial and ethnic disparities in violence, neighborhood disadvantage, and reentry outcomes for formerly incarcerated people. Recent projects also look at how personal networks, prior imprisonment, and employment history interact to influence whether someone returns to criminal activity.

Neighborhood effects and racial/ethnic disparities in violenceRecidivism and prisoner reentryEmployment history and crimeSocial disorganization and structural racism in criminologyPrisoner social networks and behavior

Publication output has been steady but modest over the last decade, averaging just over two papers per year with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 4 publications4172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Justice Quarterly×3
  • CrimRxiv×3
  • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology×2
  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology×2
  • Aggression and Violent Behavior×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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