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Spencer Headworth

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCrime Patterns and InterventionsHomelessness and Social IssuesLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Publications

41

Citations

289

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
AI-generated

Spencer Headworth studies how systems of criminal justice, law, and social welfare are enforced and experienced, with attention to inequality along lines of race, income, and geography. Recent work examines topics such as welfare fraud enforcement, car-based policing, differences in how street crime and corporate crime are treated, and correctional health care. The research draws on sociology of law, punishment, and social policy.

Criminal justice and punishmentLaw and societyWelfare fraud and poverty governanceRace, policing, and inequalityWhite-collar and corporate crime

Publication activity has been uneven, with occasional high-output years (notably 2020 and 2023) and roughly 2-3 publications per year on average over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication192020: 12 publications12202021: 4 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 6 publications232024: 5 publications24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Stanford University Press eBooks×5
  • Punishment & Society×4
  • Law & Social Inquiry×2
  • American Sociological Review×1
  • Law & Society Review×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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