| The power of place: Immigrant communities and adolescent violence SA Desmond, CE Kubrin The sociological quarterly 50 (4), 581-607, 2009 | 270 | 2009 |
| Do as I say and as I do: The effects of consistent parental beliefs and behaviors upon religious transmission CD Bader, SA Desmond Sociology of Religion 67 (3), 313-329, 2006 | 234 | 2006 |
| Religion, self control, and substance use SA Desmond, JT Ulmer, CD Bader Deviant Behavior 34 (5), 384-406, 2013 | 176 | 2013 |
| Religious development: How (and why) does religiosity change from adolescence to young adulthood? SA Desmond, KH Morgan, G Kikuchi Sociological Perspectives 53 (2), 247-270, 2010 | 162 | 2010 |
| Divine justice: The relationship between images of God and attitudes toward criminal punishment CD Bader, SA Desmond, F Carson Mencken, BR Johnson Criminal Justice Review 35 (1), 90-106, 2010 | 105 | 2010 |
| Religious involvement and dynamics of marijuana use: Initiation, persistence, and desistence JT Ulmer, SA Desmond, SJ Jang, BR Johnson Deviant Behavior 33 (6), 448-468, 2012 | 91 | 2012 |
| The power of place revisited: Why immigrant communities have lower levels of adolescent violence CE Kubrin, SA Desmond Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 13 (4), 345-366, 2015 | 69 | 2015 |
| Religiosity, peers, and delinquency: Does religiosity reduce the effect of peers on delinquency? SA Desmond, SE Soper, R Kraus Sociological Spectrum 31 (6), 665-694, 2011 | 63 | 2011 |
| Being thankful: Examining the relationship between young adult religiosity and gratitude R Kraus, SA Desmond, ZD Palmer Journal of Religion and Health 54 (4), 1331-1344, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| Self-control, opportunity, and substance use SA Desmond, AS Bruce, MJ Stacer Deviant Behavior 33 (6), 425-447, 2012 | 55 | 2012 |
| Religiosity, moral beliefs, and delinquency: Does the effect of religiosity on delinquency depend on moral beliefs? SA Desmond, SE Soper, DJ Purpura, E Smith Sociological Spectrum 29 (1), 51-71, 2008 | 54 | 2008 |
| Congregations and crime: Is the spatial distribution of congregations associated with neighborhood crime rates? SA Desmond, G Kikuchi, KH Morgan Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49 (1), 37-55, 2010 | 47 | 2010 |
| Sex offenders and sex crime recidivism: Investigating the role of sentence length and time served K Budd, SA Desmond International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 58 (12 …, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| A longitudinal analysis of neighborhood crime rates using latent growth curve modeling G Kikuchi, SA Desmond Sociological Perspectives 53 (1), 127-149, 2010 | 38 | 2010 |
| The effects of importance of religion and church attendance on adolescents' moral beliefs SA Desmond, R Kraus Sociological Focus 47 (1), 11-31, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
| Teenage Religiosity and Changes in Marijuana Use During the Transition to Adulthood. JT Ulmer, SA Desmond, SJ Jang, BR Johnson Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion 6, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Suburban sprawl, race, and juvenile justice P Jargowsky, S Desmund, R Crutchfield Our children, their children: Confronting racial and ethnic differences in …, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| Adolescence and emerging adulthood RJ Petts, SA Desmond Handbook of religion and society, 241-262, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Working for God: Religion and occupational crime and deviance SA Desmond, M Rorie, T Sohoni Deviant Behavior 44 (2), 159-174, 2023 | 20 | 2023 |
| Promoting graduate students' membership in professional organizations SA Desmond, AM Symens Teaching Sociology 25 (2), 176-182, 1997 | 20 | 1997 |
