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Michael A. Cretacci

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Buffalo State University

Crime Patterns and InterventionsCriminal Justice and PenologyCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Michael A. Cretacci works in Crime Patterns and Interventions, Criminal Justice and Penology, Crime, Deviance, and Social Control, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology. Recorded institutional associations include Buffalo State University, Jianghan University, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

23Publications
300Citations
9H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. A General Test of Self-Control Theory

    2007 · 52 citations

  2. A comparison of Chinese and the U.S. police cadets’ occupational attitudes

    2010 · 43 citations

  3. Chinese police cadets' attitudes toward police role and work

    2009 · 41 citations

  4. A Study of Cadets' Motivation to Become Police Officers in China

    2009 · 41 citations

  5. Religion and Social Control: An Application of a Modified Social Bond on Violence

    2003 · 38 citations

  6. Religiosity, Marijuana Use, and Binge Drinking: A Test of the Moral Community Hypothesis

    2018 · 24 citations

  7. Comparison of Chinese male and female police cadets’ perceived occupational self-efficacy

    2019 · 20 citations

  8. Self-Control and Chinese Deviance: A Look Behind the Bamboo Curtain

    2009 · 18 citations

  9. Enter the Dragon: Parenting and Low-Self Control in a Sample of Chinese High School Students

    2012 · 11 citations

  10. Close Range: Adolescent Predictors Of Adult Firearms Ownership In The United States

    2017 · 7 citations

  11. Influence of religiosity and studying law on college students’ punitive attitudes in China

    2020 · 3 citations

  12. Is China "Keeping Its Powder Dry"? Developing A Cultural Transmission Model Of Gun Behaviors And Attitudes

    2018 · 1 citations

  13. Young Pandas Cheat and Smoke: A Social Control Theory Explanation of Chinese University Students' Exam Cheating and Smoking

    2019 · 1 citations

  14. Erratum to: Enter the Dragon: Parenting and Low-Self Control in a Sample of Chinese High School Students

    2012 · 0 citations

  15. Religiosity and Marijuana Use: An Examination of Dimensions of Religious Faith

    2012 · 0 citations

  16. The General Theory and Deviance: An Examination of Race, Low Self-Control and Crime

    2006 · 0 citations

  17. Poor Parenting and Low Self-Control: A Cross-National Examination of Self-Control in a Chinese High School

    2011 · 0 citations

  18. Supreme Court Case Briefs in Criminal Procedure

    2007 · 0 citations

  19. Religiosity and Marijuana Use: An Examination of Context

    2010 · 0 citations

  20. Bonding To Bamboo: A Social Control Explanation Of Chinese Crime

    2018 · 0 citations

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