Brian Francis - Research Portal | Lancaster University

I am a social statistician with interests in preference models, latent class methods for longitudinal data and categorical data problems. Applications are crucial to my work. I primarily research into quantitative criminology -both methodological and substantive problems - focusing on the criminal careers of offenders and social and developmental change. I am also interested in anaylsing administrative and survey data and am investigating issues related to violence and serious offending, including sexual offending and homicide. More broadly I am working on child developmental studies in psychology and in fetal development. I enjoy working with colleagues from a wide variety of social science disciplines.

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Selected Publications and Research Outputs

Published
Missing observations in paired comparison data
Dittrich, R., Francis, B., Hatzinger, R. & Katzenbeisser, W. 04/2012 In : Statistical Modelling: An International Journal. 12, 2, p. 117-143, 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Do facial expressions develop before birth?
Reissland, N., Francis, B., Mason, J. & Lincoln, K. 31/08/2011 In : PLoS ONE. 6, 8, 7 p., e24081
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
A Longitudinal Study of Escalation in Crime Seriousness
Liu, J., Francis, B. & Soothill, K. 06/2011 In : Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 27, 2, p. 175-196, 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Does serious offending lead to homicide?: exploring the interrelationships and sequencing of serious crime.
Soothill, K., Francis, B. & Liu, J. 07/2008 In : British Journal of Criminology. 48, 4, p. 522-537, 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Identifying patterns of offending behaviour: a new approach to typologies of crime.
Francis, B. J., Fligelstone, R. & Soothill, K. 2004 In : European Journal of Criminology. 1, 1, p. 48-87, 40 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Modeling heterogeneity in ranked responses by nonparametric maximum likelihood: How do Europeans get their scientific knowledge?
Francis, B., Dittrich, R. & Hatzinger, R. 2010 In : Annals of Applied Statistics. 4, 4, p. 2181-2202, 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Criminal Lifestyle Specialization: Female Offending in England and Wales
Francis, B., Liu, J. & Soothill, K. 06/2010 In : International Criminal Justice Review. 20, 2, p. 188-204, 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
A latent Markov model for detecting patterns of criminal activity.
Francis, B. J., Bartolucci, F. & Pennoni, F. 01/2007 In : Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society). 170, 1, p. 115-132, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Statistical modelling in R
Aitkin, M., Francis, B., Hinde, J. & Darnell, R. 2009 Oxford: Oxford University Press. 568 p. (Oxford Statistical Science Series).
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Published
Analysing partial ranks by using smoothed paired comparison methods: an investigation of value orientation in Europe.
Francis, B., Dittrich, R., Hatzinger, R. & Penn, R. D. 1/07/2002 In : Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C . 51, 3, p. 319-336, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
A new approach for ranking crime seriousness : the use of paired comparison methodology.
Francis, B. J., Soothill, K. L. & Dittrich, R. 2001 In : British Journal of Criminology. 41, 4, p. 726-737, 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Activities

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity
Valutazione della Qualità della Ricerca, (Evaluation of Research Quality) 2004-2010
Activity: External academic engagement › Membership of peer review panel or committee
European Journal of Criminology
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity