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Professor Brian Francis

Professor of Social Statistics

  1. 2024
  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Developing a Complete Sentence Severity Scale using Extended Goodman RC models

    Wallace, S. & Francis, B., 19/08/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Definition and measurement of violence in the Crime Survey for England and Wales: Implications for the amount and gendering of violence

    Davies, E., Obolenskaya, P., Francis, B., Blom, N., Phoenix, J., Pullerits, M. & Walby, S., 31/07/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Criminology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 2023
  5. Published
  6. Published

    Police risk assessment and case outcomes in missing person investigations

    Phoenix, J. & Francis, B., 1/09/2023, In: The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. 96, 3, p. 390-410 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 2022
  8. Published

    Using saturated count models for user-friendly synthesis of large confidential administrative databases

    Jackson, J., Mitra, R., Francis, B. & Dove, I., 31/10/2022, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society. 185, 4, p. 1613-1643 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Whitehead et al. Response to “Misunderstandings of Multiple Systems Estimation.”

    Whitehead, J., Jackson, J., Balch, A. & Francis, B., 31/10/2022, In: Journal of Human Trafficking. 8, 4, p. 469-473 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    On integrating the number of synthetic data sets m into the a priori synthesis approach

    Jackson, J., Mitra, R., Francis, B. & Dove, I., 14/09/2022, Privacy in Statistical Databases: International Conference, PSD 2022, Paris, France, September 21–23, 2022, Proceedings. Domingo-Ferrer, J. & Laurent, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 205-219 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  11. Published

    Using saturated models for data synthesis

    Jackson, J., Francis, B., Mitra, R. & Dove, I., 18/07/2022, Proceedings of the 36th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling: July 18-22, 2022 - Trieste, Italy. Torelli, N., Bellio, R. & Muggeo, V. (eds.). EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste 2022, p. 205-210 6 p. 34

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paper

  12. Published

    In Honour of Murray Aitkin: Special Issue of <Statistical Modelling>

    Francis, B. (Editor) & Hinde, J. (Editor), 22/04/2022, In: Statistical Modelling. 22, 1-2, p. 1-145 145 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineSpecial issuepeer-review

  13. Published

    Reflections on statistical modelling: A conversation with Murray Aitkin

    Aitkin, M., Hinde, J. & Francis, B., 1/02/2022, In: Statistical Modelling. 22, 1-2, p. 13-32 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2021
  15. Published

    Down syndrome, temporal variation and fallout radiation revisited: Statistical evidence

    Awwad, F., Francis, B. J. & Abonazel, M. R., 16/07/2021, In: Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience. 2021, 15 p., 61.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    On the Unreliability of Multiple Systems Estimation for Estimating the Number of Potential Victims of Modern Slavery in the UK

    Whitehead, J., Jackson, J., Balch, A. & Francis, B., 2/01/2021, In: Journal of Human Trafficking. 7, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 2020
  18. Published

    Heaviness-brightness correspondence and stimulus-response compatibility

    Walker, P., Scallon, G. & Francis, B., 1/05/2020, In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 82, p. 1949-1970 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 2019
  20. Published

    Bilinear models for score building:

    Francis, B. & Davies, E., 12/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  21. Published

    Bilinear models for scaling and score building: when should they be used?

    Francis, B. & Davies, E., 02/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  22. 2018
  23. Published

    Data collection on trafficking in human beings in the EU: Final report

    Francis, B., Walby, S., Pattinson, B., Elliott, A., Hoti - Llabjani, V., Phoenix, J., Verrall, R. & Peelo, M., 4/12/2018, Luxembourg: European Commission. 272 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  24. Published

    Latent class approaches for modelling multiple ordinal items

    Francis, B., 11/11/2018, ASMOD 2018 : Proceedings of the Advanced Statistical Modelling for Ordinal Data Conference : Naples, 24-26 October 2018 . Capecchi, S., Di Iorio, F. & Simone, R. (eds.). Napoli: FedOAPress, p. 3-13 10 p. 2

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  25. Published

    'If England gets beaten, so will she' – the link between World Cup and violence explained

    Francis, B. & Kirby, S., 11/07/2018

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

  26. Published

    Statistical challenges of administrative and transaction data: Contribution to discussion

    Babb, P., Zhang, L.-C., Allin, P., Wallgren, A., Wallgren, B., Blunt, G., Garrett, A., Murtagh, F., Smith, P. W. F., Elliott, D., Nason, G., Powell, B., Moore, J. C., Durrant, G. B., Smith, P. W. F., Smith, P. A., Chambers, R. L., Herzberg, A. M., Pilling, M. & Appleby, W. & 36 others, Barnett, A., Bhansali, R., Bharadwaj, N., Dong, Y., van den Brakel, J. A., Budd, L., Doidge, J., Gilbert, R., Francis, B., Frisoli, K., Nugent, R., Garcia Perez, F. J., Lara, L., Porcu, E., Henry, S., Hunt, I., Ieva, F., Gasperoni, F., Jansson, I., Kumar, K., Longford, N., Manninen, A., Mateu, J., McNicholas, P. D., McNicholas, S. M., Tait, P. A., Mehew, J., Oberski, D. L., Ruiz, M., Yohai, V. J., Zamar, R., Stehlik, M., Stehlikova, S., Nunez Soza, L., Towers, J. & Wijayatunga, P., 06/2018, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society. 181, 3, p. 578-605 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  27. 2017
  28. Published

    Patterns of infant mortality in rural England and Wales, 1850-1910

    Atkinson, P. D., Francis, B. J., Gregory, I. N. & Porter, C., 1/11/2017, In: Economic History Review. 70, 4, p. 1268-1290 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Cross-sensory correspondences: heaviness is dark and low-pitched

    Walker, P., Scallon, G. & Francis, B. J., 1/07/2017, In: Perception. 46, 7, p. 772-792 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Statistical modelling of a terrorist network

    Aitkin, M., Vu, D. & Francis, B. J., 06/2017, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society. 180, 3, p. 751-768 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Spatial modelling of rural infant mortality and occupation in nineteenth-century Britain

    Atkinson, P. D., Francis, B. J., Gregory, I. N. & Porter, C., 26/04/2017, In: Demographic Research. 36, p. 1337-1360 24 p., 44.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Changing crime-mix patterns of offending over the life course: a comparative study in England & Wales and the Netherlands.

    Elliott, A., Francis, B. J., Soothill, K. L. & Blokland, A., 6/03/2017, The Routledge Handbook of Life-Course Criminology. Blokland, A. & van der Geest, V. (eds.). London: Routledge, (Routledge International Handbooks).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  33. Published

    Gambling harm and crime careers

    May-Chahal, C. A., Humphreys, L. N., Clifton, A. K., Francis, B. J. & Reith, G., 1/03/2017, In: Journal of Gambling Studies. 33, 1, p. 65-84 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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