BOOKS

Richards, David L. and Shareen Hertel, eds. 2026. Teaching Human Rights in Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Richards, David L., and Jillienne Haglund. 2015. Violence against Women and the Law. Boulder, CO: Routledge.

PUBLIC DATASETS

CIRIGHTS (formerly CIRI) Human Rights Data Project.

Since 2004, this project has freely provided annual data for nearly every country in the world about government respect for 30+ internationally recognized human rights, from 1981 to the present.

ARCHIVES

Charlie Clements Digital Archive. Forthcoming 2027.

Co-Principal Investigator on digital archive of noted human rights activist Charlie Clements. https://youtu.be/X7cIb7N5gv0?si=KEI36PD-wSVjRyJc

REPORTS

Richards, David L. 2021/2022. “Socio- Political Analysis Pertaining to the Development and Endorsement of the Family Protection Bill in Palestine.” UN Women/UNDP/UNICEF.

Richards, David L. 2017. Whitepaper. National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, United States of America.

Richards, David L., and Jillienne Haglund. 2015. “Some Effects of Closing the Normative Gap” Addendum to the Human Right Council Thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences (A/HRC/29/27/Add.5)

ARTICLES

Pressman, Jeremy, David L. Richards, Spencer B. Hayes, and Minju Lee. 2025. “Israel’s response to allegations of human rights violations” The Journal of Human Rights 24.5: Pgs TBD

Richards, David L. and Alexandra Kapell. 2025. “Public Acceptance of Gender-Based Violence as Torture.” The Journal of Human Rights. 24.2: 151-167.

Haglund, Jillienne and David L. Richards. 2018. “Enforcement Of Sexual Violence Law In Post-Civil Conflict Societies” Conflict Management and Peace Science. 35.3: 280-295.

Anderson, Mary R. and David L. Richards. 2018. “Beyond the Media’s Explanation: Examining the Determinants of Attitudes Towards Torture” The Journal of Human Rights 17.1: 1-33.

Richards, David L. 2016. “The Myth of Information Effects in Human Rights Data.” Human Rights Quarterly 38.2: 477-492.

Richards, David L., Alyssa Webb, and K. Chad Clay. 2015. “Respect for Physical Integrity Rights in the 21st Century: Evaluating Poe & Tate’s Model 20 Years Later.” Journal of Human Rights 14.4: 291-311.

Carbonetti, Benjamin, Robert Pomeroy and David L. Richards. 2013. “Overcoming the Lack of Political Will in Small Scale Fisheries.” Marine Policy.

Richards, David L. and Benjamin Carbonetti. 2013. “Worth What We Decide: A Defense of the Right to Leisure.” International Journal of Human Rights 17.3: 329-349.

Richards, David L. and K. Chad Clay. 2012. “An Umbrella with Holes: Respect for Non-Derogable Human Rights during Declared States of Emergency, 1996-2004” Human Rights Review 13.4: 443-471.

Richards, David L. 2012. “Rhetoric and Reality Revisited.” The Journal of Human Rights 11.3: 337-343.

Richards, David L., Mandy M. Morrill, and Mary R. Anderson 2012. “Some Psycho-Social Correlates of US Citizen Support for Torture.” Nordic Journal of Human Rights 30.1: 63-95.

Richards, David L. 2012. “What’s in a Name? Human Rights, Human Development, and Human Dignity.” WIDER Angle. UNU-WIDER. December.        < http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/newsletter/articles-2012/en_GB/12-2012-DR/>

Richards, David L. 2012. “A Review Essay on Human Rights Measurement.” Human Rights and Human Welfare

Cingranelli, David L. and David L. Richards. 2010. “The Cingranelli and Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Data Project.” Human Rights Quarterly 32.2: pgs 401-424.

Richards, David L. and Ronald D. Gelleny. 2007. “Women’s Status and Economic Globalization” International Studies Quarterly 51.4: 855-876.

Richards, David L. and Ronald D. Gelleny. 2007. “Good Things to Those Who Wait? National Elections and Respect for Human Rights” Journal of Peace Research 44.4: 505-523.

Richards, David L. and Ronald D. Gelleny. 2006. “Banking Crises and Internal Political Turmoil” Canadian Journal of Political Science 39.4: 1-25.

            [Reprinted in “Perspectives on Political and Social Regional Stability Impacted by Global Crises”, Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Directorate, 2010]

Richards, David L., and Neil J. Mitchell. 2006. “A Makeover for the Introductory Comparative Politics Course” PS: Political Science and Politics 39.2: 357-362.

Richards, David L., Ronald Gelleny, and David Sacko. 2001. “Money With A Mean Streak? Foreign Economic Penetration and Government Respect for Human Rights in Developing Countries,” International Studies Quarterly 45.2: 219-239.

Cingranelli, David L., and David L. Richards. 1999. “Respect for Human Rights After the End of the Cold War” Journal of Peace Research 36.5: 511-534.

Cingranelli, David L., and David L. Richards. 1999. “Measuring the Pattern, Level, and Sequence of Government Respect for Human Rights,” International Studies Quarterly 43: 407-417.

Richards, David L. 1999. “Perilous Proxy: Human Rights and the Presence of National Elections,” Social Science Quarterly 80.4: 648-665.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Hayes, Spencer B. and David L. Richards. Forthcoming. “Measuring Human Rights Protections and Abuses” in Courtney Hillebrecht and Jillienne Haglund, eds., What Do We Know About Human Rights. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Richards, David L. and Shareen Hertel. 2026. “Introduction” in David L. Richards and Shareen Hertel, eds., Teaching Human Rights in Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Richards, David L. and Jillienne Haglund. 2018. “Exploring The Consequences Of The Normative Gap In Legal Protections Addressing Violence Against Women.” in Rashida Manjoo and Jackie Jones, eds. Normative Gaps In The Legal Protection Of Women And Girls From Violence. Routledge.

Richards, David L. and Ronald D. Gelleny. 2009. “Economic Globalization and Human Rights” In Michael Goodhart, ed. Human Rights: Politics and Practice. Oxford University Press.

[Revised Third Edition, 2015]

Cingranelli, David L. and David L. Richards. 2009. “The Quantitative Study of Human Rights Violations” In David P. Forsythe, ed., The Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Oxford University Press.

[This volume was awarded the 2010 Dartmouth Medal by the American Library Association]

Cingranelli, David L. and David L. Richards. 2007. “Measuring Government Effort to Respect Economic Human Rights: A Peer Benchmark” In Alanson Minkler and Shareen Hertel, eds. Economic Rights: Conceptual, Measurement, and Policy Issues. Cambridge Press.

[Reprinted in Human Rights, 2009, ed. Todd Landman, SAGE Library of International Relations, SAGE Publications].

Richards, David L. 2007. “Measuring Human Rights: Some Issues and Options” In Exploring International Human Rights, eds. Rhonda Callaway and Julie Harrelson-Stephens. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Richards, David L. 2004. “The Civilizational Geography of Human Rights, 1981-1999.” In Human Rights & Diversity: Area Studies Revisited, eds. David Forsythe and Patrice McMahon, University of Nebraska Press.

Richards, David L. 2002. “Information Technology and Government Respect for Human Rights.” In Technology, Development, and Democracy, ed. Juliann Allison, SUNY Press.

Richards, David L., and Ronald Gelleny. 2002. “Is It A Small World After All? Economic Globalization and Human Rights in Developing Countries.” In Coping With Globalization: Cross-National Patterns in Domestic Governance and Policy Performance?, eds. Steve Chan and James Scarritt, Frank Cass.

Cingranelli, David L., and David L. Richards. 2000. “Measuring the Impact of Human Rights Organizations.” In NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and Performance, ed. Claude Welch, University of Pennsylvania Press.