OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Criminology is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The long arm of the gang: Disengagement under gang governance in Central America	91
“We keep the nightmares in their cages”: Correctional culture, identity, and the warped badge of honor*	42
Guilt and depression in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda	34
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Redeeming desistance: From individual journeys to a social movement	32
How to overcome the cost of a criminal record for getting hired	30
System management and compensatory parenting: Educational involvement after maternal incarceration	28
The transferal of criminal record stigma in the employment context: Evidence from conjoint and vignette experiments	24
Corrigendum to “When police pull back: Neighborhood‐level effects of de‐policing on violent and property crime, a research note”	20
Issue Information	19
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“We don't tolerate each other; we actually respect and love each other”: Chosen family as a turning point among LGBTQ+ people	19
Pacifying problem places: How problem property interventions increase guardianship and reduce disorder and crime	18
Delinquency, unstructured socializing, and social change: The rise and fall of a teen culture of independence	18
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The social foundations of racial inequalities in arrest over the life course and in changing times	16
Reframing the debate on legal financial obligations and crime: How accruing monetary sanctions impacts recidivism	16
Citizenship, legal status, and misdemeanor justice	15
Anticipatory discrimination: How attorneys’ assumptions about fact triers’ biases sustain race and gender inequality in the civil legal system	15
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When men fight with women (versus other men): Limited offending during disputes	14
“The roughest form of social work:” How court officials justify bail decisions	14
Criminal justice as racialized organizations: Evidence from ethnographies of police, courts, and jails	14
The waiting game: Anticipatory stress and its proliferation during jail incarceration	14

How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities	13
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“It's like a reverse Robin Hood—We all know they can't pay”: How court actors navigate the logics of monetary sanctions	12
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When guardians become offenders: Understanding guardian capability through the lens of corporate crime*	11
Weaker the gang, harder the exit	9
Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest	9
The ecology of business environments and consequences for crime	9
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Settling institutional uncertainty: Policing Chicago and New York, 1877–1923	8
Criminal record stigma, race, and neighborhood inequality	8
Issue Information	7
Triggering factors: Examining the influence of alcohol outlets and neighborhood context on firearm violence	7
Autonomy: A study of social exchange in a carceral setting	7
Leaving the gang is good for your health: A stress process perspective on disengagement from gangs	7
Coerced work during parole: Prevalence, mechanisms, and characteristics	7