OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Prison Journal is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Staff and Incarcerated Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Men Who Sexually Offend: Implications for Prison Social Climate	22
Identifying the Impact of Incarceration on Parenting: An Examination of Incarcerated Parents' Perceptions in the “Reading for a Change” Program in Colorado	19
Barriers to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Implementation in Jails and Postincarceration Community Settings	17
Incarcerated Fathers and Their Children in The Netherlands: Demographic and Detention Factors That Affect the Father–Child Relationship: A Secondary Analysis	16
Commodity, Scarcity and Power in the Carceral Economy	11
Building Connection Behind Bars: A Process Evaluation of a Relationship-Based Reentry Workshop for Incarcerated Men in Pennsylvania	10
Predicting Prison Misconduct With the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles: A Meta-Analysis	9
Did COVID-19 Affect News Media Representations of Prisons, Inmates, and Correctional Officers? A Look Prior and Postpandemic	9
Canadian Provincial and Territorial Correctional Worker Mental Health and Well-Being Study (CWMH): Navigating Practical and Unanticipated Methodological Challenges	8
Effects of Prison Security Level on the Violent Misconduct for New Federal Prison Entries	7
Quantifying Fair Chance Policy Implementation and Employer Engagement	7
Interventions to Prevent Prison Violence: A Scoping Review of the Available Research Evidence	6
“I Chose Motherhood First”: Salvaging the Maternal Identity in Resource-Starved Jails	6
Through Hope and Struggle: The Impact of “Gaisce – The President's Award” on Young Adults in Irish Prisons	6
Offence-Specific Interventions for Women Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse: Barriers for Program Implementation in Australia	6
Transformative Learning With Mexican Cartel Members: An Exploration of Organized Crime Through Participatory Action Research in Prison	6
“Every Day I was Crying about Something”: Lingering Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Working in Juvenile Prisons	5
The Effect of Perceived Discrimination on Social Alienation of Probationers: Evidence from China	5
Correctional Officer Culture in Canada: Proving Oneself for In-Group Acceptance	5
Long-Term Impacts of Incarceration Exposure and Social Network Stability in Later Life	5
Perceived Environmental Quality Indicators as Health-Enabling Elements Within Prisons	5
A Phenomenological Study on the Reintegrating Experiences of Prison Torture Survivors into the Community in Gondar, Ethiopia	5
“Suffering in Deafening Silence”: Suicide Ideation and Attempted Suicide in the Lives of Incarcerated Rural West Virginia Girls	5
Suicidal ideation in Chilean Prisons: Findings From a National Study	4
25-Year Evaluation of an In-Person Therapeutic Community Program in the Southwest United States between 1994 and 2019	4

Designing Research to Capture and Understand Variations in Higher Education in Prison	4
How Detainment Reshapes the Interpersonal Relationships of Indonesian Incarcerated Youth: A Qualitative Study	4
Corrigendum to “Enhancing Offender Rehabilitation Through Co-Designed Controlled-Environment Agriculture in an Australian Maximum Security Prison”	4
Is Hope a Good Thing, and Maybe Even the Best of Things? Exploring the Construct of Hope Within the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model	4
Walking an EmotionalTightrope: Examining the Carceral Emotion Culture(s) of Federal Prisons for Women in Canada	4
Occupational Challenges for Physical Fitness in Canadian Federal Correctional Services: “If You Are Not in Good Shape, People Can Die”	4
Using the Job Demands-Resources Model to Examine Possible Correlates of Fear of Being Victimized at Work Among Chinese Prison Officers	4
Using Jail Population Analysis to Enhance Offender Treatment Planning	4
“Free Spirits”: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Artistic Intervention Program Targeting Imprisoned People	3
Has Anything Changed? An Analysis of Federal Custodial Litigation Cases Post Kingsley v. Hendrickson	3
Informing Correctional Officer Discretion: A Co-Response Model and the Legal Vulnerabilities Inherent in Prison Work	3
A Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Studies on Self-harming Behavior in the Correctional Setting	3
Negotiating Toilet Access: A Qualitative Exploration of Women's Incarceration	3
The Future of American Jails: A National Survey of Jail Leaders’ Ideals	3
Security and Discretion: The Struggles of Prison Visitors and the Politics of Control	3
Examining the Mediating Effects of Organizational Trust on the Relationship between Organizational Justice and Job Attitudes among Correctional Staff	3
Right to “Life”: The Cruel Contradiction of Exceptions to the Death Penalty for Pregnant People	3
The Intercultural Sensitivity of Italian Correctional Officers Between Life Satisfaction and Burnout	3
Predicting Recidivism with the PICTS Fear-of-Change Scale in a Sample of Medium-Security Inmates Following Their Release from Federal Prison	3
Examining the Effects of Key Workplace Variables on Job Burnout of Southern Prison Staff	2
Prison Family Engagement Policies: A Multistate Systematic Review and Content Analysis	2
Prison Gatekeeping and Ethical Challenges in Qualitative Research with Homicide Offenders in Ghana	2
Applying the Risk–Need–Responsivity (RNR) Model to Transgender Women in the Criminal Justice System	2
Research Note: When Is a Day Reporting Center Evaluation Not a Day Reporting Center Evaluation? Lessons From a Systematic Review	2
Radio What's New? Someone Still Loves You: The Impact of Listening to Prison Radio	2
Transforming Prison Labour: Economic Reforms, Ethical Considerations, and Public–Private Partnerships in Kenya's Correctional Services	2
Skills and Competencies Incompatible With Crime: A Theory of Criminal Lifestyle Change	2
“The Soul Recognizes Itself in Somebody Else”: The Healing Value of Forgiveness among Formerly Incarcerated People in the Profession Practice of Peer-Support	2
Sexual Behaviors and Desires of Inmates in a Finnish Prison: A Survey Study With Population-Based Comparisons	2
Mothering Behind Bars: Exploring the Experiences of Incarcerated Mothers in the Jails of Ilocos Norte, Philippines	2
When Women Talk: Exploring the Voices of Women in Prison Through an Arts-Based Radio Project	2
Deconstructing the Power Dynamics of Prison Research	2
What Do Correctional Leaders Think About Faith-Based Programs? Results From a National Survey	2
The Experience of Transgender Women Prisoners Serving a Sentence in a Male Prison: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis	2
The End of Public/Private Partnership Prisons in the Department of Correctional Services of South Africa	2
The “Pains of Employment”? Connecting Air and Sound Quality to Correctional Officer Experiences of Health and Wellness in Prison Space	2
An Ethical Perspective for Telemedicine in Prison	2
The First Year Behind Bars: Trauma and Shifts in Correctional Officer Orientation	1
Understanding the Nature and Prevalence of Sexual Misconduct in the UK Prison and Probation Service	1
Violence Interruption in Prison: Post-Riot Resilience and Institutional Wellness in a High-Risk Environment	1
Facility Improvement in a Thai Prison through Decentralized Management and Alternative Funding	1
A Taste of Prison: A Study on the Relationship between Food Satisfaction and Experienced Severity of Imprisonment	1
A Typology of Family Relationships among Older Adults in Prison	1
Can Rehabilitation Work in Military Prison? A Theoretical Framework Based on the Israeli Case	1
Exploring the Relationship of Organizational Justice with Chinese Prison Staff Life Satisfaction	1
When Checking a Box is not Enough: The (Un)Readability of PREA Messaging	1
Increasing Equity in Pathways to Postsecondary Education for Individuals With Disabilities in Prison	1
Parole Decision-Making and Empirical Practice: A Survey of Paroling Authorities	1
UWork Student-Assisted Reentry Program: An Exploratory Study	1
Reinterpreting Basic Ideas in Delivering Correctional Services: Making the Most of What We Have	1

Exploring the Social-Emotional Challenges of Dutch Correctional Staff Working With Violent Detainees	1
Risky Justice of the Law: The Impact of Risk-Assessment Tools on Aboriginal Offenders’ Overrepresentation in Canada's Federal Prisons	1
First Year Home: The Reentry Experiences of Higher Education in Prison Participants	1
“Taller Fences or Longer Tables”: Should We Rely on Dynamic Security to Prevent Prison Violence?	1
Statewide Prison Language Mandates: Where Intention and Implementation Diverge	1
“The Dogs Saved My Life”: The Role of Prison Dog Programs in the Turning Point Process Among Formerly Incarcerated Men	1
Digital Justice: Accessibility Factors of Smartphone Apps for Criminal Legal System-Involved People	1
“Making a Difference”: Unpacking the Positives in Correctional Work and Prison Life From the Perspective of Correctional Workers	1
Maternal Incarceration and Family Endangerment: A Phenomenological Study of Husbands and Children in Selected Ghanaian Prisons	1
Violent Institutional Misconduct in the Transition from Juvenile to Adult Correctional Facilities	1
Jail Officers’ Adherence to Traditional Bases of Social Power: Understanding Inmate Control in a Unique Correctional Context	1