OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Prison Journal is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A New Instrument to Measure Prison Climate: The Psychometric Quality of the Prison Climate Questionnaire	20
Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members	20
Visitation and Misconduct Among Maximum-Security Inmates	15
Norfolk’s “Model Prison Community”: Howard Belding Gill and the Social Process of Prison Reform	13
Voices of Returning Citizens: A Qualitative Study of a Supportive Housing Program for Ex-Offenders in a Rural Community	11
“Finding Rhythms Made Me Find My Rhythm in Prison”: The Role of a Music Program in Promoting Social Engagement and Psychological Well-being Among Inmates	10
Legal Battles: Transgender Inmates’ Rights	9
The Importation of Violent “Codes” of South Korean Inmates	9
The Effect of Time Spent in Prison and Coping Styles on Psychological Distress in Inmates	8
What Matters to Formerly Incarcerated Men? Looking Beyond Recidivism as a Measure of Successful Reintegration	8
Meet Them Where They Are: The Importance of Contextual Relevance in Prison-Based Parenting Programs	8
The Invisible Hand of the State: A Critical Historical Analysis of Prison Gangs in California	8
Transportation Barriers to Successful Reentry among Returning Citizens: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-synthesis	6
Prison Changed Me—and I Just Work There: Personality Changes Among Prison Officers	6
A Gendered Career Stage Model to Explore Turnover Intent Among Correctional Officers	6
Exploring the Effects of Organizational Structure Variables on the Organizational Justice Perceptions of Correctional Staff	6
The Experience of Transgender Women Prisoners Serving a Sentence in a Male Prison: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis	5
Individual-Level Predictors of the Working Relationship between Probation Officers and Probationers	5
A Beastly Bargain: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prison-Based Dog-Training Programs in Florida	5
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Prison Misconduct: Are the Predictors the Same for Women and Men?	5
A Qualitative Study of Organizational and Psychosocial Factors in the Burnout of Italian Correctional Officers	5
Does the Experience of Imprisonment Affect Optimism About Reentry?	5
The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Jail Populations in Washington State	5
Feminist Ethics and Research with Women in Prison	4
Promoting Inmates’ Positive Attitudes toward Participating in a Restorative Justice Process: The Effects of a Victim Awareness Process	4

The Use of the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Model for Corrections Officers: Reducing Incidents within a County Jail	4
Situational Risk Factors for Inmate-on-Staff Assaults	4
Gender and Prison Work: The Experience of Female Provincial Correctional Officers in Canada	4
Interventions to Prevent Prison Violence: A Scoping Review of the Available Research Evidence	4
Penal Arts Interventions and Hope: Outcomes of Arts-Based Projects in Prisons and Community Settings*	4
Views From the Inside: Insights About Restrictive Housing From Prison System Officials, Officers, and Staff	4
Views of Community Corrections Supervision and Their Predictors: An Officer and Offender Comparison	3
The Effects of Procedural Justice on Obligation to Obey, and Compliance among Incarcerated Offenders in South Africa	3
An Examination of Women’s Experiences with Reporting Sexual Victimization Behind Prison Walls	3
The Correctional Services Canada Institutional Mother Child Program: A Look at the Numbers	3
Public Acceptability of Prisoners’ Access and Use of Digital Technologies in the UK	3
The Pains of Imprisonment and Contemporary Prisoner Culture in Canada	3
The Long-Term Effects of Solitary Confinement From the Perspective of Inmates	3
Strain During Reentry: A Test of General Strain Theory Using a Sample of Adult Former Prisoners	3
Punishing for the Past (Sometimes): Judicial Perspectives on Criminal History Enhancements	3
Are the Criminogenic Effects of Incarceration Mediated by a Change in Criminal Thinking or a Change in Perceived Certainty?	3
Chinese Culture and Its Influence on Prison Society: Women’s Experience	3
Assessing Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory Implementation Outcomes: Lessons from Five Diverse Pennsylvania Counties	3
“Prisons Were Made for People Like Us”: British Pakistani Muslim Experiences Upon Release From Prison	3