Journal of Criminal Justice

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Criminal Justice is 5. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board66
Editorial Board60
From theory to conceptualization, through operationalization: Comparing indicators of desistance from crime57
The geographical aspect of offending across crime types: A study on the journey to crime and co-offender dispersion48
The links between sleep, self-control, and internalizing/externalizing problems: A meta-analysis44
The Other perspectives on the development and life course of offending39
Quantifying the impact: From prevalence to harm in evaluating police misconduct39
A longitudinal qualitative analysis of probation and parole officer stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic32
To tent and protect: Homeless encampments as “protective facilities”25
Evidence for intergenerational transmission of biological risk for antisocial behavior: Low resting heart rate in fathers predicts elevated criminality in sons24
Delineating the paradox: Gauging foreign nationals' “Target Suitability” to robbery in the United States24
Breaking point: Exploring side bets, support, and pension investment as predictors of turnover intention in urban policing23
Pathways to juvenile hacking: A stacking ensemble learning and decision tree analysis of cumulative risk factors22
What is theoretical support? Explanation as a central barometer in sentencing research21
A theory evaluation of U.S. firearm laws and their likely effectiveness in reducing gun-related crime21
Patrol officer activity by single- versus double-crewed status: The call-related output of one-officer and two-officer patrol units20
Provincial and territorial correctional service workers: A Canadian national and jurisdictional assessment of mental health19
Deconstructing journey-to-crime's questionable validity in theft-related crimes19
The hidden harms of bond reform: Examining the impact of bond reform on restrictive conditions of release18
Corrigendum to “Do interactions with the police correlate with identity formation? Examining the relationship between police legitimacy, procedural justice, and self-identification over time” [JCJ 10218
Weeding out the Truth: A Survey Experiment on the Role of Scientific Evidence in Shaping Public Opinion on Marijuana Policy18
Neighborhoods, violence, and guns: Unraveling the drivers of youth gun carrying in adjudicated populations18
Honesty as a “communicative tool” in sentencing: A study of judges in the U.S. and Australia17
Rational choices in cyberspace: Quantitative insights into targeting and attack behavior among cyber offenders17
Leveraging code enforcement units to reduce crime: A difference-in-difference analysis of a targeted crime prevention intervention17
Property crime specialization in Detroit, Michigan16
Examining a third level of police organizational climate: Does organizational self-legitimacy shape officer attitudes on the job?15
Machine learning analysis of a national sample of U.S. case law involving mental health evidence15
The importance of social dynamics in a prison environment: Learning from the concerns of incarcerated people15
Is the Static-99R valid for all men with ‘identifiable’ victims? Examining cases of online sexual solicitation of children15
Examining the role of the social bond in the formation of violent crime intentions among incarcerated men14
Firearm acquisition patterns and characteristics of California mass and active shooters14
To intervene or not to intervene: Actual and intended bystander responses to sextortion14
Police de-escalation training and its effects on communication: Evidence from an experimental evaluation13
Gender and the commission of violent street robbery in Liverpool, 1850–1870. A historic criminology approach13
The threat of gun violence and mass shootings: The extent of avoidance and protective behaviors among the American public13
In-hand handgun retention: A crossover RCE comparing two techniques13
Emotion dysregulation – A bridge between ACE and aggressive antisocial behavior13
Firearm Acquisition and Criminal Use: Legal and illegal possession of Crime Guns in California (2010−2021)13
Editorial Board13
Psychopathy and crimes against humanity: A conceptual and empirical examination of human rights violators12
Evaluating policy reforms over time: Multiple event time series regression analysis of justice reinvestment in Indiana and Oregon12
A dynamic factor model to predict homicides with firearm in the United States12
Willingness to change and coming home from prison12
Corrigendum to ‘A global comparison of long prison sentences’ [Journal of Criminal Justice (2025), Volume 96, 102341]12
Editorial Board12
Police whistleblowing: A systematic review of the likelihood (and the barriers and facilitators) of the willingness of police officers to report the misconduct of fellow officers12
The influence of spirituality and religious participation on binge drinking: An investigation into subjective and structural mechanisms of desistance12
Formalizing and expanding school resource officer presence: Examining the influence on student arrests12
Beyond urban centers: Investigating general strain theory and opioid use among rural adolescents11
Consequences of fearing police: Associations with youths' mental health and felt obligation to obey both the law and school rules11
Corrigendum to “Public Cooperation with Police in Ghana: Procedural Justice, Police Legitimacy, and Social Identity” [Journal of Criminal Justice 94 (2024) 1–10/102235]11
Family structure, unstructured socializing, and delinquent behavior11
Revenge Effects and Electronic Control Weapons: A Cautionary Tale about the Unintended Consequences of Technology in the American Justice System11
Exploring further determinants of citizen satisfaction with the police: The role of strain11
Public perceptions on police use of information technologies: Findings from a randomized vignette experiment11
Pathways to sexual aggression according to modus operandi in male and female perpetrators: A systematic review11
The emergence and spread of the summons in lieu of arrest, 1907–198011
Domestic violence perpetrated against men in Kigamboni Municipality, Tanzania: Evidence from social ecological framework11
Examining the potential association between perceived life expectations and violent behaviors, criminal justice processing, and victimization: A longitudinal analysis11
Racial/ethnic disparities in police recovery of stolen property: A previously unexplored facet of police/victim interaction10
Still meteoric after all these years: Acknowledgements10
Neuropsychological deficits, adverse home environments, and cascading behaviors and consequences: An examination of relationships from childhood through adolescence10
Getting in, but getting through? A 20-year national examination of the representation and success of women in the police academy10
The utility of social network analysis to examine conflict and collaboration across boundaries: A review and research agenda for Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs10
Does time heal all? Evaluating the effect of time since conviction on employability10
The shortsighted victim: Short-term mindsets mediate the link between victimization and later offending10
Family incarceration and prison adaptation: Investigating the impact of family incarceration history on prison misconduct10
Relationship between resting heart rate and law enforcement involvement: The moderating role of socioeconomic status in a sample of urban youth10
Criminal justice transitions among adolescents in Australia: A multi-state model9
Voices from inside focused deterrence: Implications for implementation9
Adolescent sexual offending: A comparison of female and male adolescents on the ERASOR, and background and offense characteristics9
A dyadic analysis of social network stability before and after incarceration9
Editorial Board9
Probation and parole agent communication patterns as antecedents to clients' reactance and acts to restore freedoms: Moderating effects of emerging adult status and gender9
Exploring crime through physical and social neighborhood factors: Greenspace and social disconnection in Los Angeles9
The use of restrictive housing with incarcerated persons with mental illness: Variation in placement disparities by restrictive housing type9
Risks considerations when resentencing juvenile homicide offenders: Unresolved science, policy and law issues post-Jones v. Mississippi9
Juvenile fatalities in law enforcement encounters9
The impact of the Detroit crime gun intelligence center on fatal and nonfatal shooting clearance rates8
“We study the past to understand the present; we understand the present to guide the future”: The time capsule of developmental and life-course criminology8
Conjunctive analysis of case configurations: A systematic quantitative literature review8
The generalizability of public judgments of procedural justice across police interaction and demographic variables8
A test of faith: Exploring the attitudes and experiences of Catholics in the aftermath of the Church's child sexual abuse scandal8
What is a neighborhood? A concept consensus review of recent criminological literature8
Editorial Board8
Sociohistorical context and post-prison life course8
Editorial Board8
You've got (no) mail: Unpacking risk of non-delivery fraud victimization among an online sample8
Justice by privilege? Social inequality in waivers of prosecution among youth.7
The de-escalating potential of body-worn cameras: Results from six German police departments7
Examining antecedents of perceived procedural justice among people on community supervision7
Turnover intention among Indian police: Do organizational and community stressors matter?7
The life and scholarship of Pauline Tarnowsky: Criminology's mother7
From mobility to crime: Collective patterns of human mobility and gun violence in Baltimore City7
Correlates of victim services for fraud and identity theft among victim service providers7
Disparities in extreme contexts: The impact of gender and mental health status on the criminal justice outcomes of extremists7
The intricate nature of vulnerability to victimization: Low self-control, age, and economic status7
Estimating the prevalence and frequency of adolescent substance use using zero-inflated models and variables associated with social learning, social bond, and opportunity7
Moving beyond “Does it reduce crime”: The curvilinear and moderating effects of greenspace7
Perceptual saturation in deterrence: Examining the nonlinear relationships between arrest rate signal and perceptions of risk and reward7
Beyond George Floyd: Assessing sentiments on police fund reallocation and its intersection with race and racial resentment7
The accumulated impact of direct and indirect workplace violence exposure on mental health and physiological activity among correctional officers7
Psychopathic traits predict patterns of gun-carrying among a sample of justice-involved youth7
Fear of cybercrime victimisation: Examining the relationship between fear and victimisation7
Editorial Board7
Bail reform and public safety: Evidence from Philadelphia's prosecutor-led pretrial policies7
Promoting disengagement: Effects of a gang intervention and exiting Program on negative police contacts6
Revisiting the sexual recidivism drop in Canada and the United States: A meta-analysis of 468 empirical studies involving 388,994 individuals6
Organizational culture and context in progressive prosecutorial reform: Lessons from Philadelphia6
Veto players and gun violence in drug markets: Analysis based on field observations of eighty drug-selling spots on the Westside of Chicago6
Editorial Board6
Prediction of reoffending risk in men convicted of sexual offences: development and validation of novel and scalable risk assessment tools (OxRIS)6
Help-seeking behaviors of stalking victims: Integrating machine learning and regression approaches to examine how victimization consequences shape victims' decisions6
Does classroom composition of immigrant versus non-immigrant adolescents explain violence perpetration? A cross-cultural study6
An intersectional analysis of foreign-born status, race, and youth peer victimization: Comparing school and cyber contexts across bullying operationalizations6
Neighborhood level predictors of rape: A novel spatial regression approach6
Social correlates of specialized versus versatile offending patterns in intimate partner violence: A register-based study in Finland6
Community perspectives on gun violence and safety: The role of policing in Baltimore City6
The pursuit of gun safety in a new era: Exploring predictors of firearm storage practices among the public6
The effects of Covid-19 stay-at-home orders on street and cybercrimes in a Brazilian city6
Finding an answer in time: Assessing change in needs scores on time to recidivism among justice-involved youth6
County jail incarceration rates and food hardship in the United States6
No causal evidence that free markets and globalization reduce homicide: A quasi-experimental test of emerging consensus6
The association of gang embeddedness and sexual victimization with mental health outcomes6
The predictive performance of criminal risk assessment tools used at sentencing: Systematic review of validation studies6
Correlates of non-suicidal self-injury in South Korean juvenile detention facilities: A general strain theory perspective6
A methodological template for the next generation: Redesigning the STRONG-R needs assessment6
Hot spots policing as part of a city-wide violent crime reduction strategy: Initial evidence from Dallas6
A global comparison of long prison sentences6
Stalking victims' decisions to access victim services: A social ecological approach6
Microcosms of violence among street gang members: Social contagion, propensity to violence, and gang embeddedness5
Public preferences for opioid reform in a post-COVID era: Consensus and divides5
An exploration of use of force among law enforcement officers with military service5
Using a genetically informed direction-of-causation analysis to untangle the victim-offender overlap in adolescence5
Beyond the joystick: Exploring the relationship between game addiction trajectories and aggression dimensions5
Gendered responses to fairness: Organizational justice and police training receptivity5
A neighborhood analysis of U.S homicide clearances in 50 cities: Examining race and disadvantage across neighborhood types5
Healthcare utilization and type of criminal-legal system contact: The importance of employment and health insurance5
Gang injunction, What's your function? Investigating the relationship between civil gang injunctions and gang associates' patterns of association5
Crime reductions after enhanced implementation of Washington state's domestic violence protection order firearm relinquishment law5
Willingness to report hate crimes: How attitudes, police perceptions, and sexual orientation shape bystander response5
Corrigendum to ‘What predicts testing a sexual assault kit? Findings from the Minnesota sexual assault kit initiative project’Journal of Criminal Justice, 105 (2026) Article 1026865
Editorial Board5
Editorial Board5
Greener the safer? Effects of urban green space on community safety and perception of safety using satellite and street view imagery data5
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Criminal legal sanctions and the false dichotomy between deterrence and rehabilitation: Implications for sentencing research and policy5
“Get rich quick,” scheme or script? The effect of cryptoculture on the susceptibility of fraud victimization among cryptocurrency purchasers5
The impact of building the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on crime in Atlanta, GA5
Examining impacts of street characteristics on residents' fear of crime: Evidence from a longitudinal study of crime hot spots5
Head injury and aggressive behavior: Examining sex differences and the role of related risk factors5
Time after time: Factors predicting murder series' duration5
Immigration and serious gang violence: Assessing the immigrant revitalization thesis on urban gang shootings5
Who is to blame? Youth crime and attribution of responsibility in urban Mexico5
The limits of digital liberation: The social locations of gang-affiliated girls and women in the digital streets5
Automation and artificial intelligence in police body-worn cameras: Experimental evidence of impact on perceptions of fairness among officers5
Lethal violence in a Tourist City of the global south: Evidence from Recife, Brazil5
Under the shadow of the persistent offender: Rethinking recidivism and criminal records beyond rupture narratives5
Examining how structural characteristics and the physical environment simultaneously impact crime in neighborhoods: Using a semi-parametric strategy5
Childhood abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, and juvenile recidivism: The mediating role of social bonds5
Day and night: Evaluating the impact of CCTV and street lighting on urban crime prevention in Detroit5
How can restrictive housing be prevented or reduced? Conceptual, methodological, and theoretical issues confronting research and policy5
Bias in prosecutorial decision making: Bridging focal concerns & group threat5
The influence of acute life stressors on mass shooter outcomes5
The journey-to-crime buffer zone: Measurement issues and methodological challenges5
Focal concerns theory and case advancement in sexual assault cases: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
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