OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Cybercrime Correlates Among Adolescents in Europe and South America: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Situational Action Theory	34
A Social Network Analysis of Publishing Networks in the “Big 5” Journals in Criminology and Criminal Justice	25
Intentional Homicides and Alcohol Abuse in Lithuania	17
The National Crime Victimization Survey at Fifty: Introduction to the Special Issue	15
Youth Street Groups in Spain: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Gender Differences	13
Forecasting Future Crime Rates	12
“This Place Will Wear You Down”: Examining the Organizational and Contagion Effects of Stress on Correctional Staff Working Overtime in U.S. Prisons	11
A Standardized Matrix for Mental Health Diversion Program Reporting	10
The Efficacy of Juvenile Court Supervision in Addressing Youth Risks and Needs	9
The Shadow Police: User-Pays Policing in the State of Mexico	8
Girls’ Violence in the Matrix of Domination: Skin Tone, Femininities, and Dignity Challenges	7
Databases for Substance Use Research in Hong Kong: An Introduction	6
A Developmental and Life-Course Approach to Further Understanding of the Nature and Causes of Intimate Partner Violence and Femicide	6
Perspectives on Diversion in the Criminal Justice and Health care Systems	6
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) With Incarcerated Women: Exploring the Role of Prison Activities as a Determinant of Preparedness for Re-entry	6
Unnesting the Matryoshka Doll: An Ecological Model of Probation and Parole Decision-Making in Ireland	6
The Evolution of the Measurement of Rape and Sexual Assault Over 50 Years: Milestones, Definitions, Operationalizations, and Classifications	6
Plural Policing in Papua New Guinea: More Than the Sum of Its Parts?	6
Triggering Violence? The Impact of Firearms on the Nature and Lethality of Violent Encounters: A European Perspective	6
Penality at the Periphery: Deficits, Absences, and Negation	6
Who Deserves Diversion? A Theoretical Critique of Mitigation, Consequentialism, and the Juvenile Court	5
The Development of the Irish Youth Justice System: Toward a Children’s Rights Model of Youth Justice?	5
Plea Bargaining and Trial Decisions in Context: An Examination of Disparities in Punishment	5
Corrigendum to Explaining the Extraordinary Decline in Chicago’s Homicide Arrest Rates, 1965 to 1994 and Beyond: Trends in Case Mix Versus Standards for Arrest	4
Five Areas Which Make the Irish Organized Crime Milieu Distinctive	4

Theory Development and Crime Prevention Insights From the NCVS	4
The Culture of Control in Schools: How Punitive and Disadvantaged Spaces Impact Race-Specific Suspension Rates	4
In the Name of Dark Web Justice: A Crime Script Analysis of Hacking Services and the Underground Justice System	4
Does the Detention Decision Influence Juvenile Court Processing? An Examination of Cumulative Disadvantage	4
A Research Note on Suicidal Behavior as a Precursor to Domestic Homicide, With a Coda on Trends in Femicide Before, During and After COVID	4
The “Yelp-Ification” of the Dark Web: An Exploration of the Use of Consumer Feedback in Dark Web Markets	4
“Cameras Help, but Hurt”: The Role and Use of Prison Cameras for Accountability	4
Navigating the Borderlands: System-Impacted Latina Girls, Cultural Tyranny, and the Juvenile Legal System	4
Women’s Pathways to Incarceration in India and Sri Lanka: Insights From an Intersectional Narrative Analysis	4
Declining Trends in Crime Reporting and Victims’ Trust of Police in the United States and Major Metropolitan Areas in the 21st Century	4
Evaluating Research and Scholarly Impact in Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United Kingdom and Italy: A Comparative Perspective	3
Guiding Cases and the Death Penalty in the Chinese Mainland	3
An Assessment of Cryptomixing Services in Online Illicit Markets	3
The Research Utility of the National Violent Death Reporting System for Understanding Homicide Trends	3
You Won’t Break My Soul: Black Women’s Pursuit of Joy in the Face of Racialized Police and Vigilante Violence	3
Occupational Stress Associated With Technological Diversion Among Pretrial Services Officers: A Qualitative Case Study of GPS Supervision for Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence Cases	3
Accessing Crime Data in Hong Kong: Haunted by Fragmentation	3
Beyond Citation Counts: Reassessing Top Criminologists’ “Influence” With Altmetric Scores	3
Introduction to the Special Issue—Many Paths Through the Forest: The Complex Realities of Prison Research and Innovation in the Modern Era	3
Comparing the Determinants of Worldwide Homicide and Terrorism	3
A Thematic Analysis of Case Managers’ Perspectives on Enablers and Constraints to Community Youth Justice Service Delivery in an Australian Jurisdiction	3
A Review of the Evolution of the NCS-NCVS Police Reporting and Response Questions and Their Application to Older Women Experiencing Violent Victimization	3
Outcomes of a Court-Based Substance Use Disorder Diversion Pilot Program: A Cost Analysis	3
Idle Time in Prison: The Emotional, Social, and Practical Impacts of Incapacitation	3