Criminology & Public Policy

Papers
(The median citation count of Criminology & Public Policy 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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How many complaints against police officers can be abated by incapacitating a few “bad apples?”48
De‐prosecution and death: A synthetic control analysis of the impact of de‐prosecution on homicides41
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program expansion evaluation—A qualitative study31
Does police patrol in large areas prevent crime? Revisiting the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment31
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Challenges in creating humane and equitable policing: A focus on the Global South24
Assessing the impact of de‐escalation training on police behavior: Reducing police use of force in the Louisville, KY Metro Police Department23
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The more things change, the more they stay the same: A multi‐wave national assessment of police academy training curricula20
“Defund the police:” Perceptions among protesters in the 2020 March on Washington19
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A test of the bifurcation hypothesis in prosecutorial diversion17
Perceptions and experiences with police among people who use drugs in the initial year of British Columbia's decriminalization of illegal drugs policy17
“Like aspirin for arthritis”: A qualitative study of conditional cyber‐deterrence associated with police crackdowns on the dark web16
Scaling up effective juvenile delinquency programs by focusing on change levers: Evidence from a large meta‐analysis14
Police reform in public housing contexts: Body‐worn cameras, surveillance, and harm reduction in New York City Housing Authority developments14
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Can “race‐neutral” program eligibility requirements in criminal justice have disparate effects? An examination of race, ethnicity, and prison industry employment14
The impact and policy relevance of street lighting for crime prevention: A systematic review based on a half‐century of evaluation research13
Disorder policing to reduce crime: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis13
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State efforts to enforce firearm dispossession through relinquishment laws12
Situational crime prevention as a harm mitigation policy for active shooter incidents12
The spatial (in)stability of mental health calls for police service12
Beyond impunity: An evaluation of New York State's nonfatal shooting initiative12
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Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders11
Fair Chance Act failures? Employers’ hiring of people with criminal records11
Firearm restrictions in domestic violence protection orders: Implementation, vetting, compliance, and enforcement10
Gunshot detection technology effect on gun violence in Kansas City, Missouri: A microsynthetic control evaluation10
The policy lessons learned from the criminal justice system response to COVID‐1910
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Public support for second look sentencing: Is there a Shawshank redemption effect?9
Estimating the effects of shrinking the criminal justice system on criminal recidivism9
Ambiguity and legal compliance9
Focus on prevention: The public is more supportive of “overdose prevention sites” than they are of “safe injection facilities”8
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Coerced motherhood behind bars: Public support for abortion access for incarcerated women7
Elevated police turnover following the summer of George Floyd protests: A synthetic control study7
Deregulation of public civilian gun carrying and violent crimes: A longitudinal analysis 1981–20197
Examining the prevalence of experiencing sexual misconduct and reporting to Title IX and counseling services across student race/ethnicity: Findings from the 2019 Association of American Universities 7
Comparing 911 and emergency hotline calls for domestic violence in seven cities: What happened when people started staying home due to COVID‐19?6
An examination of harm reduction strategies in Oxycodone and Adderall buyer feedback on AlphaBay6
Are progressive chief prosecutors effective in reducing prison use and cumulative racial/ethnic disadvantage? Evidence from Florida6
Student absenteeism and the role of police encounters6
What motivates users to adopt cybersecurity practices? A survey experiment assessing protection motivation theory6
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Police body‐worn camera policies as democratic deficits? Comparing public support for policy alternatives6
Minor‐focused sextortion by adult strangers: A crime script analysis of newspaper and court cases5
Building an understanding of the collision of crime, places, race, and ethnicity5
Goldilocks and the three “Ts”: Targeting, testing, and tracking for “just right” democratic policing4
Pretrial risk assessment instruments in practice: The role of judicial discretion in pretrial reform4
Locked up and awaiting trial: Testing the criminogenic and punitive effects of spending a week or more in pretrial detention4
Do foster youth face harsher juvenile justice outcomes? Reinvestigating child welfare bias in juvenile justice processing4
Public mental health facility closures and criminal justice contact in Chicago4
Immigration policy, immigrant detention, and the U.S. jail system4
Do body‐worn cameras reduce disparities in police behavior in minority communities? Evidence of nuanced influences across Black and Hispanic neighborhoods3
George Floyd protests and the criminal justice system3
The effect of the Seattle Police‐Free CHOP zone on crime: A microsynthetic control evaluation3
Identifying high‐risk firearms dealers: A machine learning study of rapidly diverted firearm sales in California3
Understanding markers of trust within the online stolen data market: An examination of vendors’ signaling behaviors relative to product price point3
Implementation science (IS)—A game changer for criminology and criminal justice3
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Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID‐19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires2
Police diversity and crime clearance for Black and Hispanic victims2
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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”: An in‐depth examination of police officer perceptions of body‐worn camera implementation and their relationship to policy, supervision, and training2
Regulatory intermediaries and the challenge of democratic policing2
Understanding what violent street crime, globalization, and ice cream have in common2
Some cognitive transformations about the dynamics of desistance2
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Federal–local partnerships on immigration law enforcement: Are the policies effective in reducing violent victimization?2
A wall of treatments: An integrative problem‐solving approach to the prevention of stone‐throwing in East Jerusalem2
De‐prosecution and death: A reply to an imprecise and ideological critique2
The sexual recidivism drop in Canada: A meta‐analysis of sex offender recidivism rates over an 80‐year period2
Diverting 911 calls: Lessons from early adopting urban jurisdictions2
Neck‐restraint bans, law enforcement officer unions, and police killings2
Focused deterrence, strategic management, and effective gun violence prevention1
Does racial congruence between police agencies and communities reduce racialized police killings of civilians?1
Disarming abusers: Domestic violence protective order (DVPO) firearm restriction processes and dispositions1
Right to counsel? A mixed‐methods evaluation of the St. Louis County initial appearance program1
Why do young people start and continue with ethical hacking? A qualitative study on individual and social aspects in the lives of ethical hackers1
Lessons learned from Dread darknet communities: How and why are fraudsters targeting the elderly to be victims or accomplices?1
Banishing justice: Extradition limits in the United States1
Understanding (non)involvement in terrorist violence: What sets extremists who use terrorist violence apart from those who do not?1
Prosecutor‐driven reform and racial disparities1
Can place‐based crime prevention impacts be sustained over long durations? 11‐Year follow‐up of a quasi‐experimental evaluation of a CCTV project1
Informing the recruitment crisis in policing: Evaluating which incentives can entice the best candidates among college students1
Pain, suffering, and jury awards: A study of the cost of wrongful convictions1
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Court date reminders reduce court nonappearance: A meta‐analysis1
Building “A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth” through problem‐oriented community organizing: A quasi‐experimental evaluation1
Does scientific research change minds? Linking criminology and public perceptions of policing1
Does humanizing the police improve the effectiveness of police recruiting efforts?1
The effect of online ad campaigns on DDoS‐attacks: A cross‐national difference‐in‐differences quasi‐experiment1
Risk and implications of COVID‐19 among the community supervised population1
Mass support for proposals to reshape policing depends on the implications for crime and safety1
Bad apples and incredible certitude1
News media and public attitudes toward the protests of 2020: An examination of the mediating role of perceived protester violence1
The role of race, gender, and poverty on length of pretrial jail stays: A multi‐site analysis1
Responding to nonemergency calls for service via video: A randomized controlled trial1
Assessing nation‐state‐sponsored cyberattacks using aspects of Situational Crime Prevention1
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