Criminology & Public Policy

Papers
(The TQCC of Criminology & Public Policy is 6. 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.)
ArticleCitations
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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
Issue Information21
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
Issue Information18
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
Issue Information14
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
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
Issue Information12
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Fair Chance Act failures? Employers’ hiring of people with criminal records11
Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders11
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
Issue Information10
Firearm restrictions in domestic violence protection orders: Implementation, vetting, compliance, and enforcement10
Estimating the effects of shrinking the criminal justice system on criminal recidivism9
Ambiguity and legal compliance9
Public support for second look sentencing: Is there a Shawshank redemption effect?9
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
Issue Information6
Police body‐worn camera policies as democratic deficits? Comparing public support for policy alternatives6
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