OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Criminology is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The long arm of the gang: Disengagement under gang governance in Central America	95
“We keep the nightmares in their cages”: Correctional culture, identity, and the warped badge of honor*	44
Redeeming desistance: From individual journeys to a social movement	36
Guilt and depression in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda	33
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How to overcome the cost of a criminal record for getting hired	30
System management and compensatory parenting: Educational involvement after maternal incarceration	24
The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks	22
Issue Information	22
“We don't tolerate each other; we actually respect and love each other”: Chosen family as a turning point among LGBTQ+ people	20
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Pacifying problem places: How problem property interventions increase guardianship and reduce disorder and crime	17
Corrigendum to “When police pull back: Neighborhood‐level effects of de‐policing on violent and property crime, a research note”	17
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Justice: word, idea, practice	17
The transferal of criminal record stigma in the employment context: Evidence from conjoint and vignette experiments	17
Delinquency, unstructured socializing, and social change: The rise and fall of a teen culture of independence	16
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Anticipatory discrimination: How attorneys’ assumptions about fact triers’ biases sustain race and gender inequality in the civil legal system	15
Reframing the debate on legal financial obligations and crime: How accruing monetary sanctions impacts recidivism	15
Citizenship, legal status, and misdemeanor justice	14
The social foundations of racial inequalities in arrest over the life course and in changing times	14
“The roughest form of social work:” How court officials justify bail decisions	14
Defining and measuring homicide rates for birth cohorts: Methodological and theoretical challenges and solutions	14
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Criminal justice as racialized organizations: Evidence from ethnographies of police, courts, and jails	13
The waiting game: Anticipatory stress and its proliferation during jail incarceration	11
When men fight with women (versus other men): Limited offending during disputes	11
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“It's like a reverse Robin Hood—We all know they can't pay”: How court actors navigate the logics of monetary sanctions	9
How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities	9
When guardians become offenders: Understanding guardian capability through the lens of corporate crime*	8
Racial and ethnic differences in the consequences of school suspension for arrest	8
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Weaker the gang, harder the exit	8
Settling institutional uncertainty: Policing Chicago and New York, 1877–1923	7
The ecology of business environments and consequences for crime	7
Criminal record stigma, race, and neighborhood inequality	7
Triggering factors: Examining the influence of alcohol outlets and neighborhood context on firearm violence	7
Flexibility in variable operationalization in social disorganization theory: A pilot study	7