OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Prison Journal 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Philosophies and Decision Making in Parole Board Members	22
A New Instrument to Measure Prison Climate: The Psychometric Quality of the Prison Climate Questionnaire	21
Visitation and Misconduct Among Maximum-Security Inmates	15
Voices of Returning Citizens: A Qualitative Study of a Supportive Housing Program for Ex-Offenders in a Rural Community	13
Norfolk’s “Model Prison Community”: Howard Belding Gill and the Social Process of Prison Reform	13
“Finding Rhythms Made Me Find My Rhythm in Prison”: The Role of a Music Program in Promoting Social Engagement and Psychological Well-being Among Inmates	10
Legal Battles: Transgender Inmates’ Rights	9
What Matters to Formerly Incarcerated Men? Looking Beyond Recidivism as a Measure of Successful Reintegration	8
Meet Them Where They Are: The Importance of Contextual Relevance in Prison-Based Parenting Programs	8
The Invisible Hand of the State: A Critical Historical Analysis of Prison Gangs in California	8
The Effect of Time Spent in Prison and Coping Styles on Psychological Distress in Inmates	8
Exploring the Effects of Organizational Structure Variables on the Organizational Justice Perceptions of Correctional Staff	8
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Prison Misconduct: Are the Predictors the Same for Women and Men?	6
Transportation Barriers to Successful Reentry among Returning Citizens: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-synthesis	6
Situational Risk Factors for Inmate-on-Staff Assaults	6
Prison Changed Me—and I Just Work There: Personality Changes Among Prison Officers	6
A Qualitative Study of Organizational and Psychosocial Factors in the Burnout of Italian Correctional Officers	5
The Experience of Transgender Women Prisoners Serving a Sentence in a Male Prison: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis	5
The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Jail Populations in Washington State	5
Individual-Level Predictors of the Working Relationship between Probation Officers and Probationers	5
A Beastly Bargain: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prison-Based Dog-Training Programs in Florida	5
Does the Experience of Imprisonment Affect Optimism About Reentry?	5
Feminist Ethics and Research with Women in Prison	4
Gender and Prison Work: The Experience of Female Provincial Correctional Officers in Canada	4
The Use of the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Model for Corrections Officers: Reducing Incidents within a County Jail	4

Penal Arts Interventions and Hope: Outcomes of Arts-Based Projects in Prisons and Community Settings*	4
Views From the Inside: Insights About Restrictive Housing From Prison System Officials, Officers, and Staff	4
Interventions to Prevent Prison Violence: A Scoping Review of the Available Research Evidence	4
Are the Criminogenic Effects of Incarceration Mediated by a Change in Criminal Thinking or a Change in Perceived Certainty?	4
Chinese Culture and Its Influence on Prison Society: Women’s Experience	3
Assessing Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory Implementation Outcomes: Lessons from Five Diverse Pennsylvania Counties	3
Punishing for the Past (Sometimes): Judicial Perspectives on Criminal History Enhancements	3
The Pains of Imprisonment and Contemporary Prisoner Culture in Canada	3
Suicide in Mexican Prisons: Mental Health Symptomology and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Behavior	3
An Examination of Women’s Experiences with Reporting Sexual Victimization Behind Prison Walls	3
The Correctional Services Canada Institutional Mother Child Program: A Look at the Numbers	3
Views of Community Corrections Supervision and Their Predictors: An Officer and Offender Comparison	3
The Effects of Procedural Justice on Obligation to Obey, and Compliance among Incarcerated Offenders in South Africa	3
Prison Education: Beyond Review and Evaluation	3
The Long-Term Effects of Solitary Confinement From the Perspective of Inmates	3
Strain During Reentry: A Test of General Strain Theory Using a Sample of Adult Former Prisoners	3
Public Acceptability of Prisoners’ Access and Use of Digital Technologies in the UK	3
Exploring the Relationship of Organizational Justice with Chinese Prison Staff Life Satisfaction	3
Evaluation of the Predictive Validity of a Risk-Need-Responsivity Assessment Tool (RNR-A) in the Swedish Prison and Probation Service	2
Mental Health Outcomes for Female Inmates without a Mental Disorder: Imprisonment and Post-release Effects of Confinement with Women with a Mental Illness	2
A Brief Relationship Education Pilot Intervention for Men Post Release	2
Experiences of Vulnerability in Adult Male Prisoners: An Integrative Review	2
Informing Correctional Officer Discretion: A Co-Response Model and the Legal Vulnerabilities Inherent in Prison Work	2
The Effect of Reading Prisoner Poetry on Stigma and Public Attitudes: Results from a Multigroup Survey Experiment	2
A Comparison of Executions and Death to Life Commutations in Kentucky, 1901–2019	2
The Role of Major Depressive Disorder and its Moderating Effect on the Impact of Exposure to Violence for Predicting Recidivism among Juvenile Offenders: A Survival Analysis Approach	2
Small-scale, Community-Embedded Youth Justice Facilities: Lessons from Dutch Reforms and Recommendations for Cross-Jurisdictional Implementation	2
“It’s Not Gonna Leave Any Scars”: Trauma and Coping Among Execution Team Members	2
The Limits of Rehabilitation and Recidivism Reduction: Rethinking the Evaluation of Arts Programming in Prisons	2
Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Importance of Core Principles for the Mental Health Treatment of Offenders in Correctional Facilities	2
Canadian Prison Environments: A Mixed Methods Analysis	2
Gender Differences in Abusive Parenting among Incarcerated Parents in Japan	2
A Symposium to Mark the Publication, by New York University Press, of Ian O’Donnell's Prison Life: Pain, Resistance, and Purpose	1
Separate Roles for State and Trait Anxiety in the Formation of SHU Syndrome: Testing a Moderated Mediation Hypothesis	1
Inmate Attitudes about Prison Tours for Students	1
The “Pains of Employment”? Connecting Air and Sound Quality to Correctional Officer Experiences of Health and Wellness in Prison Space	1
“The Course of Love Never Did Run Smooth”: Ex-Inmates’ Attitudes Toward Heterosexual Romantic Relationships	1
Pathways to Crime and Emerging Adulthood: Differences between Prison Inmates and Normative Young Adults in Israel	1
Security Threat Management in Prison: Revalidation and Revision of the Inmate Risk Assessment for Segregation Placement	1
The Effects of Emotional Literacy Programs on Inmates’ Empathy, Mindfulness, and Self-Regulation: A Random-Effect Meta-Analysis	1
Isomorphic Pressures on Jail Diversion: From Serious Mental Illness to Opioid Use Disorder	1
Feeding the Habit? Relationships Between Longitudinal Patterns of Drug Dealing and Drug use Trajectories During Adolescence Among Juvenile Offenders	1
“We’re Silent Heroes”: Inmate Firefighters’ Experiences with Dignity and Shame in a Prison Labor Program	1
Can Rehabilitation Work in Military Prison? A Theoretical Framework Based on the Israeli Case	1
Ghana Prison Officers’ Understanding and Practices of International Human Rights Instruments and Guidelines that Protect the Rights of Prisoners	1
Rikers Island: The Failure of a “Model” Penitentiary	1
Exploring the Effects of Multiple Dimensions of Organizational Justice on Correctional Staff Job Stress	1
Death Row Narratives: A Qualitative Analysis of Mental Health Issues Found In Death Row Inmate Blog Entries	1
Adult and Child Visiting at Urban Jails: Perspectives on Visitation Experiences and Policies among Visitors and People in Jail	1
A Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Studies on Self-harming Behavior in the Correctional Setting	1

Evaluating the use of PTSD Assessment Tools Within the U.S. Prison Setting: An Exploratory Analysis	1
Jail Officers’ Adherence to Traditional Bases of Social Power: Understanding Inmate Control in a Unique Correctional Context	1
Male Prisoners’ Perspectives of Access to Quality Health Care at a Prison Infirmary in Ghana	1
When Checking a Box is not Enough: The (Un)Readability of PREA Messaging	1