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Criminal Justice and Behavior
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Criminal Justice and Behavior

0093-8548

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/cjb

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 447 99 120 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 146
Documents by Best Scientists*: 171
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 117
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.943
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Criminal Justice and Behavior?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health and Social psychology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Human factors and ergonomics, it also covered topics in Prison, Recidivism, Clinical psychology, Computer security and Juvenile delinquency. Most of the works presented in Criminal Justice and Behavior deals with Recidivism but it intersects with the subject of Risk assessment.

Issues in Clinical psychology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Sample (statistics) and Personality, Psychopathy. Justice (ethics) and Juvenile are some topics wherein Juvenile delinquency research discussed in it have an impact. The studies on Suicide prevention discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Criminology, Applied psychology and Medical emergency.

Some problems in Injury prevention that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Developmental psychology, Psychiatry and Aggression. Mental health, Mental illness and Substance abuse are all subfields of Psychiatry research that were featured in it. Criminal Justice and Behavior focused on Social psychology research but expanded to cover Perception.

  • Human factors and ergonomics (49.91%)
  • Suicide prevention (42.23%)
  • Injury prevention (40.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Classification for effective rehabilitation: Rediscovering psychology. (1420 citations)
  • Criminal Justice and Behavior An Editorial Retrospective (880 citations)
  • Violent recidivism of mentally disordered offenders: The development of a statistical prediction instrument. (832 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Criminal Justice and Behavior:

The main points discussed in the published articles deal with Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention, Social psychology and Occupational safety and health. The works on Human factors and ergonomics tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Recidivism, Clinical psychology, Computer security and Developmental psychology, Juvenile delinquency. The study of Injury prevention in the journal publications encompasses disciplines such as Psychiatry, as well as fields such as Child abuse, all of which overlap with one another.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Criminology, Recidivism, Clinical psychology, Justice (ethics) and Risk assessment are tackled in Criminal Justice and Behavior. In addition to Criminology research, Criminal Justice and Behavior aims to explore topics under Context (language use), Law enforcement and Race (biology). The field of Psychiatry is the anchor for the Recidivism studies presented in it.

Clinical psychology study tackled is connected to the field of Psychopathy. It holds forums on Justice (ethics) that merges themes from other disciplines such as Psychological intervention, Social psychology, Juvenile and Developmental psychology, Juvenile delinquency. The Risk assessment works featured in Criminal Justice and Behavior incorporate elements from Domestic violence, Sample (statistics), Predictive validity and Applied psychology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Predictive Validity of Pretrial Risk Assessments: A Systematic Review of the Literature: (9 citations)
  • The Influence of Familial and Peer Social Support on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Black Girls in Juvenile Correctional Facilities: (5 citations)
  • Identity Distress, Parental Response, and Problem Behaviors in Juvenile Justice-Involved Boys: (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Criminal Justice and Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Glenn D. Walters (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Mark E. Olver (21 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • J. Stephen Wormith (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Eric G. Lambert (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Robert D. Morgan (17 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Criminal Justice and Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Carleton University (67 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Florida State University (66 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (66 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sam Houston State University (55 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michigan State University (46 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.91% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.62% of all publications and 37.50% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Predictive Validity of Pretrial Risk Assessments: A Systematic Review of the Literature:

    Sarah L. Desmarais;Samantha A. Zottola;Sarah E. Duhart Clarke;Evan M. Lowder

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Well-Being Interventions for Correctional Officers in a Prison Setting: A Review and Meta-Analysis:

    Trisha J. Evers;James R. P. Ogloff;Justin S. Trounson;Jeffrey E. Pfeifer

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Youth Perceptions of Law Enforcement and Worry About Crime from 1976 to 2016

    Adam D. Fine;Sachiko Donley;Caitlin Cavanagh;Elizabeth Cauffman

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Offending Histories and Typologies of Suspected Sexual Offenders Identified Via Untested Sexual Assault Kits

    Rachel Lovell;Wenxuan Huang;Laura Overman;Daniel Flannery

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • A Qualitative Study of the Male Victims’ Experiences With the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Abuse in Four English-Speaking Countries:

    Alexandra Lysova;Kenzie Hanson;Denise A. Hines;Louise Dixon

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • The Development of Prison Officers’ Job Satisfaction and its Impact on Depersonalization of Incarcerated Persons: The Role of Organizational Dehumanization

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Physical Violence During Mandatory Psychiatric Treatment: Prevalence and Patient Characteristics:

    Nienke Verstegen;Vivienne de Vogel;Anneloes Huitema;Robert Didden

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Are We Barking Up the Right Tree? A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Prison-Based Dog Programs:

    Hanne M. Duindam;Jessica J. Asscher;Jessica J. Asscher;Machteld Hoeve;Geert Jan J. M. Stams

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • The Empirical Case for Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments

    Sarah L. Desmarais;John Monahan;James Austin

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Are Protective Factors Valid Constructs? Interrater Reliability And Construct Validity Of Proposed Protective Factors Against Sexual Reoffending:

    Gwenda M. Willis;Sharon M. Kelley;David Thornton

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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