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Criminal Justice Policy Review
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Criminal Justice Policy Review

0887-4034

Published by: SAGE

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 54 5 6 3
Social Sciences and Humanities 699 16 15 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 33
Documents by Best Scientists*: 34
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.537
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Criminal Justice Policy Review?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Criminology, Law, Social psychology, Criminal justice and Prison. The journal tackles research in Justice (ethics) as part of the general discipline of Criminology, however, it also discusses concepts in Human factors and ergonomics and Suicide prevention. The journal held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Human factors and ergonomics and Sex offender.

The research topics discussed in Criminal Justice Policy Review include Sex offender as well as Injury prevention. Presentations on Law include those discussing Law enforcement, Supreme court, Legislation, Criminal justice policy and Economic Justice. Issues in Criminal justice were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Psychiatry and Public administration.

  • Criminology (42.82%)
  • Law (23.66%)
  • Social psychology (12.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Is Preferential Treatment of Female Offenders a Thing of the Past? A Multisite Study of Gender, Race, and Imprisonment (195 citations)
  • Sex Offender Laws: Legislators' Accounts of the Need for Policy (177 citations)
  • Social Policies Designed to Prevent Sexual Violence: The Emperor's New Clothes? (170 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Criminal Justice Policy Review:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Criminology, Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Social psychology and Occupational safety and health. Sentence, Law and Race (biology) are some topics wherein Criminology research discussed in the journal papers has an impact. The published papers focus on Social psychology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Test (assessment), Justice (ethics) and Ethnic group.

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

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Criminal Justice Policy Review explores disciplines such as Criminology, Prison, Recidivism, State (polity) and Juvenile. The subject of Public opinion, which is connected to the field of Sex offender and Militarization, serves as the foundation of the Criminology research featured in it. Criminal Justice Policy Review focuses on Prison but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Physical health and Gerontology.

Recidivism research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Conviction, Natural experiment, Program evaluation, Administration of justice and Scholarship. It focuses on Juvenile but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Justice (ethics) which is concerned with Public administration, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile court and Crime reduction. The featured Race (biology) studies mainly concentrate on Sentence but also cover areas of interest in Law.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Preparation or Provocation? Student Perceptions of Active Shooter Drills: (6 citations)
  • Opioids, Race, and Drug Enforcement: Exploring Local Relationships Between Neighborhood Context and Black–White Opioid-Related Possession Arrests: (5 citations)
  • Releases From a Local Jail: The Impact of Visitation on Recidivism: (4 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 Policy Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Willard M. Oliver (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eric G. Lambert (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Brett Garland (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nancy E. Marion (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Craig Hemmens (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Policy Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sam Houston State University (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nebraska Omaha (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Washington State University (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania (24 papers) absent at the last 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, 6.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.71% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.36% of all publications and 32.14% 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.

Top Publications

  • Are College-Educated Police Officers Different? A Study of Stops, Searches, and Arrests:

    Richard Rosenfeld;Thaddeus L. Johnson;Richard Wright

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Paying the Trial Tax: Race, Guilty Pleas, and Disparity in Prosecution:

    Alexander Testa;Brian D. Johnson

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Gender and the Effect of Disciplinary Segregation on Prison Misconduct

    Ryan M. Labrecque;Daniel P. Mears;Paula Smith

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • The Effects of Intensive Postrelease Correctional Supervision on Recidivism: A Natural Experiment

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Disentangling the Direct and Indirect Effects of Task, Individual, and Organizational Factors on Occupational Citizenship Behavior:

    James Frank;Eric G. Lambert;Hanif Qureshi;Andrew J. Myer

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Examining the Effectiveness of TASERS® at Gaining Citizen Compliance:

    Logan J. Somers;William Terrill;Michael T. Rossler;Jason R. Ingram

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • The Right to a Good Defense: Investigating the Influence of Attorney Type Across Urban Counties for Juveniles in Criminal Court:

    Steven N. Zane;Simon I. Singer;Brandon C. Welsh

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Do Released Prisoners’ Perceptions of Neighborhood Condition Affect Reentry Outcomes?:

    Lin Liu;Christy A. Visher;Dayu Sun

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Wild, Wild Theft: Identity Crimes in the Digital Frontier:

    Stephen V. Gies;Nicole Leeper Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Brandn Green

    (2021)
    7 Citations

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