Most cited papers in Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
What are the most cited papers in Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance?
The most cited paper in Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance is "How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms" (Jenna Burrell, 2016), with 2,806 citations. Next come "Crime in the Making" (2,773) and "Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime" (2,286).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 488 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms Jenna Burrell · Big Data & Society | 6 Jan 2016 | 2,806 |
| 2 | Crime in the Making Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub · Crime & Delinquency | Jul 1993 | 2,773 |
| 3 | Testing the Core Empirical Implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime Harold G. Grasmick, Charles R. Tittle, Robert J. Bursik et al. · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency | Feb 1993 | 2,286 |
| 4 | HOT SPOTS OF PREDATORY CRIME: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AND THE CRIMINOLOGY OF PLACE* Lawrence W. Sherman, Patrick R. Gartin, Michael E. Buerger · Criminology | Feb 1989 | 2,113 |
| 5 | THE EMPIRICAL STATUS OF GOTTFREDSON AND HIRSCHI'S GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME: A META‐ANALYSIS Travis C. Pratt, Francis T. Cullen · Criminology | Aug 2000 | 2,056 |
| 6 | Rents, Competition, and Corruption Alberto F. Ades, Rafael Di Tella · American Economic Review | Sep 1999 | 1,804 |
| 7 | Corruption and Political Development: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Joseph S. Nye · American Political Science Review | Jun 1967 | 1,726 |
| 8 | Perverse Accountability: A Formal Model of Machine Politics with Evidence from Argentina Susan C. Stokes · American Political Science Review | Aug 2005 | 1,605 |
| 9 | Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior D. Wayne Osgood, Janet K. Wilson, Patrick M. O’Malley et al. · American Sociological Review | Aug 1996 | 1,481 |
| 10 | On the hedge and safe haven properties of Bitcoin: Is it really more than a diversifier? Elie I. Bouri, Péter Molnár, Georges Azzi et al. · Finance research letters | 30 Sep 2016 | 1,469 |
| 11 | Crime and Human Nature James Q. Wilson, Richard J. Herrnstein · DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) | 1985 | 1,437 |
| 12 | SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION AND THEORIES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS* Robert J. Bursik · Criminology | Nov 1988 | 1,356 |
| 13 | Understanding Desistance from Crime John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson · Crime and Justice | 2001 | 1,280 |
| 14 | Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not Steven D. Levitt · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Feb 2004 | 1,177 |
| 15 | Government and Control Nikolas Rose · The British Journal of Criminology | Mar 2000 | 1,174 |
| 16 | Criminality of place Patricia L. Brantingham, Paul Brantingham · European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research | Sep 1995 | 1,165 |
| 17 | LIFE‐COURSE DESISTERS? TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AMONG DELINQUENT BOYS FOLLOWED TO AGE 70* Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub · Criminology | Aug 2003 | 1,109 |
| 18 | The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement Barbara F. Walter · International Organization | 1997 | 1,093 |
| 19 | Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime Steven P. Raphael, Rudolf Winter‐Ebmer · The Journal of Law and Economics | Apr 2001 | 1,089 |
| 20 | THE LAW OF CRIME CONCENTRATION AND THE CRIMINOLOGY OF PLACE* David L. Weisburd · Criminology | May 2015 | 1,043 |
| 21 | General deterrent effects of police patrol in crime “hot spots”: A randomized, controlled trial Lawrence W. Sherman, David L. Weisburd · Justice Quarterly | Dec 1995 | 1,036 |
| 22 | Crime and Deviance over the Life Course: The Salience of Adult Social Bonds Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub · American Sociological Review | Oct 1990 | 1,034 |
| 23 | The Impact of Corruption on Regime Legitimacy: A Comparative Study of Four Latin American Countries Mitchell A. Seligson · The Journal of Politics | May 2002 | 1,030 |
| 24 | A fistful of bitcoins Sarah J Meiklejohn, Marjori Pomarole, Grant Jordan et al. | 22 Oct 2013 | 1,030 |
| 25 | Global prohibition regimes: the evolution of norms in international society Ethan A. Nadelmann · International Organization | 1990 | 989 |
| 26 | Criminal Careers in the Short-Term: Intra-Individual Variability in Crime and Its Relation to Local Life Circumstances Julie Horney, D. Wayne Osgood, Ineke Haen Marshall · American Sociological Review | Oct 1995 | 962 |
| 27 | Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin: How Much Illegal Activity Is Financed through Cryptocurrencies? Sean Foley, Jonathan R. Karlsen, Tālis J. Putniņš · Review of Financial Studies | 29 Jan 2019 | 925 |
| 28 | Crime Rates and Local Labor Market Opportunities in the United States: 1979–1997 Eric D. Gould, Bruce A. Weinberg, David B. Mustard · The Review of Economics and Statistics | Feb 2002 | 917 |
| 29 | Beyond greed and grievance: feasibility and civil war Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler, Dominic Rohner · Oxford Economic Papers | 28 Mar 2008 | 886 |
| 30 | Why Anticorruption Reforms Fail—Systemic Corruption as a Collective Action Problem Anna Persson, Bo Rothstein, Jan Teorell · Governance | 7 Sep 2012 | 883 |
| 31 | Companions in Crime: The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct Ronald L. Akers, Mark Warr · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | May 2003 | 874 |
| 32 | Safe haven or risky hazard? Bitcoin during the Covid-19 bear market Thomas Conlon, Richard J. McGee · Finance research letters | 24 May 2020 | 851 |
| 33 | The Choice Between Market Failures and Corruption Daron Acemoğlu, Thierry Verdier · American Economic Review | Mar 2000 | 841 |
| 34 | Conscience, Significant Others, and Rational Choice: Extending the Deterrence Model Harold G. Grasmick, Robert J. Bursik · Law & Society Review | 1990 | 830 |
| 35 | Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack Rafael Di Tella, Ernesto Schargrodsky · American Economic Review | Feb 2004 | 817 |
| 36 | A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | 26 Oct 2005 | 813 |
| 37 | UNDERSTANDING CRIME DISPLACEMENT: AN APPLICATION OF RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY Derek B. Cornish, Ronald V. Clarke · Criminology | Nov 1987 | 813 |
| 38 | THE LINK BETWEEN OFFENDING AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS* Janet L. Lauritsen, Robert J. Sampson, John H. Laub · Criminology | May 1991 | 807 |
| 39 | Social support as an organizing concept for criminology: Presidential address to the academy of criminal justice sciences Francis T. Cullen · Justice Quarterly | Dec 1994 | 794 |
| 40 | Inequality and Crime Morgan Kelly · The Review of Economics and Statistics | Nov 2000 | 780 |
| 41 | Price manipulation in the Bitcoin ecosystem Neil Gandal, JT Hamrick, Tyler Moore et al. · Journal of Monetary Economics | 2 Jan 2018 | 767 |
| 42 | Logics in Action Chad Michael McPherson, Michael Sauder · Administrative Science Quarterly | 11 Apr 2013 | 751 |
| 43 | The Criminalization of the State in Africa Gail M. Gerhart, Jean-François Bayart, Stephen Ellis et al. · Foreign Affairs | 1999 | 742 |
| 44 | Shaping Citizen Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: A Randomized Field Trial of Procedural Justice LORRAINE GREEN MAZEROLLE, Emma Antrobus, Sarah D. Bennett et al. · Criminology | Feb 2013 | 719 |
| 45 | The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Anthony A. Braga, Andrew V. Papachristos, David M. Hureau · Justice Quarterly | 16 May 2012 | 705 |
| 46 | The Annihilation of Space by Law: The Roots and Implications of Anti‐Homeless Laws in the United States Don Mitchell · Antipode | Jul 1997 | 696 |
| 47 | Governance without Government in Somalia: Spoilers, State Building, and the Politics of Coping Ken Menkhaus · International Security | 2007 | 694 |
| 48 | Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism Alberto Abadie · American Economic Review | Apr 2006 | 683 |
| 49 | INCARCERATION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND CRIME: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY* Dina R. Rose, Todd R. Clear · Criminology | Aug 1998 | 683 |
| 50 | BARS, BLOCKS, AND CRIMES REVISITED: LINKING THE THEORY OF ROUTINE ACTIVITIES TO THE EMPIRICISM OF “HOT SPOTS”* Dennis W. Roncek, PAMELA A. MAIER · Criminology | Nov 1991 | 683 |
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