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Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 29.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted impact of mass incarceration on society and individuals, addressing topics such as racial disparities in sentencing, challenges faced during reentry, public health implications, and the perpetuation of social inequality. It delves into the complex dynamics of the criminal justice system and its effects on recidivism, judicial bias, and the well-being of both inmates and their communities.

  • Mass Incarceration
  • Criminal Justice
  • Prison System
  • Incarceration Effects
  • Racial Disparities
  • Reentry Challenges
  • Public Health Impact
  • Social Inequality
  • Recidivism Factors
  • Judicial Bias
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
29.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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Which countries lead Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.3k and 749 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 749 works
  3. 3 Canada 359 works
  4. 4 Australia 316 works
  5. 5 India 185 works
  6. 6 Brazil 174 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 159 works
  8. 8 France 101 works
  9. 9 Spain 99 works
  10. 10 Germany 97 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 51.0%United Kingdom: 16.4%Canada: 7.9%Australia: 6.9%6 others listed: 17.8%51%largest
United States2,325 · 51.0%United Kingdom749 · 16.4%Canada359 · 7.9%Australia316 · 6.9%6 others listed814 · 17.8%

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Which institutions lead Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research, followed by Arizona State University and University of Cambridge.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 44 works
  2. 2 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 33 works
  3. 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 32 works
  4. 4 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 32 works
  5. 5 George Mason UniversityUnited States 31 works
  6. 6 Griffith UniversityAustralia 29 works
  7. 7 Institute of CriminologySlovenia 28 works
  8. 8 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 28 works
  9. 9 Florida State UniversityUnited States 28 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis include Robert C. Reiner, Robert J. Sampson and Loïc Wacquant.

  1. 1 Robert C. Reiner United States 5k citations
  2. 2 Robert J. Sampson United States 4k citations
  3. 3 Loïc Wacquant United States 3.1k citations
  4. 4 David P. Farrington United Kingdom 2.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and Chicago (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Huntsville, Williamsburg and St. John's.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 125 works
  2. 2 New York United States 112 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 75 works
  4. 4 Chicago United States 65 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 63 works
  6. 6 Sydney Australia 62 works
  7. 7 Toronto Canada 57 works
  8. 8 Brisbane Australia 55 works
  9. 9 Chapel Hill United States 45 works
  10. 10 Ottawa Canada 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HuntsvilleUS · 25.7 works62×
  2. WilliamsburgUS · 20.3 works36×
  3. St. John'sCA · 22.2 works17×
  4. FairfaxUS · 31.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Griffith University and Leiden University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 37.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Memorial University of Newfoundland: 22, 53.6%Griffith University: 29, 33.0%Leiden University: 19, 40.3%George Mason University: 31, 36.8%Simon Fraser University: 19, 35.6%University of the Sunshine Coast: 11, 44.7%University of Cincinnati: 20, 36.6%Arizona State University: 33, 35.3%Liverpool John Moores University: 14, 32.1%Florida State University: 28, 25.4%Memorial University …Leiden UniversityGeorge Mason Univers…Griffith University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada 84.853.6%17.9×22 +170.0%
2 Griffith UniversityAustralia 72.533.0%12.5×29 +101.8%
3 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 71.340.3%9.7×19 +96.8%
4 George Mason UniversityUnited States 67.736.8%16.0×31 +9.2%
5 Simon Fraser UniversityCanada 64.835.6%11.3×19 +36.0%
6 University of the Sunshine CoastAustralia 64.044.7%19.4×11 —
7 University of CincinnatiUnited States 63.536.6%11.4×20 +29.7%
8 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 63.235.3%8.3×33 +14.1%
9 Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom 60.332.1%15.4×14 +26.1%
10 Florida State UniversityUnited States 59.425.4%15.1×28 +1.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.