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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. 10.0% 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%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Which countries lead Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.7k and 847 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.7k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 847 works
  3. 3 Canada 391 works
  4. 4 Australia 351 works
  5. 5 India 239 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 194 works
  7. 7 Brazil 190 works
  8. 8 China 142 works
  9. 9 Spain 121 works
  10. 10 France 110 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: 50.7%United Kingdom: 16.2%Canada: 7.5%Australia: 6.7%6 others listed: 19.0%51%largest
United States2,659 · 50.7%United Kingdom847 · 16.2%Canada391 · 7.5%Australia351 · 6.7%6 others listed995 · 19.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research, followed by City University of New York and Institute of Criminology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 55 works
  2. 2 City University of New YorkUnited States 39 works
  3. 3 Institute of CriminologySlovenia 39 works
  4. 4 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 37 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 35 works
  6. 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 34 works
  7. 7 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 34 works
  8. 8 Florida State UniversityUnited States 34 works
  9. 9 George Mason UniversityUnited States 33 works
  10. 10 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 32 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis include Ted R. Miller, Martin McKee and Louisa J Degenhardt.

  1. 1 Ted R. Miller United States 279k citations
  2. 2 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  3. 3 Louisa J Degenhardt Australia 269k citations
  4. 4 Joshua A. Salomon United States 235k citations
  5. 5 Harlan M. Krumholz United States 217k citations
  6. 6 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom 214k citations
  7. 7 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  8. 8 Andrew T Olagunju Canada 202k citations
  9. 9 George Patton Australia 200k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis?

The most cited paper in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis is "THE NEW PENOLOGY: NOTES ON THE EMERGING STRATEGY OF CORRECTIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS*" (Malcolm M Feeley, Jonathan Steven Simon, 1992), with 2,427 citations. Next come "Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies." (2,356) and "The scope of rape: Incidence and prevalence of sexual aggression and victimization in a national sample of higher education students." (2,302).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE NEW PENOLOGY: NOTES ON THE EMERGING STRATEGY OF CORRECTIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS* Malcolm M Feeley, Jonathan Steven Simon · Criminology Nov 1992 2,427
2 Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies. R. Karl Hanson, Monique T. Bussière · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Review Apr 1998 2,356
3 The scope of rape: Incidence and prevalence of sexual aggression and victimization in a national sample of higher education students. Mary P. Koss, Christine A. Gidycz, Nadine Wisniewski · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1987 2,302
4 Serious mental disorder in 23 000 prisoners: a systematic review of 62 surveys Seena Fazel, John Danesh · The Lancet Review Feb 2002 2,214
5 DOES CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT WORK? A CLINICALLY RELEVANT AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY INFORMED META‐ANALYSIS * D. A. Andrews, Ivan Zinger, Robert D. Hoge et al. · Criminology Aug 1990 2,091
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Where is Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 143 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 128 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 90 works
  4. 4 ChicagoUnited States 75 works
  5. 5 MelbourneAustralia 70 works
  6. 6 SydneyAustralia 70 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 60 works
  8. 8 BrisbaneAustralia 60 works
  9. 9 Chapel HillUnited States 55 works
  10. 10 BostonUnited States 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HuntsvilleUS · 29.0 works62×
  2. WilliamsburgUS · 20.8 works33×
  3. St. John'sCA · 25.3 works17×
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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, Leiden University, Memorial University of Newfoundland and University of Cambridge 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%10%20%30%mean 19.37%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Leiden UniversityMemorial University …George Mason Univers…University of Cambri…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Leiden UniversityNetherlands 79.227.2%6.4×21 +37.0%
2Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada 78.525.5%19.9×25 +65.8%
3University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 67.114.1%4.7×34 -11.7%
4George Mason UniversityUnited States 67.018.3%17.3×33 -2.5%
5Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 65.417.2%2.4×23 +44.3%
6University of OsloNorway 65.219.3%5.0×20 +13.7%
7University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 65.215.6%4.0×18 +60.7%
8Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 65.111.4%5.1×34 +27.0%
9Arizona State UniversityUnited States 65.017.6%9.4×37 -26.8%
10Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 64.227.5%5.7×13 +83.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, country by country

Is Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis0.029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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