Journal of Criminal Justice

1973 - 2026

Current editor(s): Matthew DeLisi

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Volume 104, issue C, 2026

The effect of mock jury deliberation on the influence of stereotypes about sexual assault

Blake M. McKimmie, Faye T. Nitschke, Gianni Ribeiro and Barbara M. Masser

When myths shape verdicts: A theory and intervention for jury biases against victim-survivors in rape trials

Sarah Mairéad Kelleher, Caoilte Ó Ciardha and Gaye Ildeniz

Parenting, self-control, and delinquent peers: A test of environmental effects on offspring development using a sample of adoptees

Surayeva Karina, Rakhmetova Aigerim, Dzhansarayeva Rima, Rakhmetov Yessil, Bissengali Liliya and Kevin M. Beaver

A simulation approach to assess law enforcement intervention impact: How the efficiency/security trade-off affects drug trafficking networks' resilience to arrests

Deborah Manzi and Francesco Calderoni

Reassessing the 1990's crime drop: An individual level approach

Kelsey Cundiff

BWC evidence or video evidence? The effects of camera evidence on complaint types, complaint dispositions, and case disposition time

Mustafa Demir

Police body-worn cameras and fatal police shootings: A national quasi-experimental study of aggregate effects and treatment effect heterogeneity

Keller G. Sheppard

Is youth criminal legal system involvement a risk factor for adulthood homelessness?: A quasi-experimental examination and confounder factor model

Ian A. Silver, Jenna L. Dole and Kristin Bechtel

When trial interventions are likely to reduce the impact of rape myths on juror decisions: A mechanism-informed evidence synthesis

Rebecca K. Helm, Trisha Greenhalgh, Jon Williamson and Alexandra Trofimov

Neighborhood safety in a university town: Linking studentification to crime and disorder

Renan Cai and Su-Yin Tan

Understanding what drives cybercrime clearance: A nationwide study of incident, agency, and community factors

Yan Zhang, Chia-Hung Lin and Jihong Zhao

Steal that car: A spatial analysis of motor vehicle theft in New South Wales, Australia

Tarah Hodgkinson, Alistair Harkness, Kyle J.D. Mulrooney and Rob White

Examining the role of the social bond in the formation of violent crime intentions among incarcerated men

Jeff A. Bouffard and Nicole Niebuhr

On the record: Exploring the role of body-worn camera footage in investigating discourtesy and offensive language allegations in the New York City police department

Ahmet Guler and Kaan Boke

Can the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory predict recidivism for youth adjudicated of domestic assault and battery?

Natasha Chlebuch and Caitlin Cavanagh

Disaggregating enforcement: Evidence on certainty, severity, and firearm homicide under the ATF zero tolerance policy

Gurmessa B. Jiru and John L. Worrall

You've got (no) mail: Unpacking risk of non-delivery fraud victimization among an online sample

Cooper A. Maher, Rachel L. McNealey, Taylor Fisher and Thomas J. Holt

Family management and adolescent gun carrying: Mediating roles of unstructured socializing and peer substance use

Chad N. Loes

Anti-Muslim sentiment and punitive sentiment

Dana T. Fachner, Robert D. Lytle, Kiley West, Eliyah Campbell, Anna Goyette, Emily Hess, Samantha R. Strickland and I. Tusty ten Bensel

Corrigendum to “Influence of social motives of clients and staff on the social climate of secure settings” [Journal of Criminal Justice (2026), Volume 102, 102538]

Andrea Canel, Marc Graf, Christian Huber, Jérôme Endrass and Nathalie Brackmann

Revisiting the effects of adult roles on criminal offending: A genetically-informed study

Steve G.A. van de Weijer and Camiel M. van der Laan

Low self-control and cybervictimization: A three-level meta-analysis

Han Wang and Jiwen Zhang

Corrigendum to ‘Crime reductions after enhanced implementation of Washington state's domestic violence protection order firearm relinquishment law’ [Journal of Criminal Justice 102 (2026)]

Alice M. Ellyson, Julie Kafka, Avanti Adhia, Sandra Shanahan, Deirdre Bowen and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar

Using a genetically informed direction-of-causation analysis to untangle the victim-offender overlap in adolescence

Eric M. Cooke, Samantha Kopf, Eric J. Connolly and Danielle Boisvert

From jury to judge: Effects of changing the default sentencing agent on sentence length in Virginia

Anna S. Knes, Hayley Carlisle, Mindy L. Thai, Vahid Jadidi and Evan M. Lowder

Contested victimization: Discourses on staff sexual misconduct in women's prisons

Esther F.J.C. van Ginneken and Yara A.Y. Abbing

Adverse childhood experiences and delinquency: The moderating role of school connectedness

Melissa S. Jones, Grace E. Huber, Sage McGhie Besaw, Adrienne Waite, Claire Duncan and John P. Hoffmann

No causal evidence that free markets and globalization reduce homicide: A quasi-experimental test of emerging consensus

Tibor Rutar

Multinational COVID-19 research in criminal justice: A scoping review of translational and transnational implications

Bitna Kim and Sunhye Kang

The fear is real (and personal): Concerns about opioid use and addiction experiences among the public*

Christina Mancini and Nathan Kruis

Emerging adulthood and sentencing in Minnesota, 2016–2019: Focal concerns, developmental science, and judicial decision-making

Yu Du and Andrew Kuo

Under the shadow of the persistent offender: Rethinking recidivism and criminal records beyond rupture narratives

Marcelo F. Aebi and Leandro Gaston

Profiles of childhood ecological risk and protective factors in school and home predicting black adolescent delinquency

Naomi M. Ruffin, Morgan Grant, Jamilia J. Blake, Tamika Gilreath, Chendong Li, Wen Luo and Veronika Croan

To intervene or not to intervene: Actual and intended bystander responses to sextortion

Valérie Pijlman

Conjunctive analysis of case configurations: A systematic quantitative literature review

Timothy C. Hart

Judicial “remorse bias” and the effects of social cognition on the sentencing of stereotyped defendants

Colleen M. Berryessa and Emily Greberman

Empirically derived effect sizes benchmarks in criminology and criminal justice: Distributional evidence and publication bias

Nan Li

Evaluating policy reforms over time: Multiple event time series regression analysis of justice reinvestment in Indiana and Oregon

Christopher W. Dollar

Bail reform and public safety: Evidence from Philadelphia's prosecutor-led pretrial policies

Madhuri Sharma, Lisa Stolzenberg and Stewart J. D'Alessio

Chronic misconduct predicts violent victimization in prison

Matthew Logan, Susan McNeeley and Chandler G. Robinson

Pathways to juvenile hacking: A stacking ensemble learning and decision tree analysis of cumulative risk factors

Yuchen Wang and Siying Guo

A theory evaluation of U.S. firearm laws and their likely effectiveness in reducing gun-related crime

Daniel P. Mears and Jessica C. Arthur

What is theoretical support? Explanation as a central barometer in sentencing research

Bryan Holmes and Shayna R. Arrigo

Examining antecedents of perceived procedural justice among people on community supervision

Matthias van Hall

Breaking point: Exploring side bets, support, and pension investment as predictors of turnover intention in urban policing

Kenneth M. Quick and Kevin T. Wolff

Co-offender dynamics and relational distance: Predicting arrest in child physical and sexual abuse incidents

Sarah R. Wouters

Public cooperation with AI-enabled policing: Testing a socio-technical legitimacy model

Siying Guo and Yuning Wu

Does violent delinquency predict premature death? Testing behavioral and socioeconomic mechanisms across the life course

NaKyung Nam, Kyungeun Song and Jinho Kim

Corrigendum to ‘A global comparison of long prison sentences’ [Journal of Criminal Justice (2025), Volume 96, 102341]

Lila Kazemian and Sebastián Galleguillos

Volume 103, issue C, 2026

Cops and crypto: Law enforcement knowledge, experience, and capacity in cryptocurrency crime

Chandler G. Robinson, Matthew W. Logan, Brandon C. Dulisse and Nathan T. Connealy

Police staffing shortages, public awareness, and policy preferences

Hunter M. Boehme, Joshua McCrain, Scott M. Mourtgos and Brandon Tregle

Recalibrating the risk of false confession wrongful convictions: Interrogation tactics and inverse probability

Scott M. Mourtgos and Ian T. Adams

Striking or grappling? Comparing public and officers' perceptions of police use of force

Joe Eleuterio-da-Rocha, Peter T. Tanksley, M. Hunter Martaindale, Jack Johncox and J. Pete Blair

Immigration and serious gang violence: Assessing the immigrant revitalization thesis on urban gang shootings

Calvin Proffit, John Leverso and Ben Feldmeyer

Race and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) behind bars: Examining their combined effect on prison misconduct

Minhae Cho, Doyun Koo and Bernadette Ombayo

How valid are self-reports of delinquent and criminal behavior? A meta-analysis comparing self-report and official record measures

Nan Li

Racial attitudes and public perceptions of police reform: An empirical analysis informed by racial threat theory

P. Trey Bussey, Brenna Dunlap and Leah C. Butler

Can the interaction of offending propensity and criminogenic exposure explain reoffending among justice-involved adolescents?

Molly McCarthy, Mariel Mateo Pinones, Stephane Shepherd, Troy Allard, Michael Bryden and Mohammed Ali

Childhood dietary factors are associated with maternal characteristics and sex-specific changes in neuropsychological deficits: A criminological assessment

William J. Gibbs and Kevin M. Beaver

Youth risk/needs profiles and initial juvenile court outcomes across arrest location: Does being arrested at school matter?

Kristina K. Childs, Jennifer H. Peck and Melanie F.P. Soderstrom

Disabilities and fear of violent crime: Correlates and consequences

Cooper A. Maher, Rachel L. McNealey and Kexin Cui

Pretrial decisions in a large urban jurisdiction: Correlates and public safety consequences

Richard D. Hartley, Marie Skubak Tillyer and Brandon Tregle

Participation and dose-response effects of institutional vocational training on recidivism and employment

Robert H. Geibler and Kathryn Wagner

Rational choices in cyberspace: Quantitative insights into targeting and attack behavior among cyber offenders

Priscilla F. Aybar and Rob T. Guerette