Journal of Criminal Justice

1973 - 2025

Current editor(s): Matthew DeLisi

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Volume 50, issue C, 2017

Myopic decision making: An examination of crime decisions and their outcomes in sexual crimes pp. 1-11

Amelie Pedneault, Eric Beauregard, Danielle A. Harris and Raymond A. Knight

Analyzing the offending activity of inmates: Trajectories of offense seriousness, escalation, and de-escalation pp. 12-18

Abdullah Cihan, Jonathan Sorensen and Kimberly A. Chism

Using offender crime scene behavior to link stranger sexual assaults: A comparison of three statistical approaches pp. 19-28

M. Tonkin, T. Pakkanen, J. Sirén, C. Bennell, J. Woodhams, A. Burrell, H. Imre, J.M. Winter, E. Lam, G. ten Brinke, M. Webb, G.N. Labuschagne, L. Ashmore-Hills, J.J. van der Kemp, S. Lipponen, L. Rainbow, C.G. Salfati and P. Santtila

Crime is not the only problem: Examining why violence & adverse health outcomes co-vary across large U.S. counties pp. 29-41

Graham C. Ousey

De-policing and crime in the wake of Ferguson: Racialized changes in the quantity and quality of policing among Missouri police departments pp. 42-52

John A. Shjarback, David C. Pyrooz, Scott E. Wolfe and Scott H. Decker

When is a murder a sexual murder? Understanding the sexual element in the classification of sexual killings pp. 53-61

Ewa B. Stefanska, Tamsin Higgs, Adam J. Carter and Anthony R. Beech

Close only counts in alcohol and violence: Controlling violence near late-night alcohol establishments using a routine activities approach pp. 62-68

Kyle A. Burgason, Grant Drawve, Timothy C. Brown and John Eassey

Age differences in the severity, impact and relative importance of dynamic risk factors for recidivism pp. 69-77

Anouk Spruit, Claudia van der Put, Jeanne Gubbels and Anner Bindels

Does choice of measure matter? Assessing the similarities and differences among self-control scales pp. 78-85

Shayne Jones

Volume 49, issue C, 2017

The impact of victim-perpetrator relationship, reputation and initial point of resistance on officers' responsibility and authenticity ratings towards hypothetical rape cases pp. 1-13

Benjamin Hine and Anthony Murphy

Trends in rates and characteristics of intimate partner homicides between 1990 and 2013 pp. 14-21

Shilan Caman, Marianne Kristiansson, Sven Granath and Joakim Sturup

It's nature and nurture: Integrating biology and genetics into the social learning theory of criminal behavior pp. 22-31

Bryanna Fox

Cities and the larger context: What explains changing levels of crime? pp. 32-44

John R. Hipp and Kevin Kane

Engaging the CSI effect: The influences of experience-taking, type of evidence, and viewing frequency on juror decision-making pp. 45-52

Ian Hawkins and Kyle Scherr

Testing criminological theory through causal mediation analysis: Current status and future directions pp. 53-64

Glenn D. Walters and Jon T. Mandracchia

Volume 48, issue C, 2017

Unemployment and the specialization of criminal activity: A neighborhood analysis pp. 1-8

Olivia K. Ha and Martin A. Andresen

Procedurally just cooperation: Explaining support for due process reforms in policing pp. 9-20

Justin T. Pickett and Stephanie Bontrager Ryon

Does the strength of the victim-offender overlap depend on the relationship between the victim and perpetrator? pp. 21-29

Gregory M. Zimmerman, Chelsea Farrell and Chad Posick

Impulsivity as an etiological factor in sexual homicide pp. 30-36

Jay Healey and Eric Beauregard

Can self-control theory explain offending in late adulthood? Evidence from Germany pp. 37-47

Helmut Hirtenlehner and Franziska Kunz

It's time: A meta-analysis on the self-control-deviance link pp. 48-63

Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Jakub Mikuška and Erin L. Kelley

Volume 47, issue C, 2016

Temporal changes in racial violence, 1980 to 2006: A latent trajectory approach pp. 1-11

Karen F. Parker, Richard Stansfield and Patricia L. McCall

Sensitivity to the Ferguson Effect: The role of managerial organizational justice pp. 12-20

Justin Nix and Scott E. Wolfe

Addressing the inconsistencies in fear of crime research: A meta-analytic review pp. 21-31

Rachael E. Collins

The link between infant neuropsychological risk and childhood antisocial behavior among males: The moderating role of neonatal health risk pp. 32-40

Dylan B. Jackson and Jamie Newsome

Escape from violence: What reduces the enduring consequences of adolescent gang affiliation? pp. 41-50

Beidi Dong and Marvin D. Krohn

Prevalence and severity of trauma- and stressor-related symptoms among jurors: A review pp. 51-61

Michelle Lonergan, Marie-Ève Leclerc, Mélanie Descamps, Sereena Pigeon and Alain Brunet

Sex offending and low self-control: An extension and test of the general theory of crime pp. 62-73

Olivia Katherine Ha and Eric Beauregard

The effect of prison visitation on reentry success: A meta-analysis pp. 74-83

Meghan M. Mitchell, Kallee Spooner, Di Jia and Yan Zhang

The effect of the maturity gap on delinquency and drug use over the life course: A genetically sensitive longitudinal design pp. 84-99

Joseph L. Nedelec, Insun Park and Ian A. Silver

Reflected appraisals and self-view in delinquency development: An analysis of retrospective accounts from members of the Racine birth cohorts pp. 100-107

Glenn D. Walters

The role of peer delinquency and unstructured socializing in explaining delinquency and substance use: A state-of-the-art review pp. 108-122

Evelien M. Hoeben, Ryan C. Meldrum, D'Andre Walker and Jacob T.N. Young

High-risk sexual offenders: Towards a new typology pp. 123-132

Kimberley Kaseweter, Michael Woodworth, Matt Logan and Tabatha Freimuth

The prevalence, predictors, and criminogenic effect of joining a gang among urban, suburban, and rural youth pp. 133-142

Adam M. Watkins and Terrance J. Taylor

Development and validation of the super-short form of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment pp. 143-150

Katherine L. Collison, Joshua D. Miller, Eric T. Gaughan, Thomas A. Widiger and Donald R. Lynam

The association between multilingualism and psychopathic personality traits pp. 151-158

Cashen M. Boccio and Kevin M. Beaver

Volume 46, issue C, 2016

Was there a Ferguson Effect on crime rates in large U.S. cities? pp. 1-8

David C. Pyrooz, Scott H. Decker, Scott E. Wolfe and John A. Shjarback

Introduction and validation of Psychopathic Personality Traits Scale (PPTS) in a large prison sample pp. 9-17

Daniel Boduszek, Agata Debowska, Katie Dhingra and Matt DeLisi

Reoffending among serious juvenile offenders: A developmental perspective pp. 18-31

Turgut Ozkan

Collective efficacy: How is it conceptualized, how is it measured, and does it really matter for understanding perceived neighborhood crime and disorder? pp. 32-44

John R. Hipp

Proactive and reactive criminal thinking, psychological inertia, and the crime continuity conundrum pp. 45-51

Glenn D. Walters

Exploring the impact of ambient population measures on London crime hotspots pp. 52-63

Nick Malleson and Martin A. Andresen

Adult-onset offenders: Is a tailored theory warranted? pp. 64-81

Amber L. Beckley, Avshalom Caspi, Honalee Harrington, Renate M. Houts, Tara Renae Mcgee, Nick Morgan, Felix Schroeder, Sandhya Ramrakha, Richie Poulton and Terrie E. Moffitt

Advancing restrictive deterrence: A qualitative meta-synthesis pp. 82-93

Kim Moeller, Heith Copes and Andy Hochstetler

Examining gendered pathways in the causal chain linking neighborhood navigational strategies and unstructured socializing to adolescent violent offending pp. 94-105

Gregory M. Zimmerman

Assessing the impact of race on the juvenile waiver decision: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 106-117

Steven N. Zane, Brandon C. Welsh and Kevin M. Drakulich

Variation in the incarceration length-recidivism dose–response relationship pp. 118-128

Jason Rydberg and Kyleigh Clark

Reentry programming for opioid and opiate involved female offenders: Findings from a mixed methods evaluation pp. 129-136

Holly Ventura Miller, J. Mitchell Miller and J.C. Barnes

The significance of race/ethnicity in adolescent violence: A decade of review, 2005–2015 pp. 137-147

Carlos E. Rojas-Gaona, Jun Sung Hong and Anthony A. Peguero

Neighborhood disorder and generalized trust: A multilevel mediation examination of social mechanisms pp. 148-158

Jonathan Intravia, Eric A. Stewart, Patricia Y. Warren and Kevin T. Wolff

Low self-control and the Dark Triad: Disentangling the predictive power of personality traits on young adult substance use, offending and victimization pp. 159-169

Jamie L. Flexon, Ryan C. Meldrum, Jacob T.N. Young and Peter S. Lehmann

Psychopathy and perceptions of procedural justice pp. 170-183

Megan Bears Augustyn and James V. Ray

The concordance of self-reported and officially recorded lifetime offending histories: Results from a sample of Australian prisoners pp. 184-195

Jason L. Payne and Alex R. Piquero

Unpacking gender and racial/ethnic biases in the federal sentencing of drug offenders: A causal mediation approach pp. 196-206

Jeffrey T. Ward, Richard D. Hartley and Rob Tillyer

Debunking the psychometric properties of the LS\CMI: An application of item response theory with a risk assessment instrument pp. 207-218

Guy Giguère and Patrick Lussier

The hazards of premature release: Recidivism outcomes of blended-sentenced juvenile homicide offenders pp. 219-227

Jonathan W. Caudill and Chad R. Trulson

Changes in inmates' substance use and dependence from pre-incarceration to one year post-release pp. 228-238

June P. Tangney, Johanna B. Folk, David M. Graham, Jeffrey B. Stuewig, Daniel V. Blalock, Andrew Salatino, Brandy L. Blasko and Kelly E. Moore