| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | FOUNDATION FOR A GENERAL STRAIN THEORY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY* | Criminology | 1992 | 3,376 |
| 2 | USING THE CORRECT STATISTICAL TEST FOR THE EQUALITY OF REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS | Criminology | 1998 | 2,178 |
| 3 | THE NEW PENOLOGY: NOTES ON THE EMERGING STRATEGY OF CORRECTIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS* | Criminology | 1992 | 1,693 |
| 4 | DOES CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT WORK? A CLINICALLY RELEVANT AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY INFORMED META-ANALYSIS * | Criminology | 1990 | 1,664 |
| 5 | THE EMPIRICAL STATUS OF GOTTFREDSON AND HIRSCHI'S GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME: A META-ANALYSIS | Criminology | 2000 | 1,639 |
| 6 | HOT SPOTS OF PREDATORY CRIME: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AND THE CRIMINOLOGY OF PLACE* | Criminology | 1989 | 1,536 |
| 7 | NEIGHBORHOOD INEQUALITY, COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, AND THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN VIOLENCE* | Criminology | 2001 | 1,431 |
| 8 | A META-ANALYSIS OF THE PREDICTORS OF ADULT OFFENDER RECIDIVISM: WHAT WORKS!* | Criminology | 1996 | 1,284 |
| 9 | THE INTERACTION OF RACE, GENDER, AND AGE IN CRIMINAL SENTENCING: THE PUNISHMENT COST OF BEING YOUNG, BLACK, AND MALE | Criminology | 1998 | 1,162 |
| 10 | SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION AND THEORIES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS* | Criminology | 1988 | 1,050 |
| 11 | AGE, CRIMINAL CAREERS, AND POPULATION HETEROGENEITY: SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF A NONPARAMETRIC, MIXED POISSON MODEL* | Criminology | 1993 | 858 |
| 12 | LIFE-COURSE DESISTERS? TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AMONG DELINQUENT BOYS FOLLOWED TO AGE 70* | Criminology | 2003 | 789 |
| 13 | TOWARD AN INTERACTIONAL THEORY OF DELINQUENCY* | Criminology | 1987 | 729 |
| 14 | LIFE-COURSE TRANSITIONS AND DESISTANCE FROM CRIME* | Criminology | 1998 | 675 |
| 15 | TURNING POINTS IN THE LIFE COURSE: WHY CHANGE MATTERS TO THE STUDY OF CRIME* | Criminology | 1993 | 651 |
| 16 | TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AT PLACES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STREET SEGMENTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE* | Criminology | 2004 | 637 |
| 17 | THE LINK BETWEEN OFFENDING AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS* | Criminology | 1991 | 635 |
| 18 | SERIOUS VIOLENT OFFENDERS: ONSET, DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE, AND TERMINATION-THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY 1993 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS* | Criminology | 1994 | 631 |
| 19 | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT AND ADOLESCENT INVOLVEMENT IN DELINQUENCY* | Criminology | 1995 | 617 |
| 20 | DELINQUENT PEERS, BELIEFS, AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR: A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF INTERACTIONAL THEORY* | Criminology | 1994 | 616 |
| 21 | AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF GENERAL STRAIN THEORY* | Criminology | 1992 | 605 |
| 22 | THE LAW OF CRIME CONCENTRATION AND THE CRIMINOLOGY OF PLACE* | Criminology | 2015 | 600 |
| 23 | CRIMINAL CAREER RESEARCH: ITS VALUE FOR CRIMINOLOGY* | Criminology | 1988 | 589 |
| 24 | Viewing Things Differently: The Dimensions of Public Perceptions of Police Legitimacy | Criminology | 2013 | 582 |
| 25 | LIFE-COURSE TRAJECTORIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENDERS* | Criminology | 1995 | 555 |
| 26 | BARS, BLOCKS, AND CRIMES REVISITED: LINKING THE THEORY OF ROUTINE ACTIVITIES TO THE EMPIRICISM OF "HOT SPOTS"* | Criminology | 1991 | 552 |
| 27 | UNDERSTANDING CRIME DISPLACEMENT: AN APPLICATION OF RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY | Criminology | 1987 | 546 |
| 28 | NEGOTIATING ORDER IN PATROL WORK: AN ECOLOGICAL THEORY OF POLICE RESPONSE TO DEVIANCE* | Criminology | 1997 | 525 |
| 29 | DEVELOPMENTAL AND LIFE-COURSE CRIMINOLOGY: KEY THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES-THE 2002 SUTHERLAND AWARD ADDRESS* | Criminology | 2003 | 521 |
| 30 | STRAIN, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND DELINQUENCY: EXTENDING GENERAL STRAIN THEORY | Criminology | 2002 | 516 |
| 31 | DOES MARRIAGE REDUCE CRIME? A COUNTERFACTUAL APPROACH TO WITHIN-INDIVIDUAL CAUSAL EFFECTS | Criminology | 2006 | 508 |
| 32 | PROFILING AND POLICE LEGITIMACY: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, ATTRIBUTIONS OF MOTIVE, AND ACCEPTANCE OF POLICE AUTHORITY* | Criminology | 2004 | 504 |
| 33 | CONTRIBUTIONS OF FAMILIES AND PEERS TO DELINQUENCY* | Criminology | 1985 | 484 |
| 34 | PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING IN VIOLENT CRIME PLACES: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT* | Criminology | 1999 | 480 |
| 35 | Shaping Citizen Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: A Randomized Field Trial of Procedural Justice | Criminology | 2013 | 480 |
| 36 | INCARCERATION, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND CRIME: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY* | Criminology | 1998 | 479 |
| 37 | INTEGRATING CELERITY, IMPULSIVITY, AND EXTRALEGAL SANCTION THREATS INTO A MODEL OF GENERAL DETERRENCE: THEORY AND EVIDENCE* | Criminology | 2001 | 479 |
| 38 | WE NEVER CALL THE COPS AND HERE IS WHY: A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF LEGAL CYNICISM IN THREE PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS | Criminology | 2007 | 469 |
| 39 | SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION OUTSIDE THE METROPOLIS: AN ANALYSIS OF RURAL YOUTH VIOLENCE* | Criminology | 2000 | 454 |
| 40 | SENTENCING IN CONTEXT: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS | Criminology | 2004 | 450 |
| 41 | FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND DELINQUENCY * | Criminology | 1987 | 440 |
| 42 | THE DYNAMICS OF DELINQUENT PEERS AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR* | Criminology | 1998 | 437 |
| 43 | STRUCTURAL MODELS OF PERSONALITY AND THEIR RELATION TO ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW* | Criminology | 2001 | 435 |
| 44 | GANGS, DRUGS, AND DELINQUENCY IN A SURVEY OF URBAN YOUTH* | Criminology | 1993 | 424 |
| 45 | PERCEPTIONS OF RACIAL PROFILING: RACE, CLASS, AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* | Criminology | 2002 | 419 |
| 46 | PUBLIC COOPERATION WITH THE POLICE IN GHANA: DOES PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS MATTER?* | Criminology | 2009 | 411 |
| 47 | GENDER AND IMPRISONMENT DECISIONS | Criminology | 1993 | 407 |
| 48 | DOES CRIME JUST MOVE AROUND THE CORNER? A CONTROLLED STUDY OF SPATIAL DISPLACEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF CRIME CONTROL BENEFITS | Criminology | 2006 | 403 |
| 49 | HOW EARLY CAN WE TELL?: PREDICTORS OF CHILDHOOD CONDUCT DISORDER AND ADOLESCENT DELINQUENCY * | Criminology | 1990 | 402 |
| 50 | SOCIAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNITY CRIME: EXAMINING THE IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBOR NETWORKS | Criminology | 1997 | 398 |
