Impact Factor
2.98
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.72
272 total citations
h5-index
21
h5 depth signal
Cited share
70.3%
116 of 165
Total citations
272
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.60
External metric anchor
Self-citation
3.3%
9 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
518
United Kingdom
141
Netherlands
107
Canada
97
Australia
93
Citing Fields of Research
Law & Legal Studies
763
Psychiatry & Psychology
732
Sociology
653
Psychiatry
247
Political Science & International Relations
96
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
3,444
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
165
116 cited publications
Last 12 months
66
5.5 publications/month
Open access share
39.4%
26 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
518 citing publications
Leading citing field
Law & Legal Studies
763 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
10 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v18n3, 1974,v35n1,1991,v35n4, 1991,v43n2, 1999,v44n1, 2000,v46n1, Feb. 2002-
v18n3, 1974,v35n1,1991,v35n4, 1991,v43n2, 1999,v44n1, 2000,v46n1, Feb. 2002-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Law & Legal Studies
Psychiatry & Psychology
Sociology
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Association for Psychiatric Treatment of Offenders
Broad Categories
Behavioral Sciences
Therapeutics
Law & Legal Studies
Psychiatry & Psychology
Psychiatry
MeSH Descriptors
Criminal Psychology
Criminology
Forensic Psychiatry
Juvenile Delinquency
Psychotherapy
Social Work, Psychiatric
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261495940
Open DOI
A Social Network Analysis of the Structure and Leadership Roles of a Drug Trafficking Group in China: A Case Study
Despite the proliferation of social network analysis (SNA) in criminological research, our understanding of criminal leadership remains heavily skewed toward Western organized crime group models. This study contributes a descriptive case...
02
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261488888
Open DOI
The Cost of Confession: Narratives of Guilt and Innocence in Youth Convicted of Sexual Offenses
Receiving a sexual offense conviction often entails broad social rejection. The resulting pain is managed through telling stories addressing guilt and innocence, justification, and remorse. Building upon narrative interviews with seven y...
03
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261495485
Open DOI
Across the Life Course and Into Custody: Understanding Incarceration Pathways of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
Incarceration is rarely an isolated event but reflects cumulative institutional and interpersonal disadvantage across the life course. Although life-course criminology explains these trajectories for the general population, it has rarely...
04
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261489853
Open DOI
Laughing Alone and Punching Self: The Alignment of Laughter in Interviews With Men Convicted of Sexual Offences
Laughter plays a significant role in narrative storytelling but the extent to which it appears (and is useful) during interviews with justice-involved populations is not well understood. The psychological value of “gallows” humor is well...
05
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261495166
Open DOI
Interpreting the Child Behind the Offense: A Phenomenological Study of Correctional Officers’ Perspective of Juvenile Offenders in Indonesia
How correctional officers make sense of juvenile offenders may shape both how they understand rehabilitation and how they experience their work. This study explores how correctional officers in Indonesian juvenile correctional institutio...
06
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261494224
Open DOI
Explaining Anti-Social Behavior Through Culture? A Scoping Review of the Individualism-Collectivism Construct in Criminology
The individualism-collectivism (I-C) construct has been widely used to explain cross-cultural variation in anti-social behavior (ASB), yet its application in criminology remains conceptually and methodologically underdeveloped. This stud...
07
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261494214
Open DOI
Clients’ Perception of Unhelpful Aspects of Prison Psychologically-Informed Interventions in the UK: A Systematic Review
Therapeutic prison research is dominated by outcome studies which often overlook client experiences. Understanding client experience is one way to offer more effective interventions. This paper aims to synthesise the findings of the qual...
08
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261490598
Open DOI
Are All Callous–Unemotional Youth Alike? Primary and Secondary Variants and the Breadth of Offending
Research on psychopathic-like traits in youth has increasingly emphasized heterogeneity rather than treating psychopathy as a unitary construct. Much of this work draws, either explicitly or implicitly, on Karpman’s distinction between p...
09
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261490589
Open DOI
Treatment Dropout in Forensic Interventions: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Moderators
Treatment dropout undermines the effectiveness of forensic mental health interventions aimed at reducing recidivism risk or reoffending. This multilevel meta-analysis synthesized controlled studies published since 2015 to estimate treatm...
10
DOI 10.1177/0306624x261490592
Open DOI
The Role of Participant–Clinician Relationality and Intervention Source in a Violence Reduction Trial: A Qualitative Study
Violence and domestic violence are global public health problems with prevention programs showing limited effectiveness. The form of delivery of such programs can influence their utility yet delivery characteristics are often poorly desc...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Place of publication varies.
Also issued online.
Summaries in French, German, and Spanish.
Official organ of the Association for Psychiatric Treatment of Offenders.
v. 43, no. 1 (1999)20020716 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper