Journal publications of Ph.D. graduates from American criminology and criminal justice programs

Disappearing act: The representation of corporate crime research in criminological literature

“…These journals were selected based on two criteria. First, the majority were employed in previous studies of the criminological literature and citation studies (e.g., Cohn & Farrington, 1994;Cohn, Farrington, & Sorensen, 2000;Wright & Friedrichs, 1991). Second, the journals analyzed were expanded to include two critically oriented journals (Social Justice and Crime, Law and Social Change).…”

Gender differences in research productivity among criminal justice and criminology scholars

“…Only six (7 percent) of the top eighty-nine scholars in this ranking were women. Cohn, Farrington, and Sorensen (2000) identified twenty-two academic "stars" in criminology and criminal justice by counting the number of publications of the PhD graduates (graduated between 1988-1997) from twelve American doctoral programs. Among the rising scholars, six or 27 percent were women.…”

Comprehensive examination reading lists as indicators of scholar impact and significance

“…This controversy is only enhanced through the use of such labels as "prestige" and "academic stars" (Cohn & Farrington, 1998a;Cohn, Farrington, & Sorensen, 2000) in describing scholars and scholarship that are rated highly in various studies. Despite protestations that such measures were flawed in their design (Travis, 1987), failed to account for other dimensions of faculty productivity (ADPCCJ, 2007), and highlighted disciplinary bias (Barak, 1991;Greene & Gabbidon, 2003;Young & Sulton, 1991), research in this vein continues and peer reviewers and editors continue to publish such scholarship.…”