Open research questions in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
2,108 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 17,977 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.
What the literature leaves open
Qualitative and mixed-methods studies are needed to explore how formerly incarcerated adults perceive changes in their eyesight, - Research is needed on the relationship between incarceration and access to comprehensive eye care
The study identifies a gap in the literature by conducting the first longitudinal assessment of the association between prior incarceration and patterns of vision over time.
Abstract Research on racial threat theory often demonstrates inconsistent results, suggesting limitations to traditional measures such as “percentage Black.
PTAs are an under-researched group who play a key role in assessing the vocational component of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) in England and Wales, completion of which is a prerequisite for qualifying as a Probation Officer.
‘A bit of a halfway house’: Practice tutor assessors, professional identity and practitioner socialisation · 2026 · DOIHowever, we observe mixed findings regarding the influence of officers’ routines (e.
Guardians at risk: Understanding the victimization of South Korean probation officers using lifestyle–routine activity theory · 2026 · DOIObjectives Quantitative studies of institutional (non)engagement are limited by available measures and temporal ordering concerns.
Bounded Engagement and Institutional Interdependency: Exploring Formerly Incarcerated Adults’ (Non)Engagement Experiences and Perceptions · 2026 · DOIScholarship increasingly recognizes citizenship as a key axis of inequality in the criminal justice system, yet the intersection of geographic origin with noncitizen punishment remains underexplored.
Where You Come from Counts: Geographic Origin Disparities in the Punishment of Noncitizens in Texas Courts · 2026 · DOIPrior literature finds that parents are key agents of socialization and monitoring for children, yet have limited knowledge of certain criminal legal system practices.
Abstract Background Significant gaps in hepatitis C (HCV) care outcomes exist between women and men experiencing incarceration, yet limited data examining these differences exist in the literature.
Gender Differences in Hepatitis C Care Outcomes in the New York City Jail System, 2019–2023: A Retrospective Cohort Study · 2026 · DOIYet, little is known concerning how chosen families operate for formerly incarcerated LGBTQ+ people or their impact on offending and desistance trajectories.
“We don't tolerate each other; we actually respect and love each other”: Chosen family as a turning point among LGBTQ+ people · 2025 · DOIDespite this significance, there is a gap in the research exploring prisoners’ perspectives on food.
The significance of food: meanings and values attached to food by male prisoners in a Norwegian low-security prison · 2025 · DOIYet, there are limited studies that examine how social class may impact reentry for these types of people.
Resiliency in Reentry, Sensitivity in Strangers: An Examination of White-Collar Offenders and Their Reentry Process · 2025 · DOIYet, the nature and extent of citizens' participation remain unclear, especially in coercive settings involving marginalised populations, where interactions are mandatory and control‐driven.
Public Encounters as Venues for Citizen Empowerment: The ‘In‐Between’ in the Belgian Probation Sector · 2025 · DOIThe expression “doing time” is no longer limited to the forced idleness and penitence of prison.
Despite the prevalence of sibling incarceration and the importance of sibling relationships throughout the life course, little is known about sibling support in the context of incarceration from the receiver's perspective (or other family members' perspectives).
Empirical research is lacking on wives of incarcerated men in India, contributing to their invisibility in policy‐making and programmatic interventions.
Indian Wives of Incarcerated Men Tell Their Own Stories: An Intersectional Narrative Analysis of Disenfranchisement and Resilience · 2025 · DOIOBJECTIVE: While some aspects of the prison system are documented, the psychosocial experiences of individuals during incarceration and their reintegration after release remain relatively underexamined and poorly understood by the broader public.
Psychosocial perspective on the integration of individuals deprived of liberty: a lexicometric analysis · 2025 · DOIFuture research should explore perinatal care from incarcerated individuals' perspectives to inform evidence-based solutions and guide comprehensive reforms.
“Is that a policy thing or is that a guard thing?”: A qualitative study of providers’ experiences supporting pregnant individuals incarcerated in Ontario, Canada · 2025 · DOIFuture research should explore perinatal care from the perspective of correctional officers working with incarcerated pregnant individuals.
Although perinatal support programs are becoming more common in carceral settings, limited research has examined individuals' interest in and experiences with these programs.
A qualitative analysis of formerly incarcerated women’s perspectives on a prison-based perinatal support program · 2025 · DOIResearch Design/Conclusions: This evaluation provides unequivocal evidence of the strong, positive impact that PI is making, serving as a rare campus-based reentry program within a community college in New York City.
Project Impact: A Public Community College Campus–Based Support and Reentry Program for Justice-Impacted Students in New York City · 2024 · DOIYet, the mechanisms through which incarceration may favor rehabilitation remain unknown.
However, little is known about the ‘shadow’ carceral state, coercive institutions lacking even the limited safeguards of the carceral state.
Stress and insomnia may influence the relationship between workplace violence and job burnout; however, this influence has been rarely studied.
The impact of workplace violence on job burnout among Chinese correctional officers: the chain mediating effects of stress and insomnia · 2024 · DOIThe conditions for the fair and successful application of restorative practices have not yet been established.
Restorative Just Culture: An Exploration of the Enabling Conditions for Successful Implementation · 2024 · DOI
Most-cited papers in Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Improving Pregnancy Outcome during Imprisonment: A Model Residential Care Program · Social Work · 2001 · 1,698 citations
- THE NEW PENOLOGY: NOTES ON THE EMERGING STRATEGY OF CORRECTIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS* · Criminology · 1992 · 1,547 citations
- Gender, Crime, and Desistance: Toward a Theory of Cognitive Transformation · American Journal of Sociology · 2002 · 1,428 citations
- DOES CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT WORK? A CLINICALLY RELEVANT AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY INFORMED META‐ANALYSIS * · Criminology · 1990 · 1,404 citations
- THE INTERACTION OF RACE, GENDER, AND AGE IN CRIMINAL SENTENCING: THE PUNISHMENT COST OF BEING YOUNG, BLACK, AND MALE · Criminology · 1998 · 1,229 citations
- THE LIMITS OF THE SOVEREIGN STATE: Strategies of Crime Control in Contemporary Society · The British Journal of Criminology · 1996 · 1,075 citations
- Comparing Telephone and Face-to-Face Qualitative Interviewing: a Research Note · Qualitative Research · 2004 · 1,037 citations
- Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in U.S. Incarceration · American Sociological Review · 2004 · 1,015 citations
- Deadly Symbiosis · Punishment & Society · 2001 · 903 citations
- Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending: Good Marriages and the Desistance Process · American Sociological Review · 1998 · 763 citations
Most recent work
- Mass incarceration and its spillover effects: a scoping review of incarceration rates and health · Social Science & Medicine · 2026
- Propertied bodies: race, welfare, and the carceral state the Texas way · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2026
- The punitive mesh: Digital presence, mutual surveillance, and participatory punishment in networked societies · Punishment & Society · 2026
- Prison healthcare and other paradoxes · Social Science & Medicine · 2026
- ‘Mate, you gone legit?’: Tension and loss in status and desistance · The British Journal of Criminology · 2026
- Developmental differences in children’s visits with parents in jail · Children and Youth Services Review · 2026
- Legal Financial Obligations: An Understudied Public Health Exposure · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2026
- Disability status, victimization, and substance use among justice-involved youth · Journal of Criminal Justice · 2026
- Whose decision is it anyway? Defendants’ prior experience shapes prosecutorial case dismissal · Criminology · 2026
- Boom, bust, churn: Prison closure and prison expansion in New South Wales, Australia · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 2026
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