Criminal Justice & Behavior (CJB)

Here's what you'll find in the pages of CJB:

Finally, this issue includes a quasi-experimental study on the effectiveness of community courts in reducing recidivism, using a reconviction data at one, three, and five years following case completion or release from incarceration.

We also include a manuscript on on justice-involved youth, which examines behavioral and learning needs and victimization. Another study explores how perceptions of crime threat and confidence in criminal justice institutions shape capital jurors’ sentencing decisions.

It’s February, and we’re excited to share the second issue of 2026! 🌟 journals.sagepub.com/toc/cjbb/53/2 To start, we have one study examining the psychometric properties of the ORAC-PCQ, an actuarial risk assessment tool for short-sentence populations in Québec.

The final paper this issue employs hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to examine what county characteristics are associated with implementation of behavioral health strategies in correctional settings.

On the policing side, we have one manuscript exploring procedural justice and bounded authority, using evaluations of video-recorded police encounters as method of gauging legitimacy.

It might still be December but we are out with our first issue of 2026! 🌟journals.sagepub.com/toc/cjbb/53/1 To start off, we have some wonderful international work. We have one study examining the factor structure of the Spanish version of the DASS-21 across six Spanish prisons.

Drawing on the legal socialization framework, the final paper in this issue examines the psychometric properties of a measure of people’s perceptions of government exploitation during national emergencies.

Another examines the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) against three types of offenses in a sample of incarcerated Iranian sample of men and women. On the policing side, we have one paper reporting on the impact of the National De-Escalation Training Center.

We can't believe our last issue of 2025 is here! ‼️📰journals.sagepub.com/toc/cjbb/52/12 Excitingly, we have a number of open access manuscripts. First, we have one examining The Gang Intervention and Exiting Program (GIEP) in Canada, showing improved outcomes across a variety of dimensions.

Finally, one study looks at the predictive validity of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) among Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth.

Using Moffitt’s theory of life-course-persistent offending, another article examines the association between, to name a few, changes in social bonds with parents, peers, and school delinquency, on continued justice involvement for youth with early police contact.

Issue 11 is now available! ⬇️💥 We have a great collection of papers this month. From the corrections side, we have a systematic review of trauma informed programs on mental health in prison. › journals.sagepub.com/toc/cjbb/52/11