| Falling back: Incarceration and transitions to adulthood among urban youth JJ Fader Rutgers University Press, 2013 | 217 | 2013 |
| The color of juvenile justice: Racial disparities in dispositional decisions JJ Fader, MC Kurlychek, KA Morgan Social Science Research 44, 126-140, 2014 | 181 | 2014 |
| The New African American Inequality MB Katz, MJ Stern, JJ Fader The Journal of American History 92 (1), 75-108, 2005 | 160 | 2005 |
| Reducing crime among youth at risk for gang involvement: A randomized trial TP Thornberry, B Kearley, DC Gottfredson, MP Slothower, DN Devlin, ... Criminology & Public Policy 17 (4), 953-989, 2018 | 92 | 2018 |
| Scaling-up evidence-based programs using a public funding stream: A randomized trial of Functional Family Therapy for court-involved youth DC Gottfredson, B Kearley, TP Thornberry, M Slothower, D Devlin, ... Prevention Science 19 (7), 939-953, 2018 | 87 | 2018 |
| Identifying chronic juvenile offenders PR Jones, PW Harris, J Fader, L Grubstein Justice Quarterly 18 (3), 479-507, 2001 | 83 | 2001 |
| Women and the paradox of economic inequality in the twentieth-century MB Katz, MJ Stern, JJ Fader Journal of Social History, 65-88, 2005 | 81 | 2005 |
| Factors involved in decisions on commitment to delinquency programs for first-time juvenile offenders JJ Fader, PW Harris, PR Jones, ME Poulin Justice Quarterly 18 (2), 323-341, 2001 | 78 | 2001 |
| “I don't have time for drama”: Managing risk and uncertainty through network avoidance* JJ Fader Criminology 59 (2), 291-317, 2021 | 72 | 2021 |
| Dealing with difference in desistance theory: The promise of intersectionality for new avenues of inquiry JJ Fader, LTL Traylor Sociology Compass 9 (4), 247-260, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| Juvenile corrections in the era of reform: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies J Sankofa, A Cox, JJ Fader, M Inderbitzin, LS Abrams, AM Nurse International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 62 (7 …, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| “Selling smarter, not harder”: Life course effects on drug sellers’ risk perceptions and management JJ Fader International Journal of Drug Policy 36, 120-129, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| A promising approach to narrowing the school-to-prison pipeline: The WISE arrest diversion program JJ Fader, B Lockwood, VL Schall, B Stokes Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 13 (2), 123-142, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| The Mexican immigration debate: The view from history MB Katz, MJ Stern, JJ Fader Social Science History 31 (2), 157-189, 2007 | 44 | 2007 |
| Criminal Family Networks: Criminal Capital and Cost Avoidance among Urban Drug Sellers JJ Fader Deviant Behavior, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| “The game ain’t what it used to be”: Drug sellers’ perceptions of the modern day underground and legal markets JJ Fader Journal of Drug Issues 49 (1), 57-73, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| Doing time, filling time: Bureaucratic ritualism as a systemic barrier to youth reentry JJ Fader, CP Dum Children and Youth Services Review 35 (5), 899-907, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| Conditions of a successful status graduation ceremony: Formerly incarcerated urban youth and their tenuous grip on success JJ Fader Punishment & Society 13 (1), 29-46, 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Code of the Street 25 Years Later: Lasting Legacies, Empirical Status, and Future Directions JJ Fader, KS León Annual Review of Criminology 7 (1), 19-38, 2024 | 16 | 2024 |
| On shifting ground: Constructing manhood on the margins J Fader Univ of California Press, 2023 | 13 | 2023 |