| Theft of the nation: The structure and operations of organized crime in America DR Cressey, J Finckenauer Routledge, 2017 | 564 | 2017 |
| Problems of definition: what is organized crime? JO Finckenauer Trends in organized crime 8 (3), 63-83, 2005 | 465 | 2005 |
| Scared straight! and the panacea phenomenon JO Finckenauer Prentice-Hall, 1982 | 311 | 1982 |
| Well-meaning programs can have harmful effects! Lessons from experiments of programs such as Scared Straight A Petrosino, C Turpin-Petrosino, JO Finckenauer Crime & Delinquency 46 (3), 354-379, 2000 | 281 | 2000 |
| Russian mafia in America: Immigration, culture, and crime JO Finckenauer, EJ Waring Upne, 1998 | 232 | 1998 |
| Organized crime in America DJ Kenney, JO Finckenauer Wadsworth, 1995 | 183 | 1995 |
| Representations and misrepresentations of human trafficking G Jahic, JO Finckenauer Trends in Organized Crime 8 (3), 24-40, 2005 | 177 | 2005 |
| Public support for the death penalty: Retribution as just deserts or retribution as revenge? JO Finckenauer Justice Quarterly 5 (1), 81-100, 1988 | 142 | 1988 |
| Scared straight!: the panacea phenomenon revisited JO Finckenauer, PW Gavin, A Hovland, E Storvoll Waveland Press, 1999 | 123 | 1999 |
| The threat of Russian organized crime JO Finckenauer, YA Voronin US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of …, 2001 | 113 | 2001 |
| Mafia and organized crime: a beginner's guide JO Finckenauer Simon and Schuster, 2012 | 104 | 2012 |
| Selling Sex Overseas K Chin, JO Finckenauer Selling Sex Overseas, 2012 | 104 | 2012 |
| Russian transnational organized crime and human trafficking JO Finckenauer Global human smuggling: Comparative perspectives, 166-186, 2001 | 101 | 2001 |
| The quest for quality in criminal justice education JO Finckenauer Justice Quarterly 22 (4), 413-426, 2005 | 90 | 2005 |
| Crime as a national political issue: 1964-76: From law and order to domestic tranquility JO Finckenauer Crime & Delinquency 24 (1), 13-27, 1978 | 78 | 1978 |
| Higher education and police discretion JO Finckenauer Journal of Police Science and Administration 3 (4), 450-457, 1975 | 62 | 1975 |
| Russian youth: Law, deviance, and the pursuit of freedom JO Finckenauer Routledge, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| Juvenile delinquency and corrections: The gap between theory and practice JO Finckenauer Academic Press, 1984 | 52 | 1984 |
| Asian transnational organized crime and its impact on the United States: developing a transnational crime research agenda JO Finckenauer, K Chin Trends in Organized Crime 10 (2), 18-107, 2006 | 46 | 2006 |
| Meeting the challenge of transnational crime JO Finckenauer National Institute of Justice Journal 244, 2-7, 2000 | 43 | 2000 |
