| Stateville: The penitentiary in mass society JB Jacobs University of Chicago Press, 2015 | 1235 | 2015 |
| Hate crimes: Criminal law and identity politics JB Jacobs, K Potter Oxford University Press, 2000 | 1081 | 2000 |
| The pursuit of absolute integrity: How corruption control makes government ineffective F Anechiarico, JB Jacobs University of Chicago Press, 1996 | 1053 | 1996 |
| Street gangs behind bars JB Jacobs Social problems 21 (3), 395-409, 1974 | 271 | 1974 |
| The eternal criminal record JB Jacobs Harvard University Press, 2015 | 250 | 2015 |
| The prisoners' rights movement and its impacts, 1960-80 JB Jacobs Crime and Justice 2, 429-470, 1980 | 230 | 1980 |
| Drunk driving: an American dilemma JB Jacobs University of Chicago Press, 1989 | 225 | 1989 |
| Gotham unbound: How New York city was liberated from the grip of organized crime JB Jacobs, C Friel, R Raddick NYU Press, 2001 | 218 | 2001 |
| The expanding scope, use, and availability of criminal records J Jacobs, T Crepet NYUJ Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 11, 177, 2007 | 206 | 2007 |
| Can gun control work? JB Jacobs Oxford University Press, 2002 | 203 | 2002 |
| Prison guard JB Jacobs, HG Retsky Urban life 4 (1), 5-29, 1975 | 184 | 1975 |
| The uncertain future of the community college workforce development mission J Jacobs, KJ Dougherty New Directions for Community Colleges 2006 (136), 53-62, 2006 | 183 | 2006 |
| Mobsters, unions, and feds: The mafia and the American labor movement JB Jacobs Mobsters, Unions, and Feds, 2006 | 179 | 2006 |
| Visions of corruption control and the evolution of American public administration F Anechiarico, JB Jacobs Public administration review, 465-473, 1994 | 171 | 1994 |
| The social construction of a hate crime epidemic JB Jacobs, JS Henry J. Crim. L. & Criminology 86, 366, 1995 | 168 | 1995 |
| Ban the box to promote ex-offender employment JS Henry, JB Jacobs Criminology & Pub. Pol'y 6, 755, 2007 | 166 | 2007 |
| Integrating the keepers: A comparison of black and white prison guards in Illinois JB Jacobs, LJ Kraft Social Problems 25 (3), 304-318, 1978 | 166 | 1978 |
| Mass incarceration and the proliferation of criminal records JB Jacobs U. St. Thomas LJ 3, 387, 2005 | 159 | 2005 |
| Hate crimes: A critical perspective JB Jacobs, KA Potter Crime and Justice 22, 1-50, 1997 | 159 | 1997 |
| What prison guards think: A profile of the Illinois force JB Jacobs Crime & Delinquency 24 (2), 185-196, 1978 | 138 | 1978 |
