| What do we know about gangs and gang members and where do we go from here? SH Decker, C Melde, DC Pyrooz Justice Quarterly 30 (3), 369-402, 2013 | 317 | 2013 |
| Gang membership as a turning point in the life course C Melde, FA Esbensen Criminology 49 (2), 513-552, 2011 | 273 | 2011 |
| “I got your back”: An examination of the protective function of gang membership in adolescence C Melde, TJ Taylor, FA Esbensen Criminology 47 (2), 565-594, 2009 | 254 | 2009 |
| Gangs and violence: Disentangling the impact of gang membership on the level and nature of offending C Melde, FA Esbensen Journal of quantitative criminology 29, 143-166, 2013 | 228 | 2013 |
| Gang membership and adherence to the “code of the street” KN Matsuda, C Melde, TJ Taylor, A Freng, FA Esbensen Justice Quarterly 30 (3), 440-468, 2013 | 176 | 2013 |
| Active parental consent in school-based research: how much is enough and how do we get it? FA Esbensen, C Melde, TJ Taylor, D Peterson Evaluation review 32 (4), 335-362, 2008 | 176 | 2008 |
| Homicide as infectious disease: Using public health methods to investigate the diffusion of homicide AM Zeoli, JM Pizarro, SC Grady, C Melde Justice quarterly 31 (3), 609-632, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
| Addressing program fidelity using onsite observations and program provider descriptions of program delivery C Melde, FA Esbensen, K Tusinski Evaluation Review 30 (6), 714-740, 2006 | 102 | 2006 |
| The relative impact of gang status transitions: Identifying the mechanisms of change in delinquency C Melde, FA Esbensen Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 51 (3), 349-376, 2014 | 99 | 2014 |
| Lifestyle, rational choice, and adolescent fear: A test of a risk‐assessment framework C Melde Criminology 47 (3), 781-812, 2009 | 85 | 2009 |
| ‘May piece be with you’: A typological examination of the fear and victimization hypothesis of adolescent weapon carrying C Melde, FA Esbensen, TJ Taylor Justice Quarterly 26 (2), 348-376, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| Bad medicine: The relationship between gang membership, depression, self-esteem, and suicidal behavior AM Watkins, C Melde Criminal justice and behavior 43 (8), 1107-1126, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| Identifying correlates of stable gang membership C Melde, C Diem, G Drake Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 28 (4), 482-498, 2012 | 64 | 2012 |
| The victim-offender overlap and fear of in-school victimization: A longitudinal examination of risk assessment models C Melde, FA Esbensen Crime & Delinquency 55 (4), 499-525, 2009 | 64 | 2009 |
| The effect of self-control on unit and item nonresponse in an adolescent sample AM Watkins, C Melde Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 44 (3), 267-294, 2007 | 56 | 2007 |
| The role of race and ethnicity in gang membership FA Esbensen, BT Brick, C Melde, K Tusinski, TJ Taylor Street gangs, migration and ethnicity, 117-139, 2008 | 53 | 2008 |
| On the efficacy of targeted gang interventions: Can we identify those most at risk? C Melde, S Gavazzi, E McGarrell, T Bynum Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 9 (4), 279-294, 2011 | 44 | 2011 |
| Patterns of bullying and victimization associated with other problem behaviors among high school students: A conditional latent class approach PJ Lovegrove, DG Cornell Youth violence prevention, 5-22, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
| Fear, social interactions, and violence mitigation C Melde, MT Berg, FA Esbensen Justice Quarterly 33 (3), 481-509, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Modeling the movement of homicide by type to inform public health prevention efforts AM Zeoli, S Grady, JM Pizarro, C Melde American journal of public health 105 (10), 2035-2041, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
