| The gang [abridged edition] FM Thrasher, JF Short University Press, 1963 | 3688* | 1963 |
| Suicide and homicide: Some economic, sociological aspects of aggression. AF Henry, JF Short Free Press Glencoe, 1964 | 1198* | 1964 |
| Group process and gang delinquency JF Short, FL Strodtbeck Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965 | 1157 | 1965 |
| The social fabric at risk: toward the social transformation of risk analysis JF Short American sociological review 49 (6), 711-725, 1984 | 692 | 1984 |
| Social organization and risk: Some current controversies L Clarke, JF Short Jr Annual Review of Sociology 19 (1), 375-399, 1993 | 354 | 1993 |
| Scaling delinquent behavior FI Nye, JF Short American Sociological Review 22 (3), 326-331, 1957 | 331 | 1957 |
| Poverty, ethnicity, and violent crime JF Short Jr Routledge, 2018 | 327 | 2018 |
| Reported behavior as a criterion of deviant behavior JF Short Jr, FI Nye Soc. Probs. 5, 207, 1957 | 314 | 1957 |
| Toward a sociology of organizational crime LS Schrager, JF Short Jr Social problems 25 (4), 407-419, 1978 | 280 | 1978 |
| Research in Delinquent Subcultures1 AK Cohen, JF Short Jr Journal of Social Issues 14 (3), 20-37, 1958 | 266 | 1958 |
| Extent of unrecorded juvenile delinquency tentative conclusions JF Short Jr, FI Nye J. Crim. L. Criminology & Police Sci. 49, 296, 1958 | 263 | 1958 |
| Sociology & Public Affairs: The Chicago School JT Carey SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 1975 | 246 | 1975 |
| The impact of cats and foxes on the small vertebrate fauna of Heirisson Prong, Western Australia. II. A field experiment DA Risbey, MC Calver, J Short, JS Bradley, IW Wright Wildlife Research 27 (3), 223-235, 2000 | 234 | 2000 |
| Socioeconomic status and delinquent behavior FI Nye, JF Short Jr, VJ Olson American Journal of Sociology 63 (4), 381-389, 1958 | 222 | 1958 |
| Internationales Handbuch der Gewaltforschung O Backes, W Bergmann, H Bielefeldt, K Boers, AW Böttger, R Dollase, ... Springer-Verlag, 2013 | 198 | 2013 |
| Differential association and delinquency JF Short Jr Social Problems 4 (3), 233-239, 1957 | 186 | 1957 |
| Disputes involving youth street gang members: Micro‐social contexts LA Hughes, JF Short Jr Criminology 43 (1), 43-76, 2005 | 152 | 2005 |
| The level of explanation problem revisited—The American Society of Criminology 1997 presidential address JF Short Jr Criminology 36 (1), 3-36, 1998 | 144 | 1998 |
| Thinking about government learning LS Etheredge, J Short Journal of management studies 20 (1), 41-58, 1983 | 137 | 1983 |
| The gang: a study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago FM Thrasher University of Chicago, 1926 | 132* | 1926 |
