| Hard time: Understanding and reforming the prison R Johnson Wadsworth, 2002 | 696 | 2002 |
| Death work: A study of the modern execution process. R Johnson Thomson Brooks/Cole Publishing Co, 1990 | 280 | 1990 |
| The pains of imprisonment R Johnson, H Toch (No Title), 1982 | 279 | 1982 |
| Life Without Parole: Living in Prison Today V Hassine, R Johnson Roxbury Publishing Company, 2004 | 246* | 2004 |
| Life without parole, America's other death penalty: Notes on life under sentence of death by incarceration R Johnson, S McGunigall-Smith The Prison Journal 88 (2), 328-346, 2008 | 134 | 2008 |
| Culture and crisis in confinement. R Johnson DC Heath, 1976 | 112 | 1976 |
| Condemned to die: Life under sentence of death R Johnson Routledge, 2018 | 101 | 2018 |
| A woman doing life: notes from a prison for women E George, R Johnson Oxford University Press, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Mature coping among life-sentenced inmates: An exploratory study of adjustment dynamics R Johnson, A Dobrzanska Corrections Compendium 30 (6), 8-9, 2005 | 97 | 2005 |
| Under sentence of death: The psychology of death row confinement R Johnson Law & Psychol. Rev. 5, 141, 1979 | 94 | 1979 |
| The complete correctional officer: Human service and the human environment of prison R Johnson, S Price Criminal Justice and Behavior 8 (3), 343-373, 1981 | 82 | 1981 |
| Life without Parole: Living and Dying in Prison Today V Hassine, R Johnson Oxford University Press, 2012 | 61 | 2012 |
| Hard time: A fresh look at understanding and reforming the prison R Johnson, AM Rocheleau, AB Martin John Wiley & Sons, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Women in prison: A case study in the social reality of stress JG Fox The pains of imprisonment, 205-220, 1982 | 59 | 1982 |
| Brave new prisons: The growing social isolation of modern penal institutions R Johnson The effects of imprisonment, 275-304, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
| Youth in crisis: Dimensions of self-destructive conduct among adolescent prisoners R Johnson Adolescence 13 (51), 461, 1978 | 45 | 1978 |
| Flight of the young: Why children run away from their homes R Johnson, M Carter Adolescence 15 (58), 483, 1980 | 44 | 1980 |
| Black Genocide? Preliminary Thoughts on the Plight of America's Poor Black Men R Johnson Journal of African American Men 1 (2), 3-21, 1995 | 41 | 1995 |
| Ameliorating prison stress: Some helping roles for custodial personnel R Johnson International Journal of Criminology and Penology 5 (3), 263-273, 1977 | 41 | 1977 |
| Institutions and the Promotion of Violence R Johnson Violent Transactions: The Limits of Personality, 181-205, 1986 | 40 | 1986 |
