| Errors of justice: Nature, sources and remedies B Forst Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 204 | 2004 |
| Terrorism, crime, and public policy B Forst Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 178 | 2008 |
| The deterrent effect of capital punishment: An assessment of the estimates BE Forst, LR Klein | 159 | 1976 |
| What happens After Arrest? A Court Perspective of Police Operations in the District of Columbia. B Forst Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC …, 1978 | 154 | 1978 |
| Studying discretion in the processes that generate criminal justice sanctions SD Bushway, B Forst Justice Quarterly 30 (2), 199-222, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| The deterrent effect of capital punishment: A cross-state analysis of the 1960's BE Forst Minn. L. Rev. 61, 743, 1976 | 141 | 1976 |
| The Privatization of Policing: Two Views B Forst Georgetown University Press, 1999 | 129 | 1999 |
| A theoretical and empirical analysis of the prosecutor B Forst, KB Brosi The Journal of Legal Studies 6 (1), 177-191, 1977 | 128 | 1977 |
| Capital punishment and deterrence: Conflicting evidence B Forst J. Crim. L. & Criminology 74, 927, 1983 | 92 | 1983 |
| Participation in illegitimate activities: further empirical findings BE Forst Policy Analysis, 477-492, 1976 | 92 | 1976 |
| The privatization and civilianization of policing B Forst Criminal justice 2 (24), 19-78, 2000 | 90 | 2000 |
| Modern policing and the control of illegal drugs: Testing new strategies in two American cities CD Uchida, B Forst, SO Annan US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of …, 1992 | 86 | 1992 |
| Prosecution and sentencing B Forst Crime 363, 364, 1995 | 67 | 1995 |
| Punishment and sentencing: Developing sentencing guidelines empirically from principles of punishment B Forst, C Wellford Rutgers L. Rev. 33, 799, 1980 | 67 | 1980 |
| After terror: promoting dialogue among civilizations AS Ahmed, B Forst John Wiley & Sons, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
| The special deterrent effects of a jail sanction on first-time drunk drivers: A quasi-experimental study SE Martin, S Annan, B Forst Accident Analysis & Prevention 25 (5), 561-568, 1993 | 50 | 1993 |
| The criminal justice response to victim harm B Forst, JC Hernon US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1985 | 47 | 1985 |
| Prosecution B Forst Crime: Public policies for crime control, 509-536, 2002 | 42 | 2002 |
| Criminologists on terrorism and homeland security B Forst, JR Greene, JP Lynch Cambridge University Press, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Arrest convictability as a measure of police performance B Forst US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice 73 (12), 1982 | 41 | 1982 |
