The General Blog of Crime (run by a "gang" of criminologists), noted that Google Scholar publishes journal rankings using an algorithm Google developed that takes into account the number of articles and cross-references in the past five years. The list of top criminology journals looked something like this (a little over 10, due to ties):
1. Criminal Justice and Behavior
2. Criminology
3. Journal of Interpersonal Violence
4. Violence Against Women
5. tie British Journal of Criminology
5. tie Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
6. Criminology & Public Policy
7. tie Journal of Family Violence
7. tie Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
8. tie Crime & Delinquency
8. tie Intl Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
8. tie Journal of Criminal Justice
8. Violence and Victims
As the author (Christina DeJong, Assoc. Prof at Michigan State) of the blog post notes, you get a different ranking when you include an impact factor for the same journals. At any rate, if you're not familiar with these publications, it's a great resource link. So is Google Scholar, by the way; professional search results with any references to Snooki or the Kardashians.
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