Publications 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (partial list)

1. Barberet, R., Beichner-Thomas, D., &; Ranjan, S. (2026). Beyond victimhood: Feminist criminology and the Beijing platform’s framing of women in criminal justice. Current Sociology, 74(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921261447 

2. Wang, X., Barberet, R., Beichner-Thomas, D., Ranjan, S., &; Zhang, J. Y. (2026). Thirty years on: A conversation with Xingjuan Wang, a pioneer of the Beijing declaration and platform for action. Current Sociology, 74(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921261445762 

3. Barberet, R., Beichner-Thomas, D., &; Ranjan, S. (2026). Guest editors' introduction: Feminist approaches to justice at Beijing +30. Current Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921261454225 

4. Mishra, A., Ranjan, S., Nguyen, N. K., Fatade, O., Trivedi, K., Memon, Z., Banning, G., Jafri, A., &; Peltier, M. R. (2026). Preparing psychiatric residents for workplace violence: Evaluating the impact of self-defense and situational awareness training. Journal of Healthcare Management, 71(3), 199–211. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHM-D-24-00249  

5. Barberet, R., Beichner-Thomas, D., &; Ranjan, S. (2026). Feminist approaches to justice at Beijing +30. Current Sociology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921261454225 

6. Strange, C., Fischer, K., Marks, A., Pugliese, K., Ranjan, S. (2026). Financing Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Programs Through Medicaid. Health Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20260324.545905

7. Mishra, A., Ranjan, S., Nguyen, N., Fatade, O., Trivedi, K., Memon, Z., Banning, G., Jafri, A., & Peltier, M. (2026). Evaluating the Impact of Self-Defense and Situational Awareness Training. Journal of Healthcare Management. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHM-D-24-00249  

8. Ku, C.S., Pugliese, K., Dmello, J. R., Peltier, M. R., Green, R., & Ranjan, S. (2025). Validating the Use of Natural Language Processing and Text Mining for Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs and Criminal Justice Articles. Information, 16(12), 1098. https://doi.org/10.3390/info16121098

9. Wongchanapai, P., Green, R., Ku, C. S., Pelter, M. P., Ranjan, S. (2025). Air Pollution and Intimate Partner Violence in New Jersey: Examining the Evidence. Psychology of Violence. 15(6), 682–688. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000653

10. Ranjan, S., Strange, C. C., & Pugliese, K. (2025). Medicaid reimbursement for community violence intervention and prevention (CVI): a multi-state policy implementation case study. Health & Justice, 13(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00327-7

11. Strange, C., Pugliese, K., Ranjan, S., Shah, A. (2025). Sustaining Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVI): A State Readiness Assessment for Funding CVI through Medicaid. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 62, 1 - 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580251359502   

12. Strange, C., & Ranjan, S. (2024). Exploring knowledge gaps in healthcare approaches to violence intervention and prevention. In N. Link, M. Novisky, & C. Fahmy (Eds.), The ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook: Contemporary Issues in Health and Punishment (vol. 9). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003506867-50 

13. Ranjan, S., Doumas, S., & Solhkhah, R. (2023). Proposing a mass violence curriculum for psychiatry residents. Academic Psychiatry, 47(5), 469-473.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01814-5

14. Ranjan, S., Strange, C.C., Wojcik, M.L.T., Shah, A., Solhkhah, R., & Alcera, E. (2023). Setting up violence intervention specialists for success: Bridging the gap between concept and practice in hospital-based violence intervention programs. The American Journal of Surgery. 226(1), 140-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.02.023

15. Ranjan, S., Neudecker, C., Strange, C., Wojcik, M., Shah, A., & Solhkhah, R. (2022). Hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs): Making a case for qualitative evaluations. Crime & Delinquency. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287221110446

16. Ranjan, S., Shah, A., Strange, C., & Stillman, K. (2021). Hospital-based violence intervention: Strategies for cultivating community partnerships and strengthening practitioner engagement. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 14(1), 14-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-03-2021-0590

17. Burgess-Proctor, A., & Ranjan, S. (2021). Bridging divides to advance justice: A “call to conscience” for criminology. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 37(2), 152-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/10439862211002310

18. Dmello, J. R., & Ranjan, S. (2020). Lock unlock: The impact of COVID-19 on health security in Pakistani and Indian prisons. Victims & Offenders, 15(7-8), 970-987. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2020.1822973