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Criminology & Criminal Justice

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Published in Association with British Society of Criminology
An International Journal

eISSN: 17488966 | ISSN: 17488958 | Current volume: 24 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: 5 Times/Year


Criminology & Criminal Justice is a leading, peer reviewed journal of original research and thinking in the field. The journal seeks to reflect the vibrancy of the disciplines of criminology and criminal justice throughout the UK and internationally. It publishes work of the highest quality and academic rigour from around the world and across all areas of criminology and criminal justice. It is interdisciplinary in nature, and is devoted to providing an international forum for critical debate and policy discussions of criminological and criminal justice research findings. As the official journal of the British Society of Criminology, Criminology & Criminal Justice encourages the submission of articles that are of interest to an international and/or British readership. Some of the key types of articles which form the focus of the journal will include:

  • original conceptual articles on crime, its prevention and control
  • empirical studies, including those of criminological research findings, criminal justice policy-making and the implementation of laws, processes and criminal justice
  • analyses of international crimes and criminal justice institutions and policy transfer, as well as evaluations of significant developments in criminal justice practices
  • debates about the public role of criminology and criminologists.



"This journal addresses key issues facing the future of criminal justice, and will be a major venue for presenting the best evidence on those issues as it emerges from new research." Lawrence W. Sherman, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

"Internationally, criminal justice is one of the fastest growing areas of social science. This journal, with its first-rate editorial board and impressive record of scholarship, has rapidly become a must-read for any scholar interested in international or comparative criminology and criminal justice." Todd Clear, Distinguished Professor of Law and Police Science, John Jay College, City University of New York, USA

"In its broad coverage of a broad field, and in its publication of articles by criminologists of distinction from across the world, Criminology and Criminal Justice, formerly Criminal Justice, has established itself nationally and internationally as one of the leading journals in the discipline." Professor Paul Rock, London School of Economics, UK

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Criminology & Criminal Justice is a leading, peer reviewed journal of original research and thinking in the field. The journal seeks to reflect the vibrancy of the disciplines of criminology and criminal justice throughout the UK and internationally. It publishes work of the highest quality and academic rigour from around the world and across all areas of criminology and criminal justice. It is interdisciplinary in nature, and is devoted to providing an international forum for critical debate and policy discussions of criminological and criminal justice research findings. As the official journal of the British Society of Criminology, Criminology & Criminal Justice encourages the submission of articles that are of interest to an international and/or British readership. Some of the key types of articles which form the focus of the journal will include:

* original conceptual articles on crime, its prevention and control;

* empirical studies, including those of criminological research findings, criminal justice policy-making and the implementation of laws, processes and criminal justice;

* analyses of international crimes and criminal justice institutions and policy transfer, as well as evaluations of significant developments in criminal justice practices;

* debates about the public role of criminology and criminologists.

Co-Editors in Chief
Loraine Gelsthorpe University of Cambridge, UK
Anita Lavorgna University of Bologna, Italy
Pamela Ugwudike University of Southampton, UK
Founding Editors
George Mair Liverpool Hope University, UK
Tim Newburn London School of Economics, UK
Book Review Editors
Michelle Newberry University of Southampton, UK
Alexandra Wigzell University of Cambridge, UK
Editorial Assistant
Ashton Kingdon University of Southampton, UK
Associate Editors
Harry Annison University of Southampton, UK
Colin Atkinson University of West of Scotland, UK
Monish Bhatia Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Avi Boukli University of Southampton, UK
Yi Ting Chua University of Tulsa, USA
Joana Gomes Ferreira University of Bath, UK
Christopher Hamerton University of Southampton, UK
David Hayes University of Sheffield, UK
Katharine Hoeger University of Oxford, UK
Anthea Hucklesby University of Birmingham, UK
Melanie Jordan University of Nottingham, UK
Hannah Marshall University of Cambridge, UK
Shona Minson University of Oxford, UK
Georgios Papanicolau Northumbria University, UK
Jake Phillips Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Anna Sergi Essex University, UK
Alisa Stevens Cardiff University, UK
Lisa Sugiura University of Portsmouth, UK
Azrini Wahidin University of Warwick, UK
Craig Webber University of Southampton, UK
Advisory Board
Biko Agozino Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Rosemary Barberet John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA
Kristel Beyens Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Kerry Carrington Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mary Corcoran Keele University, UK
Adam Crawford University of Leeds, UK
Chris Cunneen University of New South Wales, Australia
Rod Earle Open University, UK
Kate Fitz-Gibbon Monash University, Canada
David Gadd Manchester University, UK
Philip Goodman University of Toronto, Canada
Martine Herzog-Evans University of Reims, France
Andrew Jefferson Dignity – Danish Institute Against Torture, Denmark
Karen A. Joe Laidler University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Edward Kleemans Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anita Lam York University, Canada
Maggie Lee University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tim Legrand Australian National University, Australia
Fernando Miro Llinares Miguel Hernández University in Elche, Spain
Mona Lynch University of California, Irvine, USA
Simon Mackenzie Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Monique Marks Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Kate O'Brien Durham University, UK
Stefaan Pleysier Leuven University, Belgium
Peter Raynor Swansea University, UK
Rossella Selmini University of Bologna, Italy
Gavin Slade University of Glasgow, UK
Peter Squires Brighton University, UK
Elizabeth Stanley Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Kerstin Svensson Lund University, Sweden
Maurice Vanstone Swansea University, UK
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