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Thank You!

2025-12-15

As 2025 draws to a close, we would like to acknowledge and thank the Editorial team, the International Editorial Board, the authors and especially the Journal reviewers for their significant and valuable contributions throughout the year. 

The Journal remains committed to publishing critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world.

Importantly, the Journal's criminology research and scholarship is accessible to all, without paywalls and via best practice in open access publishing.

The Editorial team will be taking some downtime in late December and early January 2026, so we do appreciate your patience in responding to any editorial queries or general questions in this time.

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Current Issue : Vol. 14 No. 4 (2025)

Published: 2025-12-01

Rosa del Olmo Prize

  • Authors:David R Goyes, Marya Al-Hindi, Avi Brisman, Laura Gutiérrez, Annette Hübschle, Omar Phoenix Khan, Nigel South, John Scott, Tracy Creagh

Articles

  • Authors:Shannon Dodd, Matthew Morgan, Bridget Weir, Jordan Bowyer
  • Authors:Alison Hutchinson, Aitor Ibáñez Alonso, Monica Pons-Hernandez
  • Authors:Mya Ballin, Kelly Humphries, Antonina Lewis, Gregory Rolan, Carol Ronken

Book Reviews

The Journal invites 6-8000 word original submissions. Authors are asked to register, read the author guidelines, and agree to the ethics statement before submission. Peer review is usually 4-6 weeks.

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is included in:

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Chief Editors:

Professor John Scott, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia and Dr David Rodríguez Goyes, University of Oslo, Norway

Editor:

Professor Rowena Maguire, Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia

Book Reivew Editors: Professor Avi Brisman, Eastern Kentucky University, United States and Professor Marília de Nardin Budó, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Brazil

Journal Manager: Tracy Creagh, Office for Scholarly Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Australia