International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

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New Issue

2026-06-01

The latest issue of International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy was published on June 1.

Volume 15, Issue 2 publishes a diverse mix of criminology research from Portugal, Finland, Canada, India, Israel and Australia.

The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is an open access, peer reviewed journal that seeks to publish critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world.

The Journal publishes four issues per year, has no APCs and uses Creative Commons to licence articles – making criminology research accessible to all.

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John Scott and David Rodríguez Goyes (Chief Editors); Rowena Maguire (Editor); Danielle Watson (Editor) and Tracy Creagh (Journal Manager)

Special Issue | Green Criminological Dialogues: Voices from Oceania

2026-03-02

Current Issue : Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026)

Published: 2026-06-01

Articles

Improving Health to Reduce Risk of Youth Reoffending: Results of a Nurse Navigator Program for People Involved in the Youth Justice System
Page numbers:1-11
Authors:Sam Boyle, Victoria McCreanor, Elizabeth Howe, Margarita Vorsina, Ben Mathews, Pauline Zardo, Sinead Prince, Wendell Cockshaw
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Gender Disparities in Sentence Discourses for Parental Figures Convicted of Severe Violence Against Minors in Their Care in Portugal
Page numbers:12-27
Authors:João Cabral, Maria del Mar Martin Aragón, Andreia Castro Rodrigues
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Challenging Authority: A Case Study of Ideologically-Motivated Assaults on Police Officers in Australia
Page numbers:28-42
Authors:Kelly Hine, Olivia Gabriel, Katelyn Davenport-Klunder
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Incarcerated People’s Limitations of Digital Agency and Re-entry into Digitalised Society: A Qualitative Study in a Women’s Prison in Finland
Page numbers:43-56
Authors:Eeva Järveläinen, Teemu Rantanen
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Some Reflections on the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal Justice Agreement
Page numbers:57-68
Authors:Stephen W Enciso
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Housing and Homelessness in Australia: The Case of Marginalised Women Leaving Prison in New South Wales (NSW)
Page numbers:69-81
Authors:Gabrielle Drake, Lynne Kilvington-Dowd, Rimple Mehta, Teddy Nagaddya, Ayah Abubasheer, Frances Drake, Gloria Larman, Maggie Hall, Robyn North
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“Talk Them and Walk Them”: An Exploration of Police Negotiator Training for De-Escalating Crisis Situations
Page numbers:82-94
Authors:Matthew Morgan, Clive Harfield
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Racialised and Colonial Constructions of Climate Disaster: News Media Framing of Indigenous Wildfire Evacuations in Western Canada
Page numbers:95-106
Authors:Steven Kohm
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Reclaiming the Night: A Case Study on Reception of #JusticeForRGKar on Selected Social Media Platforms
Page numbers:107-124
Authors:Tanmay Samanta, Sraya Banerjee
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Connecting Imprisoned Fathers and Their Children: The Role of Visiting and Child-Focused Visiting
Page numbers:125-136
Authors:Catherine Anne Flynn, Lee Huggins, Rosemary Sheehan, Chris Trotter, Tess Bartlett
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Female Honor Killing: The Role of Age and Marital Status
Page numbers:137-149
Authors:Hava Dayan, Guy Enosh, Khalid Ghanayim, Nir Rozmann
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Book Reviews

Kurt Fowler (2023) The Rise of Digital Sex Work. New York: New York University Press
Page numbers:150-151
Authors:Jordan Grasso
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Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty (2023) Ghosts Over the Boiler: Voices from Alabama’s Death Row. Katie Owens-Murphy (Ed.). Vanderbilt University Press
Page numbers:152-154
Authors:Paul Kaplan
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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.

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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

Associate Professor Danielle Watson, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia

Journal Manager:

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

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