The Journal of the Southern Criminal Justice Association. Published by Springer.
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Overview
The American Journal of Criminal Justice is a peer-reviewed journal offering extensive research on diverse criminal justice topics and issues.
- Provides coverage of the criminal justice process, including the formal and informal interplay between system components.
- Explores innovative practices, policy development, and implementation in the criminal justice field.
- Recognizes problems and solutions experienced by various segments of populations within criminal justice.
- Publishes original articles using a broad range of methodologies and perspectives.
Aims and scope
The American Journal of Criminal Justice, the official journal of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, is a peer reviewed publication; manuscripts go through a blind review process. The focus of the Journal is on a wide array of criminal justice topics and issues. Some of these concerns include items pertaining to the criminal justice process, the formal and informal interplay between system components, problems and solutions experienced by various segments, innovative practices, policy development and implementation, evaluative research, the players engaged in these enterprises, and a wide assortment of other related interests. The American Journal of Criminal Justice publishes original articles that utilize a broad range of methodologies and perspectives when examining crime, law, and criminal justice processing.
Editorial Policy
The American Journal of Criminal Justice, sponsored by the Southern Criminal Justice Association, is a refereed publication and manuscripts go through a blind review process. The focus of AJCJ is on a wide array of criminal justice topics and issues. Some of these concerns include items pertaining to the criminal justice process, the formal and informal interplay between system components, problems and solutions experienced by various segments, innovative practices, policy development and implementation, evaluative research, the players engaged in these enterprises, and a wide assortment of other related interests. The AJCJ publishes original articles that utilize a broad range of methodologies and perspectives when examining crime, law, and criminal justice processing.
Submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts online via the journal’s website, which includes instructions for authors and submission guidelines.
AJCJ is abstracted or indexed in Criminal Justice Abstracts; Criminal Justice Periodical Index; Criminology, Penology, and Police Science Abstracts; International Political Science Abstracts; Psychological Abstracts; Public Affairs Information Service; and Sociological Abstracts.
Member Access
As the official journal, members of the Southern Criminal Justice Association receive complimentary access to the American Journal of Criminal Justice as well as the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Click here to access both of these incredible journals.