European Journal of Criminology
The European Journal of Criminology is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality original research. It is the prime European source for authoritative information and analysis on crime and criminal justice issues. Launched in January 2004 by the European Society of Criminology in partnership with SAGE Publishing, the journal seeks to open channels of communication between academics, researchers and policy makers across the wider Europe.
At a time when crime and punishment is being hotly debated across Europe, European Journal of Criminology brings together broad theoretical accounts of crime, analyses of quantitative data, comparative studies, systematic evaluations of interventions and discussions of criminal justice institutions.
Each issue includes a ‘country survey’ to summarize essential facts about a country's criminal justice system, review trends in crime and punishment, and discuss major publications in recent years.
"As criminology becomes steadily more international and comparative in its focus it is timely that this new journal should be launched. With its broad focus and special features it will be required reading for anyone interested in European penal systems and practices." Tim Newburn, London School of Economics, UK
"The need for a comparative and international criminology has never been so apparent or so urgent. The creation of the European Journal of Criminology is a vital step in realizing the aspiration of a criminology of and for Europe. Lively, topical and serious - this is one of the most significant developments in our field in recent years." Richard Sparks, University of Edinburgh, UK
European Journal of Criminology is available on SAGE Journals Online.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The European Journal of Criminology is a refereed journal published by SAGE Publishing and the European Society of Criminology. It provides a forum for research and scholarship on crime and criminal justice institutions. The journal publishes high quality articles using varied approaches, including discussion of theory, analysis of quantitative data, comparative studies, systematic evaluation of interventions, and study of institutions of political process. The journal also covers analysis of policy, but not description of policy developments. Priority is given to articles that are relevant to the wider Europe (within and beyond the EU) although findings may be drawn from other parts of the world. There is a particular emphasis on the use of evidence generated by sound social science methods to evaluate criminological ideas and policy.
| Kyle Treiber | Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Beth Hardie | Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Gaëtan Cliquennois | French National Centre for Scientific Research, University of Strasbourg and DCS, Law and Social Change, University of Nantes, France |
| Anna Di Ronco | Department of Sociology and Centre for Criminology, University of Essex, England |
| Adam Edwards | School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK |
| Rok Hacin | Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia |
| Claire Hamilton | School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University, Ireland |
| Amy Nivette | Department of Sociology, Utrecht University and Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Netherlands |
| Marcelo F Aebi | University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Richard Bennett | American University, USA |
| Catrien C. J. H. Bijleveld | Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) and Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Leonidas K. Cheliotis | London School of Economics, UK |
| Margarita Dobrynina | Law Institute of Lithuania, Lithuania and University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Felipe Estrada Dörner | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Stephan Farrall | University of Derby, UK |
| Susanne Karstedt | Griffith University, Australia |
| Jan W de Keijser | Leiden University, Netherlands |
| Hans-Jürgen Kerner | University of Tübingen, Germany |
| Janne Kivivuori | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Edward Kleemans | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Krzysztof Piotr Krajewski | Jagiellonian University, Poland |
| Miklós Levay | Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Hungary |
| Dario Melossi | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Laura Piacentini | University of Strathclyde, UK |
| Julian Roberts | University of Oxford, UK |
| Juri Saar | University of Tartu, Estonia |
| Alenka Selih | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Alex Sutherland | The Behavioural Insights Team, UK |
| Robert Svensson | Malmö University, Sweden |
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