Journal of Criminal Justice
Last updated ISSN 0047-2352
Journal of Criminal Justice is published by Elsevier BV in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,930.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Criminal Justice concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0047-2352, 1873-6203 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,930 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,825 |
| Publishing since | 1973 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-criminal-justic |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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