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2026-09-01

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

Volume 15, Issue 3 publishes a diverse mix of criminology research from Brazil, The Netherlands, Argentina, Australia, the United States, South Africa, and Uruguay.

This issue contains a range of topics confronting criminal justice systems globally. For example, green criminology and the impact of mining activities in Brazil is explored by Fernando Procópio Palazzo, Lieselot Bisschop and Yogi Hale Hendlin. In South Africa, Maretha Engelbrecht and Marelize Schoeman recommend a shift in South Africa’s criminal justice priorities by recognising structural violence as a form of social harm, while Stephen Enciso explores the expansion of the mandatory sentencing regime in the Northern Territory, Australia.

From the Netherlands, Isotta Rossoni and Maartje van der Woude highlight the vulnerabilities of this migrant sex workers as a result of discretional and transactional policing, and the different strategies they employ to resist criminalisation. Gonzalo Croci develops a mid-range analytical framework to explain the changing landscape of organised crime in Latin America, and Clare Farmer and colleagues from Australia unveil a multi-modal study initiated by Victoria’s Department of Justice and Community Safety around nuisance driving.

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Current Issue : Vol. 15 No. 3 (2026)

Published: 2026-09-01

Articles

  • Authors:Fernando Procópio Palazzo, Lieselot Bisschop, Yogi Hale Hendlin
  • Authors:Kate Rossmanith, Ian Freckelton
  • Authors:Clare Farmer, Sally Kennedy, Kerri Coomber, Ashlee Curtis, Richelle Mayshak, Travis Harries, Emma Gretgrix, Kira Button, Anika Dell, Larissa Jekimovics, Peter Miller
  • Authors:Gonzalo Croci

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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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