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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Queensland University of Technology 2202-8005 The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is an open access, blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes critical research about challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world.  The Journal is committed to democratising quality knowledge production and dissemination. Authors retain copyright and articles are licenced via Creative Commons to make published articles more readily available and useable. There are no APCs (Article Processing Charges). Authors can submit and publish at no cost. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Announcements

2020-06-12 https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/

IJCJSD Top ranked Law Journal in Scimago rankings

2020-06-12

The Editorial team are very pleased to announce that the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is now in the top quartile (Quartile 1) in the subject category, ‘LAW’ in the Scimago rankings  - and the only Australian journal in the Law category. The Journal is the only Law journal from the Global South in this quartile.

Internationally, the Journal is ranked 10th in the top 100 open access Law journals, and 1st in the Pacific Region.

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Current Issue

Vol 9 No 2 (2020): International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Published: 2020-06-01
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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.

In 2015, the Journal met the Scopus evaluation as a high quality international journal and is currently ranked in the Q1 quartile for LAW

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is included in:

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  • ARC Excellence in Research Australia
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  • AustLII - online free-access resource for Australian legal information, AustLII is a joint facility of the UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law
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Chief Editors: Professors Kerry Carrington and John Scott, QUT Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia

Editor: Dr David Rodríguez Goyes, University of Oslo, Norway

Book Reivew Editors: Dr Danielle Watson, QUT and Associate Professor Marinella Marmo, Flinders University

Journal Manager: Tracy Creagh, Faculty of Law, QUT

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ISSN 2202-8005