New special issue:  International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 

Policing Vulnerable People in Island Contexts

Guest editors Loene Howes (University of Tasmania, Australia) and Wendell C. Wallace (The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago) have curated a special issue that asks the crucial question:  What is being done to improve the policing of vulnerable people in island contexts?

This special issue is dedicated to research that contributes to understanding, improving, and critiquing the policing of vulnerable people in island contexts. Democratic policing values emphasise a human rights approach that protects all persons equally. Ideally, police are attentive to the potential for vulnerabilities in their interactions with all community members. For island jurisdictions, which are often culturally rich and beautiful places, various challenges can exist, such as resourcing limitations, relative isolation, and the legacies of colonisation and slavery, which impact approaches to policing. Reflecting southern criminology, islands are on the peripheries relative to the metropole. The articles of the special issue are drawn from islands of the Caribbean, the Pacific, Europe, and Southeast Asia. They contribute to island criminology by providing context-rich accounts of research on policing initiatives and critical analysis of harmful practices. They share new knowledge and raise important questions about policing vulnerable people in island contexts.

Guest Editorial Volume 14(1) 2025 https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.3835

The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is an open access, peer reviewed journal that seeks to publish critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world. The Journal is currently indexed in Scopus as a Q1 in the subject category of ‘LAW’. Internationally, the Journal is ranked in the top 20 open access Law journals and is 1st in the Pacific Region.

The Journal publishes four issues per year, has no APCs and uses Creative Commons to licence articles – making criminology research accessible to all.

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John Scott and David Rodríguez Goyes (Chief Editors); Rowena Maguire (Editor); Avi Brisman (Book Editor); Marília de Nardin Budó (Book Editor), and Tracy Creagh (Journal Manager)