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New Issue: The Emergence of a Pacific Criminology

2024-09-01

Guest editors Moses Faleolo (Victoria University of Wellington/Te Herenga Waka, Aotearoa New Zealand) and Miranda Forsyth (The Australian National University, Australia) have curated a set of articles from the inaugural symposium on Pacific Criminology and this special issue is the first collection to emerge under the banner of Pacific criminology.

Pacific criminology is an alternative way of criminological theorisation that simultaneously draws upon other criminological epistemologies but is also transcendentally distinctive and unique. The issue comprises nine articles and contributors include both Pacific Islanders and scholars from other regions: Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. An Epilogue from Tuivalu Lauganiu and Tamasailau-Suaali'i-Sauni includes a wonderful poem - and the guest editors remind us that:

Guest Editorial Volume 13(3) 2024 https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.3663

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Current Issue : Vol. 13 No. 3 (2024)

Published: 2024-09-01

Guest Editorial

  • The Emergence of a Pacific Criminology

    Page numbers:i-v
    Authors:Moses Faleolo, Miranda Forsyth

Special Issue: The Emergence of a Pacific Criminology

  • Culture, Religion and Domestic Violence: Reflections on Working with Fiji and Tuvalu Communities

    Page numbers:23-34
    Authors:Sara N Amin, Selina Momoyalewa, Sepola Taata Peniamina

  • The Police Practice of Resolving Domestic Violence in Fiji

    Page numbers:35-46
    Authors:Anand Chand , Maureen Karan , David Mapuru, Unaisi Baba

  • Epilogue

    Page numbers:109-113
    Authors:Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni , Tuivalu Lauganiu

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.

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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

Book Reivew Editors: Professor Avi Brisman, Eastern Kentucky University, United States and Professor Marília de Nardin Budó, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Brazil

Journal Manager: Tracy Creagh, Office for Scholarly Communication, Queensland University of Technology, Australia