Journal Details
Women & Criminal Justice
Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 21
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Print ISSN: 0897-4454
Online ISSN: 1541-0323
Aims & Scope
Special Issue: Human Sex Trafficking
Women & Criminal Justice is the only periodical devoted specifically to scholarly interdisciplinary and international research on all concerns related to women and criminal justice. It provides scholars with a single forum devoted to this critical specialty area in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, law, politics, sociology, social work, and women's studies. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are welcomed, as are studies that test theories about women as victims, professionals and offenders.
Women & Criminal Justice is the only periodical devoted specifically to scholarly interdisciplinary and international research on all concerns related to women and criminal justice. It provides scholars with a single forum devoted to this critical specialty area in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, law, politics, sociology, social work, and women's studies. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are welcomed, as are studies that test theories about women as victims, professionals and offenders.
The journal is refereed and features original research articles from academicians and professionals in the field that reflect its interdisciplinary and international focus, such as:
- cross-cultural studies on gender, race, ethnicity, and criminal justice
- socio-legal and historical studies on gender and crime and victimization
- gender studies on women professionals
- theory pertaining to women and criminal justice
- women and the law
- women in crime and punishment literature
- women as victims of rape, incest, battering, stalking and sexual harassment
- women and human trafficking
- implications of legally mandated change for professionals, victims, and offenders
- juvenile females in the criminal justice system
- women in criminal justice professions, including academia
- incarcerated women
(legal rights, programs, pregnancy, AIDS, children of incarcerated women, aged and infirm, women on death row) - legal restraints on improving the conditions for women in the criminal justice system
- international efforts to respond to the needs of women in the criminal justice system.
Women & Criminal Justice periodically presents commentaries where authors exchange ideas and discuss methodological issues and present reports of ongoing research and research findings. A summary of the laws and court cases that pertain to women will also be presented. Special thematic issues have covered such topics as the criminalization of a woman's body and women and domestic violence; a special theme on human trafficking is currently in process.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review; there is anonymous refereeing by two (and sometimes three) anonymous referees. If manuscripts are given a revise and resubmit status, then there is editorial screening and a second review by the anonymous reviewers. If a manuscript is given a qualified acceptance (accept with minor changes), then there is editorial screening to ensure that the changes were made before acceptance.
