The Journal of Social Criminology

The Journal of Social Criminology is an online peer reviewed international journal dedicated to publishing research on the areas of criminology which impact upon society and social issues. Key areas include critical criminology, cultural criminology, social ecology and crime, environmental criminology, penology, restorative justice, post-release issues, social justice, social movements including prisoners rights and victims rights movements, security, policing, law and human rights.
The Journal of Social Criminology will publish edited collections of papers from an international pool of academics, relevant professionals and researchers on a twice yearly basis. The journal is an online free access journal aimed at facilitating academic knowledge sharing in the field of social criminology.
A call for papers for regular or special editions has been issued by the JSC's Editorial Board and submissions can be forwarded to Senior Editors Liam Leonard at liam_leonard@yahoo.com or Paula Kenny at kenny.paula@itsligo.ie . For Contributor guidelines see our Submissions page: http://socialcriminology.webs.com/submissions.htm
• JSC Editorial Board:
• Founder & Senior Editor: Dr. Liam Leonard; Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland
• Senior Editor: Paula Kenny MSocSc; Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland
• Dr. Ciaran McCullagh, University College Cork, Ireland
• Prof. Mick Ryan, Greenwich University, UK
• Dr. Rosemary Gido: Penna State, US (Editor of the Prison Journal)
• Dr. David Scott, University of Central Lancashire, UK
• Dr. Niamh Hourigan; University College Cork, Ireland
• Dr. Fergus Hogan; Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
• Dr. Helen Louise Codd, University of Central Lancashire, UK
• Dr. Honor Fagan; NUI Maynooth, Ireland
• Dr. Carmen Kuhling; Univ. of Limerick, Ireland
• Rick Lines MA (Soc/Human Rights Law): Deputy Director,
International Harm Reduction Association , UK (Former Director IPRT)
• Dr. Elizabeth Leonard: Vangaurd University, US
• Dr. Tony Varley NUI Galway, Ireland
• Dr Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez Eafit, University Colombia