The Institute for Criminal  Justice Research & Consulting (ICJRC)

Introducing JCJR

The Institute for Criminal Justice Research & Consultancy (ICJRC) is proud to announce the launch of the Institute's official publication, The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR), an online, peer-reviewed, scientific criminal justice journal.  The contents of JCJR will be available worldwide simply by visiting this website, entirely free of charge.

*The Journal of Criminal Justice Research is a registered and copyrighted entity of the Institute for Criminal Justice Research & Consulting.  Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved

The Scope of JCJR

The scope of The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR) includes the following:

• The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR) is primarily concerned with publishing research which examines all aspects of criminal justice, criminology and closely related subject matter.  As the field of criminal justice and criminology is certainly expansive in nature, and some other scientific journals in the field focus on a particular subject matter, JCJR has an expanded focus in order to provide a very diverse scientific publication.  That is, JCJR is a prime example of the diverse nature of the field of criminal justice and criminology.

 The Commitments of JCJR

The commitments of The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR) include the following aspects:

• A commitment to publish high-quality criminal justice, criminological, and closely related social science research

• A commitment to have submitted research, both internally and externally, reviewed in a short time frame consisting of 60 days

• A commitment to publish accepted research in a respectable time frame on the website of The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR)

• A commitment of maintaining both free and unrestricted access to the published research of JCJR at all times to our national and international readership

About The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR)

The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR), is a blind, peer-reviewed scientific journal, published online, dedicated to publishing high-quality manuscripts which focus on many aspects of criminal justice and criminological research.  JCJR also places an increased emphasis on field research, evaluation studies, and consulting activities.  This overall general emphasis of JCJR encourages potential authors to submit their research regardless of the topic examined.  In addition to national (American) based submissions, international submissions are strongly encouraged as JCJR is both a national and international publication.

In addition to publishing peer-reviewed research manuscripts, JCJR publishes book reviews, research notes, and essays, thus expanding the journals' focus.  This expansion creates a well-rounded publication which provides readers with the most current scientific information in the field of criminal justice, criminology, and the social sciences as it relates to crime, criminality, and related issues.

Publishing Book Reviews

For those interested in performing a book review for The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR), please choose a criminal justice oriented book, on any topic related to the aims and scopes of the journal, perform the review, and submit it for publication consideration to the Editor-in-Chief of JCJR, Anthony Sciarabba, via email at the following address: book-reviews@icjrc.org

For authors of new books wishing to have their book reviewed by JCJR and have the review published in JCJR, please contact JCJR, via email, at book-reviews@icjrc.org  Authors must mail two (2) copies of the book to the official address of JCJR: Anthony Sciarabba, P.O. Box 51, Rockville Centre, NY, 11571, United States. 

For publishers wishing to have new criminal justice, criminology, and related books reviewed by JCJR, and the review published in JCJR, please contact JCJR, via email, at book-reviews@icjrc.org  Publishers must mail two (2) copies of each book to the official address of JCJR: Anthony Sciarabba, P.O. Box 51, Rockville Centre, NY, 11571, United States.

All book reviews submitted will be reviewed by an internal reviewer, and, once accepted and formatted, will be published on the JCJR Publications webpage located on this website.  For an example of a published book review, please contact the Editor by clicking here.  

JCJR: A Free, Online, Peer-Reviewed, Scientific Journal

The Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR), a peer-reviewed scientific journal is published online, directly on this website, and is offered free of charge to readers situated throughout the world.  The purpose of this is primarily to foster the free exchange and dissemination of scientific findings in the field of criminal justice, criminology, and the related social sciences as they relate to crime, criminality, and related issues.  JCJR firmly believes that it is vital to ensure such scientific findings are made freely available in order to preserve the study of criminal justice and criminology as both a practice and a science. 

This fact ensures that manuscripts which are published in JCJR, following successful internal and external peer-review, will receive unrestricted and unlimited access by interested readers situated throughout the world.  As JCJR has elected not to work with traditional publishers, the entire publication process remains with JCJR and all publication duties are performed by JCJR. 

All costs associated with providing JCJR free of charge are provided by its parent organization, The Institute for Criminal Justice Research & Consulting (ICJRC).

The journal utilizes both criminal justice and social science practitioners and world renowned academics and researchers as peer-reviewers, thus ensuring that each manuscript is thoroughly reviewed by experts in the field.  Following each research manuscript submission, the paper will be briefly internally reviewed.  Following this, the blind manuscript will then be sent out to at least two peer-reviewers, one expert practitioner and one researcher or academic.  This practice allows each manuscript to be reviewed from two very important standpoints; the practitioner who works in the field, and the researcher or academic who practices in academia.  It is critical to obtain the views from both arenas as the field of criminal justice, as a science, is dependent upon both.

It is the policy of JCJR to have first-round of peer-reviews conducted within 60 days of submission.  That is, authors will be notified of the external reviewers and internal reviewer findings following this 60 day period.  Findings resulting from this review process include "publish as is", "publish with changes", "revise and resubmit", and "rejection".  While the ultimate decision to publish submitted manuscripts in JCJR remains with the editorial staff of JCJR, this decision is nearly entirely dependent upon both the internal and external review findings.  

After the author receives notification from JCJR, it is important that manuscripts are resubmitted, if approved for resubmission, within 30 days.  This quick timetable is important in order to maintain JCJR’s commitment to publish high-quality peer-reviewed manuscripts and research and disseminate this information as quickly as possible to the global scientific community.

The Publication Process of JCJR

One of the primary goals of JCJR is to publish submitted and accepted research as quickly as possible.  This is vital to the field of criminal justice and criminology as research findings must be made widely available as soon as possible.  Whereas many other journals often have significant waiting periods before research manuscripts are published, JCJR publishes research manuscripts very shortly after they are accepted following successful peer-review and internal review.  This is due to the fact that JCJR has decided not to work with traditional publishers and performs all publication tasks internally.  As such, JCJR is fully responsible for it publications.