LibGuides: Criminal Justice Research Guide: Faculty-Edited Criminal Justice Journals

Faculty-Edited Criminal Justice Journals

Three faculty members from UML’s School of Criminology and Justice Studies serve as Editor-in-Chief for major journals in the Criminal Justice field: Dr. James Byrne (Victims & Offenders), Dr. Arie Perliger (Democracy and Security), and Dr. James Forest (Perspectives on Terrorism). Learn more about these leading publications below.

Victims & Offenders
Victims & Offenders is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for the dissemination of new research, policies, and practices related to both victimization and offending throughout the life course. Our aim is to provide an opportunity for researchers -- both in the United States and internationally -- from a wide range of disciplines (criminal justice, psychology, sociology, political science, economics, public health, and social work) to publish articles that examine victimization and offending topics from a variety of perspectives in a unique, interdisciplinary forum. We are interested in both quantitative and qualitative research on victimization and offending, as well as systematic, evidence-based reviews of research on programs and strategies designed to reduce victimization and/or support desistance from crime.
Democracy and Security
Democracy and Security is the authoritative source for rigorous exploration of the mechanisms and policies utilized by democracies to deal with security challenges, as well as relevant moral, social, and political dilemmas. The journal publishes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles on concepts and functions that shape the relations between various international and national security policies, concerns, and needs on the one hand, and central values, institutions, and processes of democratic societies on the other. The journal is committed to provide exposure to diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as policy approaches.
Perspectives on Terrorism
"Perspectives on Terrorism" is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes six issues per year. All articles and issues are made available to readers worldwide as a free resource for students and researchers, security professionals, and the general public. Recent special issues of the journal have covered topics such as Terrorist Group Decision-Making, Terrorism in Africa, Financing Terrorism, the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, and Right-Wing Extremism in Europe and North America.