Volume 13 Issue 1 - Special Issue edited by Stephen Farrall. Explorations in theories of desistance: Societal-levels approaches to reform -- An introduction. Read the Editorial here today
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Consistently ranked in the top 12 of its category in the Thomson Scientific Journal Citation Reports, Theoretical Criminology is a major interdisciplinary, international, peer reviewed journal for the advancement of the theoretical aspects of criminological knowledge.
The journal is committed to renewing general theoretical debate, exploring the interrelation of theory and data in empirical research and advancing the links between criminological analysis and general social and political theory.
The scope of the journal is broad and inclusive, embracing the wide diversity of thinking within criminology.
"Until the advent of Theoretical Criminology, we had no consistent forum for the exciting theoretical work that is revitalizing criminology around the world. Now we do. Theoretical Criminology has filled that gap admirably: there is nothing else like it in the field today." Elliot Currie
"[Theoretical Criminology has] published material of a high quality, with a number of articles standing out as original and challenging..." - Times Higher Education Supplement
"Theoretical Criminology is a unique catalyst for the advancement of criminological thought, an international meeting place for expanding and provoking new thinking about crime and justice in a rapidly changing world. This journal is an essential new addition to the global criminological library." John Hagan
"A first-class journal - with an international and interdisciplinary ambit - which takes seriously the role of theory, research, and politics in analysing crime, deviance, justice, and social control." Kathleen Daly
JCR Impact Factor
2008 Ranking:
11/31 in Criminology & Penology
2008 Impact Factor: 1.150
Electronic access:
Theoretical Criminology is available electronically on SAGE Journals Online at http://tcr.sagepub.com
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