How to submit your manuscript
Punishment & Society has a fully web-based system for the submission and review of manuscripts.
All submissions should be made online at the Punishment & Society SAGETRACK website. SAGETRACK website
Note: Online submission and review of manuscripts is now mandatory for all types of papers.
New User Account
Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. Follow the instructions and please ensure to enter a current and correct email address. Creating your account is a three-step process that takes a matter of minutes to set up. When you have finished, your User ID and password is sent via email immediately. Please edit your user ID and password to something more memorable by selecting 'edit account' at the top of the screen. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the 'Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website.
New Submission
Submissions should be made by logging in and selecting the Author Center and the 'Click here to Submit a New Manuscript' option. Follow the instructions on each page, clicking the 'Next' button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen. If at any stage you have any questions or require the user guide, please use the 'Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's® Manuscript CentralTM customer support at +1 434 817 2040 x 167.
To upload your files, click on the 'Browse' button and locate the file on your computer. Select the designation of each file (i.e. main document, submission form, figure) in the drop down next to the browse button. When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the 'Upload Files' button
Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) and then click the Submit button
You may suspend a submission at any point before clicking the Submit button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also log back into your author centre at any time to check the status of your manuscript.
Please ensure that you submit editable/source files only (Microsoft Word or RTF) and that your document does not include page numbers; the Punishment & Society SAGETRACK system will generate them for you, and then automatically convert your manuscript to PDF for peer review. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by email.
If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission process please contact the editors, Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit or Professor Alison Liebling, at the following email addresses: dirk.van-zyl-smit@nottingham.ac.uk and al115@cam.ac.uk
Submitting a Revised Submission
Authors submitting revised manuscripts should follow the instructions above to submit through the SAGETRACK system. To create a revision, go to the 'Manuscripts with Decisions' option in your Author Dashboard and select 'create a revision in the 'Action' column. Authors of all revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in your manuscript as this will be provided to reviewers.
For Book Reviews:
Americas and Pacific Rim:
Professor Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, Canada.
Email: hannah.moffat@utoronto.ca
Europe and Rest of World:
Shadd Maruna, Reader in Criminology, Law School, Queen's University of Belfast, 28 University Square, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK.
Tel: 00 44(28) 9097 3451
Email: s.maruna@qub.ac.uk
1. Papers should be written in English and should not have been published already, nor be currently under consideration elsewhere. All papers are refereed anonymously by at least two referees.
2. Each paper should come with the following information on a separate sheet:
(a) title of paper, date and word count;
(b) author's full name, affiliation, institutional and email address, telephone and fax numbers;
(c) an abstract of 150 to 200 words;
(d) up to 5 key words;
(e) a biographical note of 25-50 words.
3. Articles must be typed in double spacing throughout on one side of A4 or American Quarto paper with generous margins on all sides. All pages should be numbered. Titles and section headings should be clear with a maximum of three orders of heading. The maximum length should be 8000 words, including notes and references.
4. The typescript should be carefully checked for errors before it is submitted for publication. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations, for supplying complete and correct references, and for obtaining permission where needed to cite another author's material.
5. Essential notes should be indicated by superscript numbers in the text, and presented at the end of the text before the references. Notes and references should be in double-spacing. Articles should have a maximum of ten notes. The first, unnumbered, note should include any acknowledgements and disclaimers.
6. Lengthy quotations (of more than 40 words) should be displayed, indented; shorter quotes should be retained within the body of the text, within single quotation marks.
7. Tables should be presented on separate sheets of paper at the end of the article, with short, descriptive titles. Figures should be of reproducible standard, i.e. clear and well-drawn, clearly numbered, and accompanied by explanatory numbered captions typed on a separate sheet. Both should include source and any explanatory notes. The position of tables and figures within the text should be clearly indicated. Any figures, tables or illustrations created on computer should be supplied on disk as well as in a good hard copy version. Poor quality artwork will not be used.
8. Referencing. Use the Harvard-style system: surname and date cited in the text; with an alphabetically ordered end list, headed References, and typed double-spaced for ease of editing. Use the following style:
(a) Downes, David (1988) Contrasts in tolerance: Post-war penal policy in the Netherlands and England and Wales. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(b) Baron, Stephen and Timothy Hartnagel (1997) 'Attributions, affect and crime: Street youths' reaction to unemployment', Criminology 35(3): 409-434.
(c) Andrews, David A. (1995) 'The psychology of criminal conduct and effective treatment', pp. 88-103 in J.McGuire (ed.), What works: Reducing reoffending. Chichester: John Wiley.
When citing a new edition of a previously published work, include both dates, e.g. Durkheim (1912/1976), in text and references.
9. Cases or statutes cited. Where appropriate, please supply a separate double-spaced list of cases or statutes cited.
10. Our spelling style is based on the Oxford English Dictionary and the guidelines laid down in Hart's Rules for Compositors (Oxford). We also endorse the guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association and the British Sociological Association for non-sexist and non-racist language. Other points of style: italics should be indicated by underlining; single quotation marks should be used, with double inside single, where necesssary; dates should be in the form 24 November 1997; delete points from abbreviations, hence UK, USA etc.
11. Authors are sent proofs for checking and correction. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and controlled access to a pdf of their article after publication.
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