Theoretical Criminology is hosted on ScholarOne™ Manuscripts, a web based online submission and peer review system - SAGE track. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then simply visit Theoretical Criminology SAGETRACK to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is possible that you will have had an account created.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below.
1. Papers should be as short as is consistent with clear presentation of the subject matter, but the length should not normally exceed 8000 words, including notes and references.The title should indicate exactly, but as briefly as possible, the subject of the paper. An abstract of 100-120 words should precede the main text, accompanied by up to 5 key words and a bio-bibliographical note of 25-50 words.
2. Each submission will be refereed anonymously by at least two referees, so authors should provide two title pages, one containing names, affiliations, full mailing address plus telephone, fax, email address, and one containing the title only.
3. In all cases, the Editor will screen manuscripts for their overall fit with the scope of the journal. Those that fit will be further reviewed by two or more independent and internationally representative reviewers. Papers will be evaluated by the Editorial Board and refereed in terms of academic merit, readability and interest. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned to authors if rejected.
4. 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.
5. Titles and section headings should be clear and brief with a maximum of three orders of heading. Lengthy quotations (exceeding 40 words) should be displayed, indented in the text. US or British spelling may be used, to the author's preference. Indicate italics by underlining and use single quotation marks. Dates should be in the form '9 May 1995'. Delete points from 'USA' and other such abbreviations.
Tables and figures should be presented on separate sheets of paper at the end of the article, and should have short, descriptive titles. All footnotes to tables and their source(s) should be typed below the tables. Column headings should clearly define the data presented. Our preferred format for figures is .eps, .doc or .tiff. The position of both tables and figures within the text should be clearly indicated.
6. References cited in the text should be ordered chronologically and, where two or more works occur in the same year, alphabetically, e.g. (Sutherland, 1924: 63-64; Browne, 1987; Daly, 1987: 134-46; Black and Smith (1991, 1992). Use 'et al.' when citing a work by more than two authors, e.g., Browne et al. (1991). The letters a, b, c, etc., should be used to distinguish citations of different works by the same author in the same year, e.g., Foucault (1975a, 1975b).
All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically and presented in full after the footnotes, using the following style:
Books
Adams, Carol J. (1994) Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals. New York: Continuum.
Articles in journals
Bruce, Marino A., Vincent J. Roscigno and Patricia L. McCall (1998) 'Structure, Context, and Agency in the Reproduction of Black-on-Black Violence', Theoretical Criminology 2(1): 29-55.
Articles in books
Chunn, Dorothy E. and Robert Menzies (1995) 'Canadian Criminology and the Woman Question', in Nicole Hahn Rafter and Frances Heidensohn (eds) International Feminist Perspectives in Criminology, pp. 139-66. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Unpublished works
Zeman, Thomas Edward (1981) 'Order, Crime and Punishment: The American Criminological Tradition', Ph.D. diss., University of California at Santa Cruz.
7. Authors will be asked to provide a diskette containing the final version only of their paper following acceptance for publication. The author is responsible for guaranteeing that the final hard copy and diskette versions of the manuscript are identical.
8. Authors will receive proofs of their papers for correction. After publication they will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and controlled access to a pdf of their article.
10. The editors can be contacted at tceditors@sagepub.co.uk.
·From the Americas and Pacific Rim:
Simon A. Cole, University of California, Irvine, USA.
·From Europe, Africa, Asia and Rest of the World
Mary Bosworth, University of Oxford, UK.
11. Reviews: books and suggestions should also be sent to the Review Editors via the central email address:
UK
Dr Eamonn Carrabine, University of Essex, UK.
or
USA
Nicole Rafter, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
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