Notes for Authors
1. Articles should be submitted via email to the editor, Julian Roberts (ejc@crim.ox.ac.uk) in MS Word (.doc) form.
2. If an article cannot be sent by email, three copies should be sent by post to:
Professor Julian Roberts, Faculty of Law,
Centre for Criminology, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford,
OX1 3UQ, UK.
3. Articles are accepted on the understanding that they are contributed solely to this journal, unless clearly stated, and that they may not be published elsewhere in full or in part without the editor's and publisher's permission.
4. The first page of each article should show the following information: (a) title of the article, date and word count; (b) author's full name, affiliation, institutional and email address, telephone and fax numbers; (c) up to five key words. If submitting electronically, this information should be in a separate file to facilitate blind refereeing.
5. Articles will normally be refereed by two referees, after removal of the cover sheet (4 above). The author's name should not be given except for on the cover sheet.
6. Articles should not exceed 7000 words in total (including all references and footnotes).
7. Each article should begin with an abstract of 100-120 words.
8. Articles should be written in English. The journal uses British English spelling and style with the Oxford English Dictionary as the main point of reference.
9. References
Book:
Author A, Author B (year) Book title. Place: Publisher name.
Clark JM, Hockey L (1979) Research for Nursing. Leeds: Dobson Publishers.
Chapter in a book:
Author A (year) Chapter title. In: Author A (ed.) Book Title. Place: Publisher, 00-00.
Author A (year) Chapter title. In: Author A, Author B (eds) Book Title. Place: Publisher, 00-00.
Gumley V (1988) Skin cancers. In: Tschudin V and Brown EB (eds) Nursing the Patient with Cancer. London: Hall House, 26-52
Article in a journal:
Author A, Author B, (year) Article title. Journal vol(iss): 00-00.
Author A, Author B, and Author C (year) Article title. Journal vol(iss): 00-00.
Author A, Author B, Author C, et al. (year) Article title. Journal vol(iss): 00-00.
Huth EJ, King K, and Lock S (1988) Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. British Medical Journal 296(4): 401-405.
Article in a journal published ahead of print:
Author A, Author B, (year) Article title. Journal 00: 1-00 (accessed 00 month year).
Author A, Author B, and Author C (year) Article title. Journal 00: 1-00 (accessed 00 month year).
Author A, Author B, Author C, et al. (year) Article title. Journal 00: 1-00 (accessed 00 month year).
Huth EJ, King K, and Lock S (1988) Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. British Medical Journal 00: 1-4 (accessed 7 October 2009).
Note: volume is given as "00".
10. Tables and figures should be numbered and should be referred to in the text. They should appear together at the end of the file. Their location should be indicated in the text (e.g. 'Table 2 about here). Footnotes should be kept to a minimum. They should appear together at the end of the main text (although in the journal they will be printed at the bottom of the page).
12. Authors will receive proofs of their articles and will be asked to send their corrections to SAGE. They will receive a complimentary copy of the journal and controlled access to a pdf of their article after publication.
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