International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

The International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology will consider for publication original manuscripts.

1. Manuscripts may be submitted electronically at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijotcc.

2. Manuscripts should be left-justified, double-spaced and should be approximately 25 pages in length (size 12 font), including tables, figures and references.

3. A running head should be placed on the title page.

4. Include an abstract of no more than 150 words.

5. Use endnotes rather than footnotes. 

6. Any acknowledgments should be submitted as a separate supplement.

7. Each element of the manuscript (title page, abstract, author’s notes, appendix, endnotes, references, each table, and each figure) should begin on a new page.

8. The format and style of the manuscript should follow the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition).

9. Tables and figures should be kept to a minimum, be self-explanatory, and supplement (not duplicate) the text. Tables should be placed at the end of the file, following text and references, with callouts for each in the text. Elements in tables should be separated by tabs, not cells or lines. High-resolution figures should be uploaded as separate electronic files, with callouts for each in the text. Acceptable file formats for figures include

TIFF, EPS, and JPEG, and PDF Microsoft Application Files are acceptable for vector art (line art). (Please do not send glossies).

Manuscripts are accepted for publication with the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere. Manuscripts will not be returned. The editorial staff does not hold itself responsible for statements made in its publication by contributors.

The International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (IJOTCC) is committed to all forms of scientific discovery and scholarly work. This includes empirical research examining diverse topics using an array of research designs and theoretical perspectives. Replication studies that present “null” findings, or findings inconsistent with stated hypotheses, are encouraged to be submitted and viewed just as important to the advancement of science as findings consistent with stated hypotheses. IJOTCC is also committed to open science. We encourage authors to submit detailed analysis plans, code, data, and supplemental analyses to the journal when appropriate. The submission of this information assists other researchers in reproducing and replicating reported findings and also encourages transparency in scholarly work. The Editorial Board will work with authors who wish to pre-register their hypotheses and research methods. 

Sage Choice

If you or your funder wishes your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in Sage Choice, subject to the payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let Sage know directly if you are choosing Sage Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit Sage Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at Sage, including self/author archiving deposits (green open access) visit Sage Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.

Authors who would like to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider using the services of a professional English-language editing company. We highlight some of these companies at http://www.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm.

Please be aware that Sage has no affiliation with these companies and makes no endorsement of them. An author's use of these services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and the particular company, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.