Focus and Scope
In this period of state-sponsored austerity and suppression of resistance there is a great need for criminologists to speak out and act against state violence, state-corporate crime, and the growth of surveillance regimes and the prison-industrial complex. Criminologists also have a role to play in advancing alternatives to current regimes of regulation and punishment. In light of current social struggles against neo-liberal capitalism, and as an effort to contribute positively to those struggles, the Critical Criminology Working Group at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver has initiated this open access journal, Radical Criminology. We now welcome contributions.
Future issues might include:
Prison Abolition • Anti-colonialism • Resistance to
Borders & Securitization • Surveillance and the
Digital Panopticon • Anti-capitalism & Corporate
Crime • the Military-Industrial Complex
but is geared toward a praxis of struggle,
insurgence and practical resistance.
Section Policies
Editorial
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Feature Articles
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Arts
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Insurgencies
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Book Reviews
Editors- PJ Lilley
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Letters to the Editors
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Public Criminology
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Public Criminology II - Articles
Peer-reviewed articles in the field of public criminology
Editors- Lauren Eisler
- Carrie Sanders
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Green Criminology
Editors- PJ Lilley
- Angus Nurse
- Gary Potter
- Jeff Shantz
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Public Criminology II - Commentaries
Open public criminological commentary
Editors- Lauren Eisler
- Carrie Sanders
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Peer Review Process
Authors are encouraged to submit articles for publication, directly to our website: http://journal.radicalcriminology.org
We are actively seeking marginalized voices, not only in the field of critical criminological scholarship, but also artists, activists, and reviewers. Or, send us a letter!
All academic articles are subject to a blind peer review process. (This does not include “insurgencies,” artwork, poetry and book reviews, which will be assessed by our editorial committee.)
We use the Public Knowledge Project's 'open journal' online submission system (http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs), which allows authors to submit papers via the Web. This system speeds up the submission and review process, and allows you to view the status of your paper online.
Artwork, poetic submissions, and notes on insurgencies can also be posted to our website, e-mailed to <editors@radicalcriminology.org> or send us mail at: Radical Criminology,
ATTN: Jeff Shantz, Dept. of Criminology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72nd Ave, Surrey, B.C. V3W 2M8
Publication Frequency
We aim to maintain a semi-annual print publishing schedule with complete issues in the spring and fall.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.