We are pleased to invite submissions for a special issue in the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (IJCACJ).
This special issue will explore new frontiers in international crime, justice, and/or global criminology. The IJCACJ is a peerreviewed journal that publishes original, theoretically engaged, empirical, or applied research in criminal justice and criminology that informs scholars and policymakers around the globe.
The Special Issue, entitled ‘Towards the Democratization of Knowledge and Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Global Perspectives and Local Realities’ invites scholars and practitioners to address areas related to:
(1) knowledge formation derived from social problems faced by individuals, communities, and institutions in under-researched contexts;
(2) the logistical barriers to international research;
(3) comparative applied research across criminal justice systems and non-criminal justice institutions;
(4) the applicability of foundational concepts and methods in criminology and criminal justice internationally, particularly in non-western jurisdions.
We welcome conceptual, theoretical, and empirical manuscripts, including but not limited to the following:
▪ Positioning traditional and contemporary theories to explain a broader range of crime and victimization in local, virtual, transnational, and international contexts
▪ Revitalizing prior approaches and/or applying fresh perspectives to discourses of globalization that position marginalized jurisdictions, communities, and people at the center of the investigation
▪ Integrating theories of Global North and Global South perspectives on crime and justice in expanding knowledge practices and formations
▪ Illustrating the best practices and research methodologies in theorizing and testing country-specific and crime-specific models advancing crime control and crime prevention initiatives
▪ Focusing on cross-national comparative research, including but not restricted to:
1. Exploring novel international crime data sources
2. Going beyond traditional data sources and assessing the reliability of open sources
3. Deploying qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods to underexplore international research settings
4. Building comparative longitudinal models and experimental designs to study international crime and justice
5. Exploring how intersectional research in international settings could enhance theoretical explanations in criminology and criminal justice
6. Engaging global and local organizations and stakeholders at all stages of research to produce knowledge and improve policy practices
Submission Guidelines:
§ Full Manuscript Submission Deadline: February 15, 2025.
§ Please submit your manuscript on the journal’s website:
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rcac20.
For general inquiries, please contact and copy all members of the editorial team:
Dr. Popy Begum, Saint Louis University (popy.begum@slu.edu),
Dr. Jasmina Arnez, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana and University of Oxford
(jasmina.arnez@ox.ac.uk),
and Dr. Mangai Natarajan, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York (mnatarajan@jjay.cuny.edu).
Join us in contributing to advancing international criminology by submitting your work to this special issue.