Former names NPPA Journal Discipline Sociology Edited by Paul E. Tracy | Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Crime Delinq. Language English | |
Publisher SAGE Publications (United Kingdom) | ||
Crime and Deliquency is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editor is Paul E. Tracy (University of Massachusetts Lowell). It has been in publication since 1955 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
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Scope
Crime & Delinquency is a policy-oriented journal which contains research and analysis for both scholars and professionals who work in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. The journal focuses on issues and concerns that impact the criminal justice system, including the social, political and economic contexts of criminal justice.
Abstracting and indexing
Crime and Delinquency is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2011 impact factor is 1.192, ranking it 20 out of 52 journals in the category ‘Criminology and Penology’.