The British Journal of Criminology (BJC) is one of the world's top criminology journals. It publishes work of the highest quality from around the world and across all areas of criminology.
It has been in continuous publication for over seventy years, having started publication in 1950 as the British Journal of Delinquency. It became the British Journal of Criminology in 1960.
The BJC welcomes submissions from a variety of perspectives focusing on crime and society; and especially articles written from sociological, historical, philosophical, geographical, psychological, jurisprudential, cultural, political, or policy standpoints.
The BJC is wholly owned by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and is published in partnership with Oxford University Press and an independent editorial board.
The current Editor-in-Chief is Professor Eamonn Carrabine of the University of Essex. In addition, there are five senior editors, a book review editor, an editorial board of a further forty UK-based academics and an international editorial advisory board composed of more than thirty additional academics.
Content and engagement
The BJC publishes around 80 to 100 peer-review articles a year, as well as a book reviews, covering a broad range of criminological issues. Its subscription base has an international spread, including institutions in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
It publishes submissions from around the world and attracts an international readership. Average monthly content engagement continues to grow. The BJC’s impact factor is around three, placing it in the top 15 per cent of journals in its field, internationally.
Each year the BJC awards the Radzinowicz Prize for the article in the BJC that, in the opinion of the editors, most contributes to the knowledge of criminal justice and criminal justice issues.
More information about the BJC is available on the publisher’s website.
