Punishment & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of criminology and penology. The journal's editors-in-chief are Kelly Hannah-Moffat and Mona Lynch. It was established in 1999 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Social & Legal Studies is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers feminist, post-colonial, and socialist economic perspectives to the study of law and criminology. The editors-in-chief are Carl Stychin, David Campbell, Vanessa Munro, and Marie Fox. It was established in 1992 and is published by SAGE Publications.
Theoretical Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of criminology and penology. The journal's editors-in-chief are Mary Francesca Bosworth and Leslie Paik. It was established in 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Crime and Delinquency is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editor is Paul E. Tracy. It has been in publication since 1955 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Criminal Justice and Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the fields of psychology and criminology. The editor-in-chief is Robert D. Morgan. It was established in 1974 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychologists and the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.
Homicide Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of homicide. The editor-in-chief is Jesenia Pizarro. It was established in 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
The International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of criminology. The journal's editor-in-chief is Mark T. Palermo. It was established in 1966 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
The Journal of Interpersonal Violence (JIV) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that publishes papers in the field of interpersonal violence, and focuses on the study of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. The journal's editor-in-chief is Jon R. Conte. It was established in 1986 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editors Jean McGloin and Chris Sullivan. It has been in publication since 1964 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Criminology & Criminal Justice is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of criminology. The journal's editors-in-chief are Michele Burman, Laura Piacentini and Sarah Armstrong. It was established in 2001 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the British Society of Criminology.
The European Journal of Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of criminology. The editor-in-chief is Paul Knepper. It was established in 2004 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the European Society of Criminology.
Police Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of criminology, in particular theoretical contributions, essays, and empirical studies on issues related to policing. The journal's editor-in-chief is John L. Worrall. It was established in 1998 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Police Executive Research Forum and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' Police section.
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of criminology and juvenile law. Its Co-editors are Chad R. Trulson and Jonathan W. Caudill. It was established in 2003 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Feminist Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of criminology, especially research and theory that highlights the gendered nature in areas such as girls and women as victims, feminist theories of crime, and girls and women and the justice system. The journal's editor-in-chief is Kristy Holtfreter. It was established in 2006 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology.
The Prison Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editor is Rosemary L. Gido. It has been in publication since 1921 and is currently published quarterly by SAGE Publications.
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on trauma, abuse, and violence. The journal's editor-in-chief is Jon R. Conte. It was established in 2000 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
The British Journal of Criminology is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed criminology and law journal focusing on British and international criminology. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and its editor-in-chief is Eamonn Carrabine.
Criminology & Public Policy is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering criminology and its implications for public policy. It was established in 2001 and is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Society of Criminology. The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice holds editorship of the journal, and the current editors-in-chief are Cynthia Lum and Christopher Koper. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.333, ranking it 9th out of 61 journals in the category "Criminology & Penology".
Allen Austin Bartholomew was an Australian forensic psychologist and criminologist who played a major role in developing criminology in Australia. Bartholomew negotiated with the University of Melbourne to establish both the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) and its official journal, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, in 1967. He went on to serve as the journal's first editor-in-chief from 1968 to 1980.
The Annual Review of Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Annual Reviews. It was established in 2018 and covers the field of criminology. Its founding co-editors were Joan Petersilia and Robert J. Sampson. As of 2021, the co-editors are Tracey L. Meares and Sampson. As of 2023, Annual Review of Criminology is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Open model. As of 2023, Journal Citation Reports gives the journal an impact factor of 6.9, ranking it first of 69 journal titles in the category Criminology & Penology.
