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| Discipline | Criminal law |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Alan Reed |
| Publication details | |
| History | Since 1937 |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 1.0 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Crim. Law |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0022-0183 (print) 1740-5580 (web) |
| LCCN | 38025679 |
| OCLC no. | 615542610 |
| Links | |
The Journal of Criminal Law is a peer-reviewed law review which was established in 1937 and is concerned with criminal law. It is published by SAGE Publications and provides analysis of criminal law, case law, and criminal justice developments. [1] The editor-in-chief is Alan Reed (Northumbria University). [2] The editorial to the first edition explained that the journal was "offered to the legal profession in the belief that a periodical devoted solely to the subject of criminal law will find a large number of interested readers". [3]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCO databases, [4] Emerging Sources Citation Index, [5] and Scopus. [6] According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 1.0. [7]