About this journal

Aims and scope

Published by Universitetsforlaget AS from 2023.

The Nordic Journal of Criminology (formerly Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention) is an international, peer reviewed journal publishing original research articles in the field of criminology and crime prevention. The journal provides a forum for criminological research across a wide range of disciplines and methodologies. Priority is given to research with Nordic relevance, such as studies based on Nordic data. 

Readership: criminologists, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists and others with an interest in crime, control and prevention.

The Nordic Journal of Criminology is published under the auspices of The Nordic Council for Criminology.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees, all peer review is double blind.

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Abstracting and indexing

The Nordic Journal of Criminology is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

ProQuest Sociology Collection
Scopus (Elsevier)
Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)

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