International and multidisciplinary, the Journal of Criminal Psychology publishes both scholarly and practitioner-based research on all aspects of the psychology of criminal behaviour.
Aims and scope
The Journal of Criminal Psychology (JCP) is both multi-agency and multidisciplinary and publishes both scholarly and practitioner-based research on all aspects of the psychology of criminal behaviour. The journal’s content is of relevance internationally to academics, the police, social workers, youth offending and youth justice teams, prison workers and other professionals representing various facets of the criminal justice system.

The journal encourages submissions from academics, researchers, and practitioners. The journal publishes papers based on quantitative and/or qualitative research design. Original conceptual papers and brief research reports will also be considered for publication. Papers published in JCP are double blind peer-reviewed.

The coverage of the journal includes, but is not limited to:

Predictors of delinquent and criminal behaviour
Classification of offenders
Risk assessment and risk management
Prevention, intervention, and treatment programmes
Offender and offense characteristics
Policing
Interrogation and witness testimony
Criminal thinking style and criminal identity
Process of prisonization
Recidivism.