Criminologie
Managing editor(s): David Décary-Hétu (Directeur de la revue), Catherine Arseneault (Directrice adjointe) / Editor(s): Lune Wagner (Coordonnatrice à la rédaction), Charlotte Bouchet (Assistant à la rédaction)
Journal preceded by Acta Criminologica
About
Introduction
The revue Criminologie was founded by Denis Szabo in 1968. Originally called Acta Criminologia, it was published by the Presses de l'Université de Montréal and was one of the first social science journals in Quebec. In fact, in 1968, there were only 19 scientific criminology journals in the world. Denis Szabo founded the periodical Acta Criminologica to study antisocial behavior eight years after founding the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal. At the time, the annual subscription to the bilingual periodical was three dollars, and each article offered an abstract in English, French, Spanish, German, and Russian.
Here is an excerpt from the editorial of the very first issue of Acta Criminologica:
"It is not without a certain trepidation that readers will leaf through the pages of a new periodical in criminology, a still young discipline, engaged in the study of a complex bio-psycho-socio-cultural problem... Let us hope that this new annual periodical will bring a new direction and new concerns to the chorus of contemporary criminological studies and that, while primarily reflecting a Quebec and Montreal reality, it will enrich and contribute to universal knowledge." (Vol. 1, January 1968, pp. 5-6).
1975 marked a major turning point for the journal. It changed its name and became primarily French-language, biannual, and thematic. It presented empirical research results and was aimed at both scientists and professionals. The revue Criminologie, now thematic, responded to the current concerns and interests of Quebec and international criminologists. The topics covered are generally multidisciplinary, and the journal draws on researchers from various fields.
Since 2002, the journal, still published by the Presses de l'Université de Montréal, has also been available online on the Érudit academic journal digital distribution platform. All issues since 1968 have been digitized and made available online. Since 2017, revue Criminologie has offered full open access to all its publications, as well as an online article management platform that allows authors to submit scholarly articles.
Criminologie is now the only French-language journal published only in North America and one of 128 scholarly criminology journals worldwide. Revue Criminologie's website is viewed hundreds of thousands of times each year. It is published twice a year thanks to grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture.
The revue Criminologie published a special issue in spring 2018 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Here is an excerpt from its introductory text:
"The revue Criminologie celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018. Its founder initially wanted to 'ensure the long-term scientific prestige' of the brand new discipline of criminology. Today, with more than 700 published scientific articles, the revue Criminologie is clearly an essential reference. This special issue was an opportunity to pay tribute to all of the journal's contributors and thank them for their contributions. Some thirty authors were invited to reflect on the evolution of an aspect or theme of our discipline, using articles published in the revue Criminologie as a starting point. The objective was to produce an issue that drew on the journal's archives and data, a rich and under-exploited source material." The Canada Research Chair in Transformations in Scholarly Communication has joined the journal team so that together they can analyze and reflect on the evolution of our discipline. We hope that this look back, this re-examination of the knowledge inherited from the last 50 years, will stimulate new reflections and fuel the research of tomorrow. (Leclerc, C. and Larivière, V. (2018). Introduction. 50 Years of Criminology. Criminologie, 51(1), 5-16.).
Mission
The mission of the revue Criminologie is to publish articles presenting original research results. Authors are invited to submit their articles and track their progress directly on our article management platform: https://www.criminologie.ca. All articles are published following a rigorous peer review process, including an initial internal review and submission to two independent experts, chosen for their expertise in the subject matter.
List of the Editors of the Journal of Criminology
Denis Szabo (1968-1986)
André Normandeau (1987-1988)
Serge Brochu (1989-1997)
Pierre Landreville (1997-2005)
Dianne Casoni (2005-2012)
Jo-Anne Wemmers (2012-2015)
Chloé Leclec (2016-2022)
David Décary-Hétu (2018-2019 (interim); 2023-)
Indexation
BrowZine
Centre d'accès à l'information juridique
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Érudit
Ex Libris Primo Central
Google Scholar
Inist (bib CNRS)
Isidore
JSTOR
Mir@bel
Repère
WorldCat
ISSN : 0316-0041 (print), 1492-1367 (digital)
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Current issues and archives of this journal are available for free.
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Editorial policy and ethics
Our Policies
Open Access: In addition to making its entire collection open access since January 2017, the revue Criminologie encourages all its authors to make their articles available on their various distribution platforms (personal page, research center, institutional repository, ResearchGate, etc.). The revue Criminologie encourages authors to share the version available on the Érudit website. Before publication, a corrected version of the article may also be shared with the following statement: This article has been accepted for publication in the revue Criminologie and will appear in YEAR (VOLUME, ISSUE). The revue Criminologie adheres to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) definition of open access. Its contents are immediately available for open access, and the CC-BY license accompanying articles published since Volume 58, Issue 1 grants its readers rights to read, download, copy, distribute, print the full text of articles, search within them, or refer to them via hyperlinks, as well as to dissect them for indexing, use them as datasets for software, or use them in any other legal manner.
Archiving: The permanent archiving of the revue Criminologie is handled by Portico.
Copyright: Following acceptance of their article, authors are bound by a contract under the CC-BY license. The standard author agreement is available here. This contract stipulates that authors retain all their rights and grants the revue Criminologie first publication rights and a non-exclusive license for distribution.
The revue Criminologie does not charge any submission or publication fees. No fees will be charged to authors for any services including post-publication corrections and translation.
Anti-plagiarism: The revue Criminologie publishes original articles and does not allow plagiarism. By plagiarism, the revue Criminologie uses the definition of the Université de Montréal, namely “the act of passing off as one’s own the texts or ideas of others, voluntarily or not.” Authors are invited to mention their sources and to refer to them according to the presentation standards preferred by the revue Criminologie (see the guidelines for authors). Regarding self-plagiarism, the revue Criminologie may accept that certain parts of the review or the methodology of a research study be included in the submitted article if the author explicitly mentions it. However, to be eligible for submission, the article must report new research results that have never been published. Authors are required to certify, upon initial submission of their article, that "the article is unpublished and has never been published before" and must acknowledge any self-plagiarized sections.
Measures taken regarding plagiarism: If the Editorial Board identifies any form of plagiarism prior to publication, it will discuss it with the author. If plagiarism is identified after publication, a notice will be included in the next issue, and the electronic version of the article may be removed from the website, depending on the nature and extent of the plagiarism.
Information for contributors
Guest Editor Selection and Supervision Process
Once a year, the Board of Directors of the revue Criminologie issues a call for proposals to edit a future issue of the revue Criminologie. Interested individuals may submit an application individually or as a team. They must present the desired theme for their issue, a description of their skills, and their reasons for wanting to edit an issue of the revue Criminologie. The Board of Directors evaluates the various proposals and then selects the best available candidates. Guest editors are members of the editorial board of the revue Criminologie, and monthly meetings are held to monitor their issue. Guest editors remain members of the editorial board for one year after the publication of their issue to assist and mentor guest editors of future issues.
Article Selection and Evaluation Process
In each of its issues, the revue Criminologie publishes research presenting various aspects of the same issue, in the form of a thematic dossier. Each issue also reserves a section for non-topic articles, which includes articles submitted by researchers who wish to report the results of their recent work. This section covers a variety of topics, depending on the articles submitted.
All authors may submit articles for a themed issue or the non-topic section. Authors interested in publishing in a themed issue are invited to contact the guest editor of the issue to discuss submission procedures.
All articles submitted for the thematic or non-topic sections undergo a dual review process. Articles are first evaluated by the journal's editorial board, which determines whether the article meets the journal's standards and expectations. If deemed compliant, the article is then submitted to at least two external reviewers recognized for their expertise on the article's topic. Review is conducted blindly, and reviewers remain anonymous. The editorial board then makes a decision based on the reviewers' comments.
In the event that a guest editor submits an article to their issue, the review process would be the same, but would be overseen by the revue Criminologie's management team. Revue Criminologie's submission management system ensures the anonymity of reviewers with respect to guest editors, and the editorial board does not have access to their information, again to protect their privacy.
Publication Guidelines
All submitted articles must comply with our publication guidelines regarding submission format and reference presentation standards (APA, 7th edition).
Authors use our article management platform to submit their article and track its progress: https://www.criminologie.ca.