Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal
@crimandcj.bsky.social
Official account of Criminology and Criminal Justice, the peer-reviewed journal of the British Society of Criminology.
Publishing cutting-edge research on crime, justice, and penal policy.
Edited by leading scholars.
📚 Published by SAGE.
Publishing cutting-edge research on crime, justice, and penal policy.
Edited by leading scholars.
📚 Published by SAGE.
(2/2)🕳️ This article explores the post-release experience as a “necropolitical abyss” marked by precarity, stigma, and ontological insecurity—offering a powerful theoretical intervention into re-entry studies.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
(2/2)🕳️ This article explores the post-release experience as a “necropolitical abyss” marked by precarity, stigma, and ontological insecurity—offering a powerful theoretical intervention into re-entry studies.
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice (1/2)
“‘Falling from a cliff-face’ into the necropolitical abyss: Experiences of those with sexual convictions leaving prison”
By Lynn Saunders, @MJordanBirkhead & Edward J. Wright
“‘Falling from a cliff-face’ into the necropolitical abyss: Experiences of those with sexual convictions leaving prison”
By Lynn Saunders, @MJordanBirkhead & Edward J. Wright
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice (1/2)
“‘Falling from a cliff-face’ into the necropolitical abyss: Experiences of those with sexual convictions leaving prison”
By Lynn Saunders, @MJordanBirkhead & Edward J. Wright
“‘Falling from a cliff-face’ into the necropolitical abyss: Experiences of those with sexual convictions leaving prison”
By Lynn Saunders, @MJordanBirkhead & Edward J. Wright
(2/2)💻 This article introduces the Canute paradox—highlighting how platform power is often overstated in combating cyberdeviance, and calls for collaborative, system-wide responses to online harm.
@DrBleaks
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@DrBleaks
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November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
(2/2)💻 This article introduces the Canute paradox—highlighting how platform power is often overstated in combating cyberdeviance, and calls for collaborative, system-wide responses to online harm.
@DrBleaks
📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
@DrBleaks
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🌊 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice (1/2)
“Holding back the tides? Applying the Canute paradox to the regulation of cyberdeviance”
By @drbleaks.bsky.social.
“Holding back the tides? Applying the Canute paradox to the regulation of cyberdeviance”
By @drbleaks.bsky.social.
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🌊 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice (1/2)
“Holding back the tides? Applying the Canute paradox to the regulation of cyberdeviance”
By @drbleaks.bsky.social.
“Holding back the tides? Applying the Canute paradox to the regulation of cyberdeviance”
By @drbleaks.bsky.social.
(2/2)👮♀️ This study explores how co-located support services in a UK police station shaped survivor experiences and professional collaboration in domestic abuse response.
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Professional and survivor perspectives on a co-located early domestic abuse intervention in a police station: A qualitative study - Eve ZQ Wang, Grace Carter, Jayne Ross, Rachel Chapman, Tim Healey, M...
The quantity and complex nature of reported and recorded domestic abuse incidents has continued to grow, demanding more efficient and effective support for surv...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
(2/2)👮♀️ This study explores how co-located support services in a UK police station shaped survivor experiences and professional collaboration in domestic abuse response.
📖 Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
📖 Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice (1/2)
“Professional and survivor perspectives on a co-located early domestic abuse intervention in a police station: A qualitative study”
Eve ZQ Wang, Grace Carter,Jayne Ross,Rachel Chapman,
Tim Healey,Maxine Whelan
“Professional and survivor perspectives on a co-located early domestic abuse intervention in a police station: A qualitative study”
Eve ZQ Wang, Grace Carter,Jayne Ross,Rachel Chapman,
Tim Healey,Maxine Whelan
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice (1/2)
“Professional and survivor perspectives on a co-located early domestic abuse intervention in a police station: A qualitative study”
Eve ZQ Wang, Grace Carter,Jayne Ross,Rachel Chapman,
Tim Healey,Maxine Whelan
“Professional and survivor perspectives on a co-located early domestic abuse intervention in a police station: A qualitative study”
Eve ZQ Wang, Grace Carter,Jayne Ross,Rachel Chapman,
Tim Healey,Maxine Whelan
Featured topics include:
Criminology as a historical explanation
Crime control & periodisation
Victorian fraudsters & deviance
Narrative ownership in victim experiences
Women offenders & continuity of care
Procedural justice theory revisited
journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/19/4
Criminology as a historical explanation
Crime control & periodisation
Victorian fraudsters & deviance
Narrative ownership in victim experiences
Women offenders & continuity of care
Procedural justice theory revisited
journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/19/4
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Featured topics include:
Criminology as a historical explanation
Crime control & periodisation
Victorian fraudsters & deviance
Narrative ownership in victim experiences
Women offenders & continuity of care
Procedural justice theory revisited
journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/19/4
Criminology as a historical explanation
Crime control & periodisation
Victorian fraudsters & deviance
Narrative ownership in victim experiences
Women offenders & continuity of care
Procedural justice theory revisited
journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/19/4
📚 We’re rewinding to 2019… (1/2)
Vol. 19, Issue 4 featured a thematic section on:
The Uses of Historical Criminology: Explanation, Characterisation and Context
Guest contributions explore historical methods, periodisation, and the role of imagination in criminological inquiry.
Vol. 19, Issue 4 featured a thematic section on:
The Uses of Historical Criminology: Explanation, Characterisation and Context
Guest contributions explore historical methods, periodisation, and the role of imagination in criminological inquiry.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📚 We’re rewinding to 2019… (1/2)
Vol. 19, Issue 4 featured a thematic section on:
The Uses of Historical Criminology: Explanation, Characterisation and Context
Guest contributions explore historical methods, periodisation, and the role of imagination in criminological inquiry.
Vol. 19, Issue 4 featured a thematic section on:
The Uses of Historical Criminology: Explanation, Characterisation and Context
Guest contributions explore historical methods, periodisation, and the role of imagination in criminological inquiry.
Topics include:
• Queer utopias & carceral protectionism
• Gender punitivism & identity politics
• Queering prison, desistance & deviance
• Sex, drugs & normativity
• Homosexual criminalisation & politics of apology
Still essential reading in 2025.
📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/20/5
• Queer utopias & carceral protectionism
• Gender punitivism & identity politics
• Queering prison, desistance & deviance
• Sex, drugs & normativity
• Homosexual criminalisation & politics of apology
Still essential reading in 2025.
📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/20/5
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October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Topics include:
• Queer utopias & carceral protectionism
• Gender punitivism & identity politics
• Queering prison, desistance & deviance
• Sex, drugs & normativity
• Homosexual criminalisation & politics of apology
Still essential reading in 2025.
📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/20/5
• Queer utopias & carceral protectionism
• Gender punitivism & identity politics
• Queering prison, desistance & deviance
• Sex, drugs & normativity
• Homosexual criminalisation & politics of apology
Still essential reading in 2025.
📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/20/5
🌈 We’re going back to 2020... (1/2)
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 20, Issue 5
📘 Special Issue: Queer Theory and Criminology
This powerful issue challenged carceral logics, gender normativity, and the limits of mainstream criminology through a queer theoretical lens.
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 20, Issue 5
📘 Special Issue: Queer Theory and Criminology
This powerful issue challenged carceral logics, gender normativity, and the limits of mainstream criminology through a queer theoretical lens.
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🌈 We’re going back to 2020... (1/2)
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 20, Issue 5
📘 Special Issue: Queer Theory and Criminology
This powerful issue challenged carceral logics, gender normativity, and the limits of mainstream criminology through a queer theoretical lens.
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 20, Issue 5
📘 Special Issue: Queer Theory and Criminology
This powerful issue challenged carceral logics, gender normativity, and the limits of mainstream criminology through a queer theoretical lens.
🔍 Topics include:
• U.S. penal exceptionalism
• Criminal background checks in the Netherlands
• The Qianke system in China
• Post-conviction barriers in Canada & Argentina
• Normative critiques of post-sentence discrimination
📖 Read more: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/23/4
#Criminology
• U.S. penal exceptionalism
• Criminal background checks in the Netherlands
• The Qianke system in China
• Post-conviction barriers in Canada & Argentina
• Normative critiques of post-sentence discrimination
📖 Read more: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/23/4
#Criminology
October 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🔍 Topics include:
• U.S. penal exceptionalism
• Criminal background checks in the Netherlands
• The Qianke system in China
• Post-conviction barriers in Canada & Argentina
• Normative critiques of post-sentence discrimination
📖 Read more: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/23/4
#Criminology
• U.S. penal exceptionalism
• Criminal background checks in the Netherlands
• The Qianke system in China
• Post-conviction barriers in Canada & Argentina
• Normative critiques of post-sentence discrimination
📖 Read more: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/23/4
#Criminology
📘 Special Issue Reminder(1/2)
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 23, Issue 4
🗓️ September 2023
This cross-national issue examines how criminal records impact people’s lives beyond punishment—shaping access to jobs, rights, and inclusion worldwide.
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 23, Issue 4
🗓️ September 2023
This cross-national issue examines how criminal records impact people’s lives beyond punishment—shaping access to jobs, rights, and inclusion worldwide.
October 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
📘 Special Issue Reminder(1/2)
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 23, Issue 4
🗓️ September 2023
This cross-national issue examines how criminal records impact people’s lives beyond punishment—shaping access to jobs, rights, and inclusion worldwide.
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 23, Issue 4
🗓️ September 2023
This cross-national issue examines how criminal records impact people’s lives beyond punishment—shaping access to jobs, rights, and inclusion worldwide.
🔹 Prison education & ethics
🔹 Public perceptions of police appearance
🔹 Epistemic injustice & victimisation
🔹 Death penalty support in the Americas
🔹 Judicial decision-making in Hong Kong
🔹 Environmental & space-focused green criminology
📖 Read the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
🔹 Public perceptions of police appearance
🔹 Epistemic injustice & victimisation
🔹 Death penalty support in the Americas
🔹 Judicial decision-making in Hong Kong
🔹 Environmental & space-focused green criminology
📖 Read the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
Criminology & Criminal Justice - Volume 25, Number 4
Table of contents for Criminology & Criminal Justice, 25, 4
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October 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🔹 Prison education & ethics
🔹 Public perceptions of police appearance
🔹 Epistemic injustice & victimisation
🔹 Death penalty support in the Americas
🔹 Judicial decision-making in Hong Kong
🔹 Environmental & space-focused green criminology
📖 Read the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
🔹 Public perceptions of police appearance
🔹 Epistemic injustice & victimisation
🔹 Death penalty support in the Americas
🔹 Judicial decision-making in Hong Kong
🔹 Environmental & space-focused green criminology
📖 Read the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
📢 Don’t miss our current issue! (1/2)
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 25, Issue 4 is now live,bringing together global research on:
🔹 Prisoner re-entry
🔹 Restorative justice
🔹 Remote parole hearings
🔹 Professionalisation in criminal justice
📖 Explore the issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 25, Issue 4 is now live,bringing together global research on:
🔹 Prisoner re-entry
🔹 Restorative justice
🔹 Remote parole hearings
🔹 Professionalisation in criminal justice
📖 Explore the issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
Criminology & Criminal Justice - Volume 25, Number 4
Table of contents for Criminology & Criminal Justice, 25, 4
journals.sagepub.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📢 Don’t miss our current issue! (1/2)
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 25, Issue 4 is now live,bringing together global research on:
🔹 Prisoner re-entry
🔹 Restorative justice
🔹 Remote parole hearings
🔹 Professionalisation in criminal justice
📖 Explore the issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
Criminology & Criminal Justice Vol. 25, Issue 4 is now live,bringing together global research on:
🔹 Prisoner re-entry
🔹 Restorative justice
🔹 Remote parole hearings
🔹 Professionalisation in criminal justice
📖 Explore the issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/4
2/2)
Key themes:
🌍 Transnational & localised networks
🧭 Reframing organised crime’s conceptual geography
🏛️ State, corporate & criminal entanglements
📌 Deep, critical case studies from diverse global contexts
📖 Explore the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/1
#Criminology
Key themes:
🌍 Transnational & localised networks
🧭 Reframing organised crime’s conceptual geography
🏛️ State, corporate & criminal entanglements
📌 Deep, critical case studies from diverse global contexts
📖 Explore the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/1
#Criminology
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October 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
2/2)
Key themes:
🌍 Transnational & localised networks
🧭 Reframing organised crime’s conceptual geography
🏛️ State, corporate & criminal entanglements
📌 Deep, critical case studies from diverse global contexts
📖 Explore the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/1
#Criminology
Key themes:
🌍 Transnational & localised networks
🧭 Reframing organised crime’s conceptual geography
🏛️ State, corporate & criminal entanglements
📌 Deep, critical case studies from diverse global contexts
📖 Explore the full issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/crjb/25/1
#Criminology
🧵 Special Issue Spotlight (1/2)
📘 New Geographies of Organised Crime
🗓️ Criminology & Criminal Justice, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (Feb 2025)
Guest Editors: Ella Cockbain, Patricio Estévez-Soto & Felia Allum
This special issue rethinks how organised crime operates—across borders, sectors, and definitions.
📘 New Geographies of Organised Crime
🗓️ Criminology & Criminal Justice, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (Feb 2025)
Guest Editors: Ella Cockbain, Patricio Estévez-Soto & Felia Allum
This special issue rethinks how organised crime operates—across borders, sectors, and definitions.
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🧵 Special Issue Spotlight (1/2)
📘 New Geographies of Organised Crime
🗓️ Criminology & Criminal Justice, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (Feb 2025)
Guest Editors: Ella Cockbain, Patricio Estévez-Soto & Felia Allum
This special issue rethinks how organised crime operates—across borders, sectors, and definitions.
📘 New Geographies of Organised Crime
🗓️ Criminology & Criminal Justice, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (Feb 2025)
Guest Editors: Ella Cockbain, Patricio Estévez-Soto & Felia Allum
This special issue rethinks how organised crime operates—across borders, sectors, and definitions.
📢 New Series
We’re spotlighting the special issues of Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Each week, we’ll feature a themed issue that brings together powerful work at the frontlines of criminological research.
🧵 Follow along below. #CCJSpecialIssues #Criminology #CCJJournal
We’re spotlighting the special issues of Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Each week, we’ll feature a themed issue that brings together powerful work at the frontlines of criminological research.
🧵 Follow along below. #CCJSpecialIssues #Criminology #CCJJournal
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
📢 New Series
We’re spotlighting the special issues of Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Each week, we’ll feature a themed issue that brings together powerful work at the frontlines of criminological research.
🧵 Follow along below. #CCJSpecialIssues #Criminology #CCJJournal
We’re spotlighting the special issues of Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Each week, we’ll feature a themed issue that brings together powerful work at the frontlines of criminological research.
🧵 Follow along below. #CCJSpecialIssues #Criminology #CCJJournal
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice:
“The situational character of prison violence: An exploratory qualitative study”
By Dante B.C. Hoek, Ard J. Barends, Maarten J.J. Kunst & colleagues
📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
#Criminology
“The situational character of prison violence: An exploratory qualitative study”
By Dante B.C. Hoek, Ard J. Barends, Maarten J.J. Kunst & colleagues
📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
#Criminology
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September 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice:
“The situational character of prison violence: An exploratory qualitative study”
By Dante B.C. Hoek, Ard J. Barends, Maarten J.J. Kunst & colleagues
📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
#Criminology
“The situational character of prison violence: An exploratory qualitative study”
By Dante B.C. Hoek, Ard J. Barends, Maarten J.J. Kunst & colleagues
📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
#Criminology
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice:
“‘It’s not going to be tech that gets us out of it’: Modern slavery and digitisation in fashion supply networks”
By Jon Davies, Rose Broad, Michelle Corallo & colleagues
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
“‘It’s not going to be tech that gets us out of it’: Modern slavery and digitisation in fashion supply networks”
By Jon Davies, Rose Broad, Michelle Corallo & colleagues
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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September 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📄 New in Criminology & Criminal Justice:
“‘It’s not going to be tech that gets us out of it’: Modern slavery and digitisation in fashion supply networks”
By Jon Davies, Rose Broad, Michelle Corallo & colleagues
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
“‘It’s not going to be tech that gets us out of it’: Modern slavery and digitisation in fashion supply networks”
By Jon Davies, Rose Broad, Michelle Corallo & colleagues
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/1748...
📢 Call for Papers 📢
Criminology & Criminal Justice is now inviting submissions!
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
Criminology & Criminal Justice is now inviting submissions!
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
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September 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📢 Call for Papers 📢
Criminology & Criminal Justice is now inviting submissions!
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
Criminology & Criminal Justice is now inviting submissions!
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
📢 Call for Papers 📢
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #CCJJournal
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #CCJJournal
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August 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
📢 Call for Papers 📢
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #CCJJournal
We’re looking for original research that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions, and contributes to key debates in criminology and criminal justice.
🖊️ Submit your work: journals.sagepub.com/home/CRJ
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #CCJJournal
🚨Got new research in criminology or criminal justice?
We’re accepting submissions at Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Whether you're exploring theory, policy, or frontline practice—we want to hear from you.
We’re accepting submissions at Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Whether you're exploring theory, policy, or frontline practice—we want to hear from you.
July 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🚨Got new research in criminology or criminal justice?
We’re accepting submissions at Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Whether you're exploring theory, policy, or frontline practice—we want to hear from you.
We’re accepting submissions at Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Whether you're exploring theory, policy, or frontline practice—we want to hear from you.
🚨 We're now on Bluesky! 🚨
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May 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🚨 We're now on Bluesky! 🚨
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Follow Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal for updates, calls for papers, and criminological conversations in a new space.
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Come say hi and help us build the CJ community on Bluesky too!