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International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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#OpenAccess, peer reviewed #Criminology journal publishing critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems - promotes social democratic solutions
https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/
Who Owns our Knowledge?
This week (20-26 October) is International Open Access Week
The theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce #OAWeek2025
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October 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
New article Online First #OpenAccess
Resisting “Manufactured” Vulnerability: Discretionary Policing and Migrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Strategies in Malta #policing #SexWork @johngscott.bsky.social
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October 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kate Rossmanith and Ian Freckelton review the concept of “closure” in death investigations - the experiences of bereaved families and #JusticeSystem professionals, and on inquests undertaken by #coroners under the Anglo-Canadian-Australasian model
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September 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Northern Territory (NT), Australia has expanded its mandatory sentencing regime in respect of assaults on frontline workers – Stephen Enciso discusses the entrenchment of trauma, poverty and criminalisation in #Indigenous communities calling for reform #CLP
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September 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🟣From latest issue
#OpenAccess article - the unique cultural context of policing #rape in metropolitan India #SexualViolence @drgemmahamilton.bsky.social
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September 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
📝15-19 September is #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025 Acknowledging - and thanking - the Journal’s peer reviewers who play a vital role in supporting research integrity – critical in #ScholComm #ResearchIntegrity #PeerReviewWeek #OpenAccess #AI @peerreviewweek.bsky.social @johngscott.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🆕Online First #OpenAccess:
A multi-modal Australian study examining informants perceptions and experiences of hoon drivers, why they do it, and the harms associated with it #NusianceDriving #AntiSocialBehaviour #BoyRacer @clarefarmer.bsky.social @emmagretgrix.bsky.social
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September 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🟣In latest issue
The disparate and idiosyncratic implementation of the protection order (PO) process at magistrates’ courts in #SouthAfrica and the impact on survivors of #DomesticViolence
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September 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In latest issue
#OpenAccess: Calculating the degree of ethno-religious over-representation in the US no-fly list #RacialDiscrimination #NoFlyList
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September 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In latest issue #OpenAccess article

Cultural Practices and Human Rights: The Non-reporting of #Rape Cases in the Lupane Rural District of Zimbabwe #HumanRights
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September 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🆕New article Online First #OpenAccess
Martina Lassalle sociologically examines the evolving punishment of women who harm or kill their intimate partners in the context of gender violence in #Argentina
#GenderBasedViolence #homicide #decriminalization
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September 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🆕New Issue
#OpenAccess findings from a survey-based questionnaire investigating the prevalence and predictors of student disclosures of crime, violence, and trauma to #criminology educators working at Australian and Aotearoa NZ universities
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September 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🟣In latest issue:
#OpenAccess: Coercively controlling tactics in Australian women’s same-gender intimate relationships #IPV #DomesticViolence
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September 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In latest issue #OpenAccess:
Bilguundari Enkhtugs and Kevin Walby discuss how youth care workers supporting marginalised youth manage work-related stress and the emotions experienced by young people #EmotionalLabour #YouthJustice
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September 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🔘In latest issue
#OpenAccess article: @ecojustice.bsky.social provides a political economic analysis of the Mobuoy illegal dump #NorthernIreland #GreenCriminology #pollution
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September 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🎈Congratulations to @austlii.edu.au
A non-profit organisation that provides free online access to legal information from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and other countries in the Australasian region - making legal research and law #OpenAccess and "more accessible, usable, and relevant"
Last week @austlii.edu.au celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special event bringing together distinguished guests from the judiciary, government, legal profession, academia, and the wider community. www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/even...
AustLII – Australasian Legal Information Institute
Free access to Australian legislation, case law, treaties and legal materials.
www.austlii.edu.au
August 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🆕New article Online First #OpenAccess
The role of state actors in polluting activities across borders, focusing on a case study of #Norway’s role in Norsk Hydro’s polluting activities in Barcarena, #Brazil from 1967 to 2024 #pollution #CorporateCrime #GreenCriminology
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August 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A very warm welcome to new International Editorial Board members joining the team this year
A continuing and sustained contribution to global criminology research and scholarship - making #criminology research accessible to all #OpenAccess
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August 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🆕New article Online First #OpenAccess
Identifying possible risk factors for female honor killing (FHK) and sociocultural diversity in #femicide risk factors #homicide
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August 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🆕Advocating for justice and safety for women in the workplace in #India - how #SocialMedia enabled extensive awareness, solidarity, and collective action among various communities through the analysis of #DigitalActivism #JusticeForRGKar
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August 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🆕Online First #OpenAccess
Steven Kohm presents the findings of a qualitative and comparative analysis of media framing of wildfire evacuations in Jasper, Alberta and Manitoba First Nations communities #GreenCriminology #ClimateChange #Canada
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August 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🆕New article Online First #OpenAccess
The negative implications of paternal #incarceration - investigation of imprisoned fathers’ experiences of visiting and a child-focused visiting program provided by SHINE for Kids in Australia #prisons @johngscott.bsky.social
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August 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🆕New article Online First #OpenAccess
Using andragogy as a lens - analysis of a police communication and de-escalation training program, delivered by experienced police negotiators to general duties officers #policing #CrisisResponse @johngscott.bsky.social
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July 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🆕New article Online First #OpenAccess
Exploring women’s pathways to prison, focusing on the nexus between women’s #incarceration and #homelessness - reviewing policy and post-release programs #prisons #housing
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July 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM