The British Society of Criminology seeks a NEW EDITOR/EDITORIAL TEAM For Criminology & Criminal Justice An International Journal
| DOI | 10.1177/17488958090090030801 |
| Published date | 01 August 2009 |
| Date | 01 August 2009 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
NEW EDITOR/EDITORIAL TEAM
For
Criminology & Criminal Justice
An International Journal
Published by the British Society of Criminology and SAGE Publications
ISSN: 1748-8958 Published quarterly
Invitation to tender
The British Society of Criminology is seeking nominations of Editors for our
journal Criminology & Criminal Justice to serve for a period of four years
(with an option to extend to five) beginning in January 2011. This means
that the new Editors will need to be in place by June 2010.
From 2011, the Journal, published jointly with SAGE, will be increasing
to six issues per year. The new Journal and Book Review Editors will be
responsible for all six issues of the Journal. However, we are expecting issues
2 and 5 each year to be special issues. We are making this change in order
to provide room to investigate two areas in greater depth. It is anticipated
that an expert in their field – normally outside the editorial team – will edit
the special issues and the articles will be subject to the same rigorous peer
review process to which the rest of our Journal is subject. We expect that
these issues will reflect the international flavour of the Journal.
Consequently, the BSC seeks a new Editor/Editorial Team to work on
behalf of the Society and with colleagues at SAGE to produce the Journal.
This work includes coordinating the manuscript review process, organising
and managing the book reviews section and communicating with authors and
SAGE staff. The Journal is international in scope and new arrangements will
need to be made for securing and reviewing contributions from continental
Europe and the United States. It is likely that the editorial board will also
need to be overhauled (this latter task will need to be undertaken by the new
Editors jointly with the BSC Executive).
Editing a Journal places a considerable administrative burden on any
team and applicants are encouraged to consider provision for...
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