About the Journal

Description

(De)constructing Criminology: International Perspectives (DCIP) is an international journal which publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, and open access works in the inter-disciplinary domain of criminology. The journal provides a broad forum to advance contemporary discussions including critiques of issues in crime, law, offending, victimisation, criminalisation, and our justice systems. We wish to extend beyond traditional research from the global north to also include research or scholarship that speaks to how we create knowledge, transfer knowledge, and how it intersects with pedagogical approaches, practice, or research within criminology and its adjacent disciplines.

Scope

The editors welcome conceptual, empirical, methodological articles, book reviews, creative writings, mixed/multi-method projects, which incorporate original narratives, and/or highlight under-explored perspectives from around the world. By amplifying marginalised perspectives, the journal is committed to removing barriers to publication and dissemination and to increasing access to knowledge for scholars, students, and practitioners. Thus DCIP will be particularly valuable for new and emerging scholars, students, as well as established scholars.

If a multi-authored submission draws substantially from a student’s dissertation or thesis then that student should preferably be listed as the principal author. We take the integrity and ethics of publishing seriously, namely that every person engaged in the research or writing should be identified in the submission. We don’t condone exploitative practices.

DCIP aims to:

  • Publish rolling articles after copyediting and production, with the aim of generating at least ONE issue per year.
  • Support new or emerging scholars including Undergraduate honours, Masters-level, and Doctorate students.
  • Amplify under-served perspectives.
  • Accept works from established scholars.
  • Encourage small-scale research (quantitative or qualitative or mixed methods).
  • Encourage creative submissions as well as manuscripts.
  • Consider original language submissions for creative works.
  • Publish works from geographical regions beyond the global west, global north, or Anglophone world. 
  • Accept diverse understandings of decolonization. 
  • Accept diverse understandings of deconstructing criminology.
  • Support practitioners or those without an institutional affiliation.
  • Accept Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing.
  • Accept work which challenges dominant paradigms in criminology including intersectionality, BIPOC-focus, 2SLGBTIQ+ and queer perspectives, critical race, and/or environmental issues, theories, and ideas.

Open Access Policy

DCIP is an open access journal which means that all its content aligns with the principle of barrier-free research and scholarship. In support of greater access and dissemination of global knowledge, this journal has no fees or charges for submission, publication, or access. DCIP permits authors to publish portions of their published work elsewhere. Permission is provided when authors acknowledge that it was previously published in our DCIP journal. 

Copyright Policy

Copyright for published articles are retained by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for any copyrighted material they use, including photographs and illustrations, and providing documentation to the journal upon submission.

Archiving and Preservation

Authors are permitted to share any version of their work in any institutional, disciplinary, or other repository, and on personal websites, immediately upon publication with no embargo period. This includes sharing of the final publisher version (e.g., PDF). The shared version should include a link to the published version that appears on the DCIP website, including its DOI.

(De)constructing Criminology is archived in the PKP Preservation Network (PN) using the LOCKSS Program.

Keywords 

International, intersectionality, Indigenous knowledge, (de)colonization, deconstruction, criminology, 2SLGBTIQ+, queer perspectives, post-colonial, feminist perspectives, critical race, critical pedagogy, curriculum, inclusivity, diversity, ethical scholarship & engagement. 

Principal Contact

Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer, Editor-in-Chief

stavcer@mtroyal.ca

Support Contact

Madelaine Vanderwerff, Journal Manager

mvanderwerff@mtroyal.ca