Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission text file is in Microsoft Word or Pages.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and referencing requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
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UK English or USA English are acceptable as long as used consistently. If English is not the primary writing language of the author(s), we recommend that you use a professional translator/editor prior to submitting your manuscript. However, to ensure this is not a barrier to submissions, the reviewers will work with the author(s).
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We acknowledge that not all projects require ethical approval from an academic institution. But for projects where ethics approval was required, authors have submitted a copy of the ethics approval document with their submission.
- The manuscript declares any conflicting interests and funding sources on the title page.
- Any permission(s) from copyright holders for any illustrations, tables, figures, or artwork is attached.
- The submission is anonymized and any reference to the author(s) is removed and placed on a separate title page.
- 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.
Submit an Abstract
Submit an abstract that is a maximum of 250 words.
Ensure it is anonymous - without a name or title.
Include three or four keywords.
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(De)constructing Criminology is journal is open access 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. 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.
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