Journal of Research In Crime And Delinquency

Discipline	Criminology
Language	English
Edited by	Jean McGloin, Christopher J Sullivan
Publication details
History	1964-present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	2.889 (2017)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Res. Crime Delinq.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0022-4278 (print) 1552-731X (web)
LCCN	64009395
OCLC no.	1783073
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Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editors Jean McGloin (University of Maryland)^[1] and Chris Sullivan (University of Missouri–St. Louis).^[2] It has been in publication since 1964 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Scope

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (JRCD) publishes articles, research notes and review essays within the criminal justice field. The journal provides an international forum for exploring the social, political and economic contexts of criminal justice and the discussion and dissemination of research and studies within the field.

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 2.889, ranking it 7 out of 61 journals in the category 'Criminology & Penology'.^[3]