The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Published on behalf of The Howard League for Penal Reform
Edited by:
Tony Fowles, J. Robert Lilly and David Wilson
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice is concerned with all major aspects of the criminal justice process, penal policy and crime prevention. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice is a social science journal combining articles with comments and reviews, providing a thorough coverage of both the theory and practice of criminal justice and the study of crime and criminals. The Editorial Advisory Group includes a combination of academics and practitioners, which reflects the journal's intention to strengthen the links between these communities. Each issue of the journal includes a Penal Policy File summarizing the latest developments in criminal justice policy. The journal fills a unique role by making complex material accessible to criminal justice professionals, as well as reporting research of a high academic standard from around the world.
TopNews and Announcements
Winners of The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 2009 Prize announced
The 2009 prize has been awarded jointly to the following two articles, which are now FREE - simply click on the article titles below for access:
Vicarious Traumatisation as a Consequence of Jury Service
Noelle Robertson, Graham Davies and Alice Nettleingham
Rioting as a Political Tool: The 2005 Riots in France
Fabien Jobard
Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All content of The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice back to volume 1 in 1921 is now available online on Wiley InterScience - Click here to read!
Early View Articles
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice offers Early View articles - a service where fully corrected, fully web-functional and complete articles are published online as and when they are ready, prior to their ultimate inclusion in a print issue. More information here
TopHighlights
Coercive Sexual Behaviour in British Prisons as Reported by Adult Ex-Prisoners
Samantha Banbury
The Reporting Trajectories of Top Homicide Cases in the Media: A Case Study of The Times
Keith Soothill, Moira Peelo, Jayn Pearson, Brian Francis
'Keeping Quiet' or 'Going Nuts': Some Emerging Strategies Used by Young Black People in Custody at a Time of Childhood Being Re-constructed
David Wilson
Sex Offender Community Notification: Experiences from America
Terry Thomas
Children of Misfortune: Parallels in the Cases of Child Murderers Thompson and Venables, Barratt and Bradley
Judith Rowbotham, Kim Stevenson, Samantha Pegg
TopEndorsements
'Long the pre-eminent journal in penology, The Howard Journal has broadened its reach to become a leading journal in crime and criminal justice. '
Albert J. Reiss, Yale University
'...an influential periodical on criminal justice issues.'
The Independent
