Criminology

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Journals

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These are the available journals organised by general topics. Journals have overlapping topics, so please venture into other topics and explore those journals as well.

Click 'more' to learn about academic/scholarly and professional journals.

What Are Academic/Scholarly Journals and Articles?

Journals that provide good quality research articles
Journals that are listed higher on the Scimago Journal Rank
Articles are normally peer reviewed (experts in the profession have reviewed the research and agree that its findings are accurate and contributes to the field)
Articles typically have the following information available in the abstract: background, research methods, results, and conclusions
Articles will have an extensive bibliography showing where the writer got their information
Articles that have been cited multiple times by others suggest strong research

What Are Professional Journals and Articles?

Journals include recent issues relevant to a particular profession
Articles are short and not normally in depth compared to academic articles
Articles do not normally have an abstract or decent bibliography
Useful for understanding recent issues, not so much for quality research

Tips for Searching for Reliable Journals and Articles

When looking for journal articles, it is best to use the library rather than Google. This is because researchers from the university and librarians have located the most reliable academic/scholarly journals related to a particular field.
Remember: you will have to play around with the keywords/short phrases to find the right combination. Use one keyword/short phrase per line in the search box (the library search doesn't work like the Google search).

• Crime Science

• Criminal Justice

• Criminal Psychology

• Criminology (General)

This is not a complete list. More general criminology journals are available in Discovery.

• Crisis and Disaster Management

• Cybercrime & Cyber Security

• Delinquency

• Economic Crime, Fraud, & Corruption

• Forensic Investigation

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• Forensic Science International

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. Premier journal in the field of Forensic Genetics.

• Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. Covers a broad array of subjects related to crime and security throughout the computerized world.

• Forensic Science International: Genetics

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. Premier journal in the field of Forensic Genetics.

• Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. Prime publication venue for the proceedings of a scientific symposium or a selection of invited articles dedicated to forensic genetics.

• Forensic Science International: Mind and Law

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. A gold open access journal which promotes the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between psychiatric, psychological, legal, and other related fields within the forensic spectrum and beyond.

• Forensic Science International: Reports

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. An international open access journal dedicated to disseminating scientifically robust research and case reports across the forensic sciences.

• Forensic Science International: Synergy

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Peer Reviewed. An international open access journal showcasing the most cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and policy and management analysis.

• Forensic Sciences Research

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Publishes international research on forensic sciences, including forensic pathology, clinical forensic medicine, criminalistics, and crime scene investigation.

• International Journal of Legal Medicine

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Offers review articles tracing development in specific areas, with up-to-date analysis; original articles discussing significant recent research results; case reports describing interesting and exceptional examples; population data; letters to the editors; and technical notes.

• Journal of Digital Forensic Practice

Knowledge resource for practitioners of digital investigation, digital forensic science, electronic fraud investigation, and cyber crime and cyber terror investigation and analysis.

• Journal of Forensic Sciences

Includes papers on original investigations, observations, scholarly inquiries, and reviews.

• Science & Justice

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Official journal of The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. Formerly known as Journal of the Forensic Science Society.