Calls for Papers

Call for contributors: The International Handbook on Trauma-Informed Practice in the Justice System. Edited by Madeline Petrillo, Alexandria Bradley and Loraine Gelsthorpe.


There is currently no single publication that consolidates the growing research on trauma-informed practice in the justice system. 

We are seeking contributions to the first International Handbook on Trauma-Informed Practice in the Justice System currently under contract with Palgrave Macmillan. This edited collection is the first to draw together international experts with a variety of lived experience, research specialisms, and practice-based experience, to tackle some of the questions about trauma-informed practice in the justice system and share examples and analysis of best practice from across the world.

We are seeking contributions on trauma-informed practice and perspectives in the following subject areas:
  • Black and minoritised knowledge and experiences
  • Indigenous/First Nations knowledge and experiences
  • LGBT+ knowledge and experiences
  • Violent behaviour
  • Domestic abuse
  • Sexual offending
If you would like to contribute on these or other topics, please contact Madeline Petrillo (m.r.petrillo@gre.ac.uk).

Chapters should be 6000 – 7000 words including references. The deadline for submission of chapters to the editors is 1 December 2025.

 

Call for Papers: Journal of Historical Criminology Special Issue – Women and Punishment: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Legacies.

Guest Editors:

Dr A. Smith (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Dr M. Petrillo (University of Greenwich, UK)
Dr A. E. Stearns (Coastal Carolina University, USA)
L. Campbell (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Overview

This special issue examines the history of how women have been punished, focusing on both institutional systems and the personal histories that reveal how these systems are experienced. We invite work on different periods, regions, and contexts to explore how women’s punishment has been understood and implemented in varied settings over time. Punishment systems operate within particular social and political climates, often shaped by wider inequalities and assumptions about women’s behaviour and roles. These systems have historically targeted women in ways that both reflect and reproduce disadvantage, marginalisation, and harm. For some, the process of punishment has brought not only immediate penalties but also longer-term stigma and loss, raising important questions about the legacies of such practices. Exploring these histories helps us to understand how ideas and practices surrounding women’s punishment have shifted or persisted over time. While the primary focus is historical, we also welcome contributions on more recent periods where developments are examined in a longer historical perspective or where earlier practices continue to influence current systems.

Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Historical studies of women’s imprisonment, policing, or other forms of punishment, in specific periods or across time.
  • Research on how ideas about women’s roles have shaped penal policy, reform, or institutional design.
  • Analyses of how women’s punishment has intersected with inequalities such as race, class, sexuality, disability, or migration.
  • Work drawing on personal accounts or testimonies, situated within a historical context.
  • Archival and methodological reflections, including work addressing silences, gaps, or contested narratives.
  • Comparative and international perspectives, with encouragement for submissions from and about Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including work informed by Southern or Post-Colonial Criminology.
  • Contemporary analyses that place recent developments in longer-term historical perspective or explore enduring legacies of earlier practices.

Submission details

  • Abstracts: Up to 300 words, due 8 December 2025.
  • Full articles: Up to 8,000 words, due 1 June 2026.
  • Submission address: Please send abstracts to april.smith@port.ac.uk
  • Peer review: Invitation to submit a full article does not guarantee acceptance. All articles will undergo anonymous peer review in line with the journal’s standard process.

We warmly encourage contributions from scholars at all career stages and from a wide range of disciplines.

Call for Papers: BSC Probation and Community Justice Network Annual Conference – Who do we think we are? Exploring Probation Identity


Date: 22 April 2026, 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: Hugh Aston Building, De Montfort University
CfP Deadline: 09 January 2026

The BSC Probation and Community Justice Network, in partnership with De Montfort University is pleased to announce its next annual conference. This event is designed to advance the Networks core aims: to critically examine probation and community justice research, provide a platform for new and established voices to contribute to contemporary debates, support the development of networks and opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange. The focus of this conference is probation identity. 

Call for Papers: The Probation and Community Justice Network places a particular emphasis on creating spaces for new voices to emerge, and therefore we would particularly welcome contributions from early career academics and practitioners. 

Papers may address the theme of identity in a variety of ways, including, (but not limited to):
  • The impact of policy changes, structural reform and institutional arrangements
  • The construction of professional identity
  • The experiences of staff and practitioners who are from communities that are marginalised
  • How recruitment, retention and workload pressures impact on practitioner’s sense of identity and purpose
  • How different roles within the probation service negotiate their identities – particularly roles and locations that are not often centred in sentence management. We are interested in perspectives from those working in diverse roles in prisons, approved premises, interventions and in partnership roles
  • The role and identity of third sector organisations in the delivery of community justice
  • The perceptions of those who probation serves
  • The influence of digital technology, remote working and virtual supervision
  • The focus on individualisation and probation’s relationship with social justice
  • Perceptions of justice
  • International perspectives

We welcome submissions for panel discussions, workshops, posters, round table discussions as well as non-traditional forms of knowledge presentation

To submit a proposal, please send a 200-word abstract to BSCPCJ@gmail.com by 19 December 2025

If you have any questions please contact either Charlotte Dunkley charlotte.dunkley@dmu.ac.uk or Julie Eden-Barnard julie.eden-barnard@dmu.ac.uk

Call for Submissions: The Journal of Historical Criminology

The Journal of Historical Criminology is now inviting submissions for upcoming issues. The journal is the first and only academic journal exclusively dedicated to research and scholarship in the international field of historical criminology. We are interdisciplinary in nature and welcome contributions from criminology, history, law, sociology, and other related disciplines. The content published should be both criminological and historical in scope. The former is intended in the broadest sense, inclusive from criminological theory to the justice processes which work to confront the issue, both formal and informal. The term ‘historical’ is meant to capture a focus on not only the past but also on the links between past and present and questions related to historical time, temporality, and social change.

The Journal of Historical Criminology is an open-access journal. All published articles are freely available to the academic community and the public to ensure wide dissemination of research and greater impact. There are no costs for authors who also retain copyright and are encouraged to distribute their work freely. All submissions are subjected to a double-blind peer review process to ensure academic quality.

For more information about the journal, please visit https://journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/

If you have any questions, or would like to submit an article, please email JHCeditor@gmail.com

 

Call for Papers: The Justice Evaluation Journal (JEJ)

The Justice Evaluation Journal (JEJ), an official journal of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, aims to assess the efficacy, efficiency, and equity of crime reduction and prevention programs and policies.  JEJ provides a forum for scholars and practitioners in criminal justice and related sectors to offer answers to fundamental questions of what works and what does not work, and why. 

JEJ welcomes papers concerning criminal justice policies and programs broadly defined. This includes related public policy areas which have an impact on criminal justice outcomes such as social welfare, education, or health initiatives. We publish evidence-based examinations of existing programs and policies and the role of research in practice. 

Submissions should:

  • be no more than 30 pages.
  • focus on the research questions, methodology, findings, and analysis of results rather than extensive literature reviews.
  • explicitly assess the research’s implications for the program or policy in question.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-blind and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

For more information, contact the Editor, N. Prabha Unnithan, Colorado State University [Prabha.Unnithan@colostate.edu] or the journal office [CLA_jej@colostate.edu] or visit the JEJ Website.

The Springer Nature Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence and The Springer Nature Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior.

Dr. Todd Shackelford is curating two new encyclopedias, and would like to extend an open invitation to any authors interested in contributing entries. Prospective authors are also encouraged to recommend colleagues, graduate students, or advanced undergraduate students to contribute entries as well.

The Springer Nature Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence will be the most comprehensive encyclopedia of domestic violence to date, and will include over 2,000 entries from authors across a wide array of disciplines. The Springer Nature Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior will be a comprehensive encyclopedia of evolutionary perspectives on sexual psychology and behavior, and will also include over 2,000 entries from authors across a wide array of disciplines.

For additional information about either of these encyclopedias, or for a complete list of available entries, please contact Section Editor Madeleine Meehan (madeleinemeehan@oakland.edu) or Section Editor Gavin Vance (gvance@oakland.edu).

Call for Submissions: The International Journal of Justice and Police Sciences

The International Journal of Justice and Police Sciences (IJJPS), the official Journal of the International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences (IIJPS) is pleased to invite submissions. This Gold open-access peer-reviewed journal provides a platform for research, case studies, and reviews in Justice and Police Sciences, offering insights into both theoretical developments and practical applications.

The journal welcomes submissions in the following fields and related areas:

1. Justice Sciences 

Criminology & Criminal Justice, Criminal Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Victimology and Victim Justice, Criminal Laws and Justice Administration, Criminal Justice Governance & Public Policy, Criminal Justice Social Work, and International Criminal Laws and Allied Justice Sciences.

2. Police Sciences

Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics, Police Science, Crime Analysis and Crime Science, Evidence-Based Policing, Translational Criminology, Embedded Policing, Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Security Management, Forensic Odontology, Forensic Victimology and Allied Police Sciences.

Article Types

We welcome submissions of original research articles, case studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and short communications that contribute to the fields of justice and police sciences. All submissions that are not desk rejected undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review. Manuscripts should be formatted as per APA 7 Guidelines (Law Articles can use Blue Book Citation). A cover letter detailing the manuscript’s originality, relevance, and contribution to the journal’s scope must accompany each submission.

Please visit: https://www.icssinstitute.org/journal.html for submission instructions.