''Theoretical Criminology'' is a peer-reviewed

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

covering the fields of criminology and

penology Penology (from "penal", Latin '' poena'', "punishment" and the Greek suffix '' -logia'', "study of") is a sub-component of criminology that deals with the philosophy and practice of various societies in their attempts to repress criminal activiti ...

. The journal's

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are Mary Francesca Bosworth (

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

) and Simon A. Cole (

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). It was established in 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Abstracting and indexing

''Theoretical Criminology'' is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', its 2013 impact factor is 2.383, ranking it 3 out of 52 journals in the category "Criminology and Penology".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://tcr.sagepub.com/ SAGE Publishing academic journals English-language journals Criminology journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1997