International Criminology

International Criminology welcomes the submission of abstracts and manuscripts for consideration for a new special issue on "Comparability and Measurement Invariance in Comparative Criminology," which will be Guest-Edited by Daniel Seddig (University of Cologne, Germany), Heinz Leitgöb (Leipzig University, Germany), and Dirk Enzmann (University of Hamburg, Germany). Deadline: March 31st, 2024. Click the heading to read more! 

International Criminology is proud to be a global publication. Beginning on the 1st of May 2023, authors of papers who are accepted to International Criminology will be offered the option of including an abstract in their native language, which will immediately follow the English-language abstract in their published paper, both online and in issue. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure their abstract matches the English-language abstract in content and format.

Despite being just over two years old, International Criminology generates lots of conversation on social media. In particular, our Twitter presence is robust: as of mid-April 2023, Altmetric has picked up 743 tweets about International Criminology content, from 341 unique tweeters in 33 countries. 

Our main Twitter handles are @SpringerCrim and @IntlCriminology - and don't forget @ASDIC, the handle of our affiliated ASC Division of International Criminology.

 We hope you will join the conversation: just be sure to include a link to the article you're discussing, even if it's a shortened version. Let's talk International Criminology!

It's heartening to see International Criminology's data-driven research being invoked in the mainstream press. For instance, in June 2022 an article in The Michigan Daily wove in findings from "Executive Clemency During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Global Analysis of Law and Practice" and a piece from The Conversation cited and built upon "COVID-19 Conspiracies, Trust in Authorities, and Duty to Comply with Social Distancing Restrictions" - a relevant, resonant, and Open Access article that starred in 3 press articles, a blog post, a policy document, and 19 Tweets (and counting). 

International Criminology's book review manuscripts follow a standard format. Find  an example here. For information  and contact details regarding our book review program, please click the heading.