STYLE SHEET

Editorial Policy

The Criminal Justice Policy Review is a multidisciplinary journal publishing articles written by scholars and professionals committed to the study of criminal justice policy through experimental and non-experimental approaches. The CJPR publishes quarterly appropriate articles, essays, research notes, interviews, and book reviews. It also provides a forum for special features which may include invited commentaries, transcripts of significant panels or meetings, position papers, and legislation. To maintain a leadership role in criminal justice policy literature, the CJPR will publish articles employing diverse methodologies.

Style
         Manuscripts should follow the style guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American
         Psychological Association, 5th Edition.  Click here for our APA Style Guidelines Sheet.

Title Page

A title page should accompany all copies of the manuscript. Include all author’s names on the title page. Each author’s affiliation should be on this page, and placed directly under each author’s name. This is the only page that should contain the author’s name. The title page will be removed before being sent to the reviewer.

Abstract Page

The abstract should come right after the title page, and should be included on all copies of the manuscript. The abstract should be no longer than 150 words, and should indicate the problems investigated in the study, the methodology employed, and the findings.

Tables and Figures

Tables, figures, charts and other illustrations should not be placed in the text, but submitted on separate sheets of paper, numbered consecutively, and should have appropriatly informative titles. Their position should be indicated clearly. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) will be required to submit camera ready copies of all tables, figures, charts and other illustrations. Click here for Artwork Submission Guidelines.

Footnotes

Footnotes are not to be used for citation purposes, but for substantive comments. They should be identified by consecutive number in the text. Footnotes should be grouped at the end of the text. The first line of each footnote should be indented five spaces from the margin, with the number raised slightly and no space between the number and first word. Second and consecutive lines should be flush with the left margin.

Checklist
         Click here for a copy of our checklist for authors.

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