CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWS

 

Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal  is at the leading edge of research and debate on the most effective strategies, theories, methods and policies relating to the problem of crime and its reduction or solution.  Academics and practitioners are invited to submit original reviews of recent publications in the following subject areas of interest:

¨       Crime trends

¨       Audits for crime and disorder

¨       Policing measures and initiatives

¨       Multi agency partnerships

¨       Crime prevention through environmental design

¨       Victimisation

¨       Drugs and crime

¨       Crowd behaviour

¨       Civil disorder

¨       Zero tolerance policing

¨       Strategic planning

¨       Fear of crime

¨       Training crime investigation technologies

¨       Evaluating crime prevention

¨       Criminal justice process

¨       International perspectives

¨       Distortion and the media

¨       Moral panic

¨       Crime statistics

¨       Crime and the media

¨       Racial harassment

 

Authors may also choose to review books taken from a list of publications which can be sent out on request. Guidelines for authors are set out below, and further details can be obtained from the Review Editor – [log in to unmask].    

 

Please also visit the journal website at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/cpcs

 

 

 

Submitting your Book Review: A Guide to the House Style

 

Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal

 

A good review should include a critical appraisal of the item being reviewed, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses, as well as the reviewer's general impression of the work. Reviews should be fair and criticisms should be justified and explained.

 

 

Reviews should preferably be in Word and the format should be as follows:

 

·         Text should be word-processed in English.

·         Text should be keyed in as simply as possible with no bold or centring.

·         All text should be 12pt.

·         All text should be in Times New Roman.

·         Text should be double-spaced throughout.

 

 

Reviews should be approximately 500- 600 words in length and should include the following information at the beginning:

 

·         Title

·         Author(s)

·         Publishers

·         Year published

·         ISBN number

·         Price

·         Number of pages

·         Reviewers name, email and postal address and affiliation

 

Reviews should be sent to: Dr Elaine Campbell, Reviews Editor, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, School of Geography, Politics & Sociology, Claremont Bridge Building, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Tel: +44 (0) 191-222-5030. Email: [log in to unmask]