Overview
The Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology covers the theory, practice and application of psychological principles in criminal justice, particularly law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
- Official journal of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology (SPCP).
- Welcomes papers on police psychology including personnel assessment, therapeutic methods, training, ethics and effective organizational operation.
- Welcomes papers focused on criminal behavior, the application of psychology to effective correctional practices, and in facilitating recovery of crime victims.
- The journal attracts authors and readers who are psychologists, criminologists, sociologists, legal experts, social workers, and other professionals comprising the many facets of the criminal justice system, both domestic and international.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- James S. Herndon
- Impact factor
- 1.6 (2022)
- 5 year impact factor
- 1.8 (2022)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 46 days
- Downloads
- 359,339 (2023)
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Journal information
- Print ISSN
- 0882-0783
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
- Google Scholar
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- PsycINFO
- Psyndex
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
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