Citation
Boduszek, D., Shevlin, M., Adamson, G. and Hyland, P. (2012), "Editorial", Journal of Criminal Psychology, Vol. 2 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/jcp.2012.58302baa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Editorial
Article Type: Editorial From: Journal of Criminal Psychology, Volume 2, Issue 2
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to Vol. 2, No. 2 of the Journal of Criminal Psychology (JCP). We are delighted with the quality of research that is presented in this issue of the JCP, which amply demonstrates our commitment to delivering an eclectic mix of high quality work conducted within the field of criminal psychology. Since criminal psychology research is of interest to professionals from a variety of academic fields beyond psychology, including psychiatry, sociology, criminal justice, policing, politics, and social policy, we seek to present research work that is firmly rooted in psychology but which is of interest to readers far and wide. In this spirit, this issue follows our traditional format of presenting research work that draws on sophisticated quantitative research methodologies, along with qualitative and theoretical research designs.
The JCP is moving into its second year of existence now and the growth, development, and expansion has been extremely heartening to us as editors. This is due largely to our partnership with Emerald that has resulted in the successful distribution and advertisement of the journal throughout the world at academic conferences. The JCP is continuing to expand and will be seen indexed and abstracted on a much wider basis in the near future. This will mean the journal and its contents will be much more widely available and continue to develop our original goal to establish the Journal of Criminal Psychology as an authoritative source of top quality research in the field of criminal psychology.
As always we wish to extend our sincerest thanks to all those researchers who contributed their excellent work to our journal, and our committed reviewers who gave freely of their time and expertise to make this issue possible. Included in this issue is work drawn from an international group of researchers and it is with great pleasure that we present this work to you. We very much hope that you find value, substance, and inspiration from reading this diverse collection of research.
Until next time.
Daniel Boduszek, Mark Shevlin, Gary Adamson, Philip Hyland