American Journal of Criminal Justice

Aims & Scope

The American Journal of Criminal Justice, the official journal of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, is a peer reviewed publication; manuscripts go through a blind review process.

The focus of the Journal is on a wide array of criminal justice topics and issues.

Some of these concerns include items pertaining to the criminal justice process, the formal and informal interplay between system components, problems and solutions experienced by various segments, innovative practices, policy development and implementation, evaluative research, the players engaged in these enterprises, and a wide assortment of other related interests.

The American Journal of Criminal Justice publishes original articles that utilize a broad range of methodologies and perspectives when examining crime, law, and criminal justice processing.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Apc url

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Anti-Asian Hate Crime During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Reproduction of Inequality

  Citation: 566

  Authors: Angela R., Shannon B., Lynn

• The Anxiety of Being Asian American: Hate Crimes and Negative Biases During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 326

  Authors: Hannah, Meera, Grace

• Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence

  Citation: 250

  Authors: Alex R., Jordan R., Stephen A., Chelsey, Joan A., Nicole Leeper

• Police Stress, Mental Health, and Resiliency during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 210

  Authors: John, Bryan Lee, Kyle

• Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy: A Test of Measurement and Structure

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Jacinta M.

• Low Self-Control, Deviant Peer Associations, and Juvenile Cyberdeviance

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Thomas J., Adam M., David C.

• Has COVID-19 Changed Crime? Crime Rates in the United States during the Pandemic

  Citation: 160

  Authors: John H., Owen

• Crime Rates in a Pandemic: the Largest Criminological Experiment in History

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Ben, Marcus

• Collateral Damage: Family Members of Registered Sex Offenders

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Jill, Richard

• When Stay-at-Home Orders Leave Victims Unsafe at Home: Exploring the Risk and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 139

  Authors: Catherine