The ''European Journal of Criminology'' is a peer-reviewed

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covering the field of criminology. The

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is Paul Knepper (

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). It was established in 2004 and is published by

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on behalf of the

European Society of Criminology The European Society of Criminology is a learned society dedicated to criminology in Europe. It was established in 2000, with its original goals including the creation of working groups on specific topics, one of the first being juvenile justice. ...

. An article that was scheduled for publication in the journal and widely reported and discussed in Danish media was later retracted and never appeared in the journal.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''

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'', its 2013

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is 1.141, ranking it 24 out of 52 journals in the category "Criminology & Penology".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201644/title
European Society of Criminology
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