The Nordic Journal of Criminology (abbreviated ''NJC'') is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

academic journal covering the field of

criminology Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

. It is published biannually by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, together with the Danish, Finnish and Norwegian Crime Prevention Councils, the Finnish National Research Institute of Legal Policy, and the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at Oslo University. The journal focuses on the Scandinavian or Nordic tradition of criminology research. The editor-in-chief is Sébastien Tutenges ( Lund University) and co-editor is Susanne Boethius ( Lund University). The journal was established in 1965 as an annual publication under the title ''Scandinavian Studies in Criminology'' by the "quasi-official" Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. In 2000 it merged with the journal ''Studies on Crime & Crime Prevention'', established in 1992, and was named the ''Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention'' until 2018 when it received its current name. Before it was acquired by Taylor and Francis it was published by

Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia ...

. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, PsycINFO, EBSCO Legal Source, Criminal Justice Abstracts, and Academic Search.Academic Search
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* {{Official website, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/scri20/current Criminology journals Publications established in 1965 Biannual journals Taylor & Francis academic journals English-language journals