Submission Guidelines

• Published date: 01 January 2006
• Date: 01 January 2006
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/154120400600400107
• Subject Matter: Articles

Youth Violence and Juvenile JusticeotherSUBMISSION GUIDELINES

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides academics and

practitioners in juvenile justice and related fields with a resource for publishing current

empirical research, discussing theoretical issues, and reviewing promising interventions

and programs in the areas of youth violence, juvenile justice, and school safety. The journal

particularly encourages the publication of program evaluations, policy analyses, empirical

research, practical, theoretical, legal, and qualitative analyses. Interdisciplinary in scope,

the journal serves a diverse audience of academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal

justice, education, psychology, social work, behavior analysis, sociology, law, counseling,

public health, and all others with an interest in youth violence, juvenile justice, and school

safety. Therefore, we welcome articles from practitioners and scholars trained in all

disciplines applying various methodologies to the study of youth violence, juvenile justice,

and school safety. The editor also welcomes proposals for special issues.

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice is devoted to studying and disseminating the

most current and timely information on the most prominent issues in our field, including

•juvenile violence and violence prevention;

•juvenile justice system philosophy and operation;

•juvenile corrections and correctional programming;

•juvenile probation and parole;

•juvenile waiver to adult court;

•diversion and programs for delinquency intervention;

•juvenile gangs and gang prevention;

•school safety and violence;

•delinquency prevention programs;

•juvenile death penalty;

•juvenile substance abuse and treatment;

•juvenile justice law, policy, and legislation;

•exemplary programs in juvenile justice and school safety, including program

evaluations; and

•any aspect of youth violence control or programmatic intervention.

Manuscripts should not exceed 35 pages (including text, tables, notes, references, and

other material). The 35-page limit is not a rigid restriction and will be waived in appropriate

circumstances. We discourage excessively long manuscripts, however, and we reserve the

right to deny publication of submissions because of length. The manuscript should also

include a brief abstract of about 100 words. Submissions should be typewritten, double-

spaced, with notes, references, tables, and figures (the latter two to be held to a minimum)

on separate pages, and should follow the format specified in the Publication Manual of the

American Psychological Association (5th edition). The position of tables and figures

should be clearly indicated within the text. All pages should be numbered. Titles and section

headings should be clear, with a maximum of three orders of heading.

Essential notes should be indicated by superscript numbers in the text and presented

at the end of the text before the references. Notes and references should be in double

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