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Law and Human Behavior
Articles and discussions of issues arising out of the relationships between human behavior and the law, our legal system, and the legal process.
Crime & Delinquency
Articles in the criminal justice field falling into the areas of social, political and economic context, the victim and the offender, the criminal justice response, the setting of sanctions and the implementation of sanctions.
Crime, Law & Social Change
Critical essays and reviews on issues important for understanding interplay between crime, development and legal change, between class structures and crime, policing and punishment and comparative crime control.
Criminology
Interdisciplinary articles dealing with crime, deviant behavior and related phenomena as found in social and behavioral sciences and the fields of law, criminal justice and history with major emphasis on controversies concerning crime, law and justice.
Criminal Justice & Behavior
Articles providing a means of communication among mental health professionals, behavioral scientists, researchers and practitioners in the area of criminal justice.