THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUNISHMENT AND SENTENCING

The International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholarship on contentious and emerging issues and developments in punishment and sentencing in all jurisdictions. The journal commenced in 2004, and is now accepting submissions for (2009) vol 5 no 3.

A wide ranging journal published quarterly, The International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing will publish articles dealing with:

  • Theories of Punishment. Are societies justified in punishing wrongdoers? If so, why?
  • Crime control, and in particular the type of punitive measures that are most effective in reducing crime;
  • The rationales for sentencing. What are the aims of a properly focused sentencing regime?
  • The efficacy of punishment to achieve traditional sentencing objectives, such as deterrence, rehabilitation and incapacitation;
  • The merits of fixed penalties as compared to discretionary sentencing;
  • New forms of punishment and crime control;
  • Achieving proportionality between the crime and punishment;
  • Race and crime;
  • The relevance of aggravating and mitigating considerations;
  • Model sentencing systems;
  • Public opinion and sentencing.

Despite the universal nature of punishment and sentencing, there is little convergence across cultures on the type of behaviour which is criminalised and the appropriate response to crime. The journal encourages submissions which both describe and evaluate the law in all relevant jurisdictions, thereby providing a sounder understanding of punishment and sentencing practices throughout the world.

SUBMISSIONS

International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing is a peer-reviewed law journal. All articles are reviewed within one month of receipt.

The editor is Professor Mirko Bagaric.

Submissions should be sent to bagaric@deakin.edu.au

STYLE GUIDE

No particular style guide is prescribed. Authors must use a consistent referencing style throughout their paper, such as Harvard Blue Book referencing style or the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.

TO ORDER

Price $AUS 300 per year (plus 10% tax for Australian subscribers).

Three editions per year.

To subscribe send an email to john@vraclaw.com or go the contacts page and send an order to the address set out on that page.

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