About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

LOG IN
LOG IN


24 Eur. J. on Crim. Pol'y & Rsch. 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/eurjcpr24 and id is 1 raw text is: Eur J Crim Policy Res (2018) 24:1-2 CrossMark DOI 10.1007/s10610-016-9334-x Editors Note Ernesto U. Savona' Published online: 4 January 2017 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017 Journal Aims The 12 years I spent so far as editor-in-chief of the Journal increased its impact (including its impact factor), enlarged the geographical diversity of its authors not only Europeans-, developed traditional criminological topics, and introduced new ones, with particular attention to those areas where criminology intersects with political science, psychology and economics. In the coming years, we want to emphasize these new directions even more: developing the Journal as an open, interdisciplinary platform, where contributors belong to different disci- plines and traditions, and where crime issues are related to their socio-psychological and economic context. Our aim is to continue to strengthen the link between research and policies in the area of crime and justice. This is the vision of the Journal represented by its title, which we want to connect more with advanced methodologies and techniques that could take advantage of the large amount of data available on crime and crime policies. Structural Changes Some innovations in the format and organization of the Journal are needed. The first one is having more general issues than special ones, thereby reducing the time lag between submis- sion of the articles, and their publication in an issue. In order to open to a wider group of contributors, we must have a more effective and efficient process for reviewing the articles submitted. The second innovation is that the Editor-in-Chief, with the assistance of the editorial office and in consultation with the members of the Board, will give an initial go/ no-go answer to the author who has submitted the manuscript. We will aim to give this initial decision within ten days from the initial article submission. When positive, that does not mean commitment to publication: it means that the article will then go through the referee procedure. W Ernesto U. Savona ernesto. savona@unicatt.it Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime, University Cattolica del S. Cuore and TRANSCRIME, Milan, Italy e Springer