Introduction

The Pakistan Journal of Criminology is an official publication of the Pakistan Society of Criminology. It aims to advance the study of criminology and criminal justice; to promote empirically-based public policy in crime management; and to encourage comparative studies of crime and criminal justice around the world in general and Pakistan in particular. It further aims to develop and establish an indigenous criminological scholarship on issues pertaining nationally and internationally. It publishes high quality original research and articles using varied approaches, including discussion of theory, analysis of quantitative data, comparative studies, systematic evaluation of interventions, and study of institutions and political process. It will also be acknowledged as a leading academic journal specializing in the study of policing institutions and their practices, in addition to its use of evidence generated by sound social science methods to evaluate criminological ideas and policy. The journal will bring into light the gap between practic and theory through strengthening the role of indigenous research in the development of relationship between criminal justice policy and practice. Such evidence-sed research will focus on any aspect of crime and the justice system and can feature local, provincial, national or international concerns. Both quantitative and qualitative studies are encouraged. The journal encourages the submission of articles, research notes, commentaries and comprehensive essays that focus on crime and broadly defined justice-related topics around the world broadly. The journal is an interdisciplinary and an innovative idea. The journal is issued quarterly.

Aims and Scope

The Pakistan Society of Criminology (PSC) was established in the year 2008 by a few academics and law-enforcement officers. At the moment, the PSC has a total of one hundred and sixty (160) registered members. The purpose of the PSC is to promote the professional interests of the field of study of criminology in Pakistan and around the world. To this end, the PSC has established a criminological library at its head office in Peshawar. It is providing assistance to the researchers of the universities and to various Pakistani and global justice agencies. A website has also been created (www.pjcriminology.com). The website provides complete information about the organization, and has numerous downloadable links to national laws and research articles. One of the notable achievements of the PSC has been the launching of the ‘Pakistan Journal of Criminology’. This is a quarterly journal producing indigenous, regional and global research that focuses on criminological issues impacting the world as well as Pakistan in particular and the Central Asia in general. So far, 33 issues of PJC have been published. The first three issues were launched in the year 2009. PJC was recognized by HEC in Y Category in the year 2012. The next issue of PJC, to be published in 2021. The PSC is seeking to establish strong professional linkages with individual criminologists and with criminological societies around the world.

Contact Information

pscatcriminology@gmail.com

Additional Information

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