“ACCEPTABLE” ACADEMIC (REFEREED) JOURNALS

FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE / CRIMINOLOGY

Adolescence

American Criminal Law Review

American Journal of Criminal Justice

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

American Journal of Policing

American Journal of Psychiatry

American Journal of Sociology

American Sociological Review

British Journal of Criminology

Child Abuse and Neglect

Child Development

Contemporary Justice Review

Corrections Compendium

Crime and Delinquency

Crime and Social Justice

Criminal Justice Ethics

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Criminal Justice Review

Criminology

Criminology and Public Policy

Critical Criminology

Federal Probation

Homicide

Human Relations

Humanity and Society

International Journal of Comparative and

Applied Criminal Justice

International Journal of Offender Therapy and

Comparative Criminology

Journal for Juvenile Justice and Detention

Services

Journal of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Journal of Community Psychology

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Journal of Criminal Justice

Journal of Criminal Justice Education

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Journal of Drug Issues

Journal of Marriage and Family

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services, and

Rehabilitation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Journal of Police Science and Administration

Journal of Police Studies

Journal of Probation and Parole

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Journal of School Violence

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic

Studies

Journal of Social Issues

Judicature

Justice Quarterly

Juvenile and Family Court Journal

Law and Society Review

Police Practice and Research

Police Quarterly

Policing

Prison Journal

Psychological Review

Public Administration Review

Social Forces

Social Problems

Sociological Inquiry

Sociological Quarterly

Sociology and Social Research

Theoretical Criminology

Women and Criminal Justice

Youth and Society

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Most law schools have law reviews that are refereed

Police Chief, Corrections Today, Narc, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, etc., and any daily newspaper (in any format), Newsweek, Time, US News and World Report, Soldier of Fortune, Mother Jones, etc while interesting and informative, are NOT refereed academic journals.

* This is not an exhaustive list, but it is representative