Journal Guide

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology aims to complete a thorough review and assessment of papers, returning a first decision to authors, within 12 weeks of submission. Click here for more information about submitting an article.

The Journal of Community Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, evaluation, assessment and intervention, and review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings. Articles of interest include descriptions and evaluations of service programs and projects, studies of youth, parenting, and family development, methodology and design for work in the community, the interaction of groups in the larger community, and criminals and corrections.

Psychology and related disciplines throughout the human sciences and humanities have been revolutionized by a postmodern emphasis on the role of language, human systems, and personal knowledge in the construction of social realities. The Journal of Constructivist Psychology is the first publication to provide a professional forum for this emerging focus, embracing such diverse expressions of constructivism as personal construct theory, constructivist marriage and family therapy, structural-developmental and language-based approaches to psychology, and narrative psychology. Each issue features departments highlighting theoretical, empirical, and methodological developments in constructivist and social constructionist scholarship, as well as contributions to professional practice. Peer Review Policy: All articles have undergone anonymous double-blind review by at least two referees. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Journal of Consumer Culture (JOC), edited by Doug Holt, is a fully peer reviewed journal which promotes multidisciplinary research focused on consumption and consumer culture. Publishing three times a year, and indexed in ISI - Impact Factor pending, it adopts a global perspective critically drawing on both theory and empirical research within history, anthropology, media studies, sociology, marketing, geography, and beyond.

The Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy promotes a better understanding of what contributes to healthy adult relationships and how therapy facilitates the process. Experts address key treatment issues for all types of adult relationships. Articles explore couple therapy from the perspectives of theory, research, and practice, as well as issues related to the supervision and personal growth of clinicians. Special thematic issues address a single topic for the entire issue, allowing a more significant focus on that particular topic. A recent thematic issue studied clinical concerns with interracial couples. The Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy discusses important issues from a multiplicity of therapeutic styles including: marital therapycouple therapysame-sex couple therapypremarital therapyre-marital therapydivorce therapysex therapymarriage therapycouple therapy as adjunct to the treatment of major mental illness, substance abuse, and spouse and family abuse Peer Review Policy: Each paper is first briefly reviewed by the editor for adherence to our standards of science and APA style. If the paper fits our content and purposes as a journal, it is sent out for review by a minimum of 2 reviewers, usually members of our editorial board, consisting of some of the country's most prestigious scholars and therapists. Upon completion of reviews, the editor makes a decision.Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest.Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.Related Publications:Forensic Science International www.elsevier.com/locate/forsciintLegal Medicine www.elsevier.com/locate/legalmedJournal of Clinical Forensic Medicine www.elsevier.com/locate/jcfmForensic Science/Medicine and Legal Medicine Package www.elsevier.com/locate/forensicsFor book publications in security and criminal justice, please visit www.books.elsevier.com/security