Ethical Guidelines

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is committed to maintaining high standards of research integrity, publication ethics, and scholarly responsibility. The journal's publication-ethics framework is informed by recognized international standards and best practices, including relevant guidance issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Authors are expected to conduct and report their research honestly, responsibly, and transparently. By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that they have complied with applicable ethical and scholarly standards and accept responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of their contribution.

Author Responsibilities

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice are expected to comply with the following principles:

• Originality and Integrity: Manuscripts must contain original scholarly work and must not knowingly include fabricated, falsified, or misleading data, information, findings, or arguments.
• Accuracy of Research: Authors are responsible for ensuring that the facts, evidence, data, analysis, citations, and conclusions presented in their manuscripts are accurate and appropriately supported.
• Proper Attribution and Citation: All ideas, arguments, information, data, quotations, materials, and other contributions derived from the work of others must be appropriately acknowledged and cited. Sources must be accurately identified in the text and reference list.
• Original Submission: A manuscript submitted to the journal must not have been previously published in substantially the same form and must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal or publication outlet while it is under consideration by the Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
• Plagiarism: The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, including substantial unattributed copying, inappropriate paraphrasing, self-plagiarism, or presentation of another person's work, ideas, words, data, or findings as one's own. Manuscripts may be screened for plagiarism or other forms of inappropriate textual overlap.
• Copyright and Third-Party Material: Authors must ensure that their manuscripts do not infringe the copyright, intellectual property, privacy, confidentiality, or other legal rights of third parties. Where permission is required for the reproduction of copyrighted material, authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permission.
• Data and Evidence: Where applicable, research data, documentary sources, empirical evidence, datasets, survey materials, and other supporting materials must be authentic, reliable, and reported accurately. Authors should not manipulate, fabricate, falsify, or selectively misrepresent evidence in a manner that could compromise the integrity of the research.
• Author Accountability: Authors are collectively and individually responsible for the content of their submitted manuscript, including the accuracy of factual information, names of persons, organizations, institutions, companies, geographical locations, references, statistical information, research findings, and other relevant details.
• Ethical Compliance: Where research involves human participants, confidential information, sensitive data, surveys, interviews, experiments, or other activities requiring ethical oversight, authors are expected to comply with applicable ethical requirements and disclose relevant approvals or considerations where appropriate.
• Disclosure of Relevant Interests: Authors must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, personal, or other competing interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research or its publication. Further requirements are set out in the journal's Conflict of Interest and Competing Interests Policy.

Research Misconduct

The Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice takes allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously. Such misconduct may include plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, manipulation or misrepresentation of evidence, inappropriate authorship practices, undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical research practices, duplicate or redundant publication, manipulation of the peer-review process, citation manipulation, and other forms of academic or publication malpractice.

Where credible concerns or allegations arise, the journal may conduct an appropriate preliminary assessment and, where necessary, seek clarification or evidence from the authors, reviewers, editors, affiliated institutions, research organizations, funding bodies, or other relevant parties.

Depending on the nature and seriousness of the matter, the journal may:

• Request clarification or additional documentation from the authors;
• Reject a manuscript that is under consideration;
• Correct the published record;
• Publish an editorial notice or Expression of Concern;
• Retract a published article;
• Refer the matter to the relevant institution or competent authority; or
• Take other appropriate measures necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.

Editorial and Peer-Review Integrity

Editors and reviewers are expected to conduct their responsibilities objectively, confidentially, and professionally. They must disclose relevant conflicts of interest and should not participate in the assessment of manuscripts where their impartiality could reasonably be questioned.

Peer reviewers must treat manuscripts and associated information as confidential and must not use unpublished material for personal, professional, or academic advantage.

The journal does not tolerate manipulation of the peer-review process, including the use of fabricated reviewer identities, inappropriate attempts to influence reviewers or editors, or other practices intended to undermine the independence of scholarly evaluation.

Corrections and Retractions

The Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is committed to correcting the scholarly record where errors or misconduct are identified.

Minor or honest errors that do not materially affect the conclusions of an article may be addressed through an appropriate correction or editorial notice. Where substantial problems affect the reliability or integrity of a published article, the journal may issue an Expression of Concern or retract the article, depending on the circumstances.

Retractions will normally remain linked to the original publication so that the integrity and transparency of the scholarly record are maintained.

Ethical Treatment of Research Participants

Research involving human participants, victims, offenders, prisoners, vulnerable persons, or other sensitive populations must be conducted in accordance with applicable ethical and legal requirements.

Authors should take appropriate measures to protect participants' privacy, dignity, safety, confidentiality, and informed consent. Where ethical approval is required, authors should provide appropriate information regarding the approving institution or ethics committee and approval reference, where applicable.

Particular care should be taken in criminological and criminal justice research because research may involve sensitive personal information, criminal records, victims of crime, accused or convicted persons, minors, vulnerable populations, or information that could create risks to individuals or communities.

Artificial Intelligence and Research Integrity

Authors may use artificial intelligence and related tools where such use is consistent with the journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy and does not compromise research integrity, originality, confidentiality, or authorship standards.

AI tools must not be represented as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, legality, ethical compliance, and integrity of all content submitted to the journal, including content produced or assisted by AI tools.

The use of AI must not result in fabricated references, invented evidence, plagiarism, misleading statements, or inaccurate representation of research findings.

Commitment to Publication Ethics

The Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is committed to maintaining a trustworthy, transparent, and ethically responsible scholarly publishing environment. The journal expects authors, editors, reviewers, and other participants in the publication process to act with honesty, fairness, accountability, and respect for academic and professional standards.

The journal may review and update this statement periodically to reflect developments in publication ethics, research integrity, criminology and criminal justice research, emerging technologies, and internationally recognized scholarly publishing standards.