Open Access Policy

Open Access Policy

The Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is committed to the principles of open access, transparency, and broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge. The journal operates as an open-access, peer-reviewed publication and provides immediate public access to its published research.

Open access means that all published articles are made freely available online without subscription charges or access fees imposed on readers or their institutions. Readers may access, read, download, search, and share published articles for lawful purposes in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Subject to the terms of the applicable licence, users may:

  • Read and access the full text of published articles without charge;
  • Download and store copies for personal, educational, and research purposes;
  • Share and redistribute articles through lawful academic and non-commercial channels;
  • Link to the published version of an article;
  • Use published material for legitimate scholarly, educational, and research purposes with appropriate attribution; and
  • Make other permitted uses in accordance with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons licence.

The Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice does not impose an embargo period on access to its published articles. Full-text versions of published articles are made available immediately upon publication through the journal's official website and online archive.

The journal supports the wider dissemination of scholarly research and encourages authors to share their published work through appropriate institutional repositories, subject-specific repositories, and academic platforms in accordance with the journal's Repository and Self-Archiving Policy.

The journal's open-access policy is intended to promote equitable access to criminology and criminal justice scholarship, facilitate national and international knowledge exchange, increase the discoverability of published research, and support the advancement of research and education in criminology, criminal law, criminal justice, and related disciplines.

All users are expected to respect the copyright and licensing conditions applicable to published articles and to provide appropriate attribution to the author(s) and the Jurisocial Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice when reusing or sharing published material.