Criminal Justice and Behavior
Henry Jackson1980, Criminal Justice and Behavior
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This editorial retrospective reflects on the history and evolution of the journal Criminal Justice and Behavior over its seven-year journey. It highlights the challenges and achievements faced during its tenure, including the significant contributions of past editors and the dedicated publishing team at Sage. As the author prepares to pass the editorial baton to a new editor, the piece emphasizes the importance of collaboration and the quest for understanding in the fields of behavioral sciences and justice.
Key takeaways
- Sell asserted: &dquo;Correctional psychology is a branch of applied psychology which has only recently attained recognition as an operationally, and thus professionally, distinct area of endeavor&dquo; ( 1956: 6).
- In 1970, Arthur Kandel became editor, Asher R. Pacht became book review editor, and the Correctional Psychologist became the journal of the American Association of Correctional Psychologists.
- The search for a publisher was a relatively short, and the decision to abandon the Correctional Psychologist in favor of an altogether new journal was an easy one.
- Criminal Justice and Behavior was to be the official publication of the American Association of Correctional Psycologists and part of the growing family of scholarly journals published by Sage.
- Indeed, after seven years of calling ourselves &dquo;An International Journal of Correctional Psychology&dquo; and the &dquo;Official publication of the American Association of Correctional Psychologists,&dquo; it is time to make that breadth of scope more formal and call ourselves simply Criminal Justice and Behavior.
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