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Special Issues
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Comparative Perspectives on Law Enforcement Decision-Making Processes and Their Complexities
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Contemporary Organised Crime: Challenges and Issues
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Achieving Crime Prevention and Community Safety Through Evidence-Based and Theoretically-Driven Early Interventional, Diversionary, as Well as Community Building and Engagement Programs
Deadline: 30 May 2026
Restorative/Transformative Justice Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Criminal Justice Responses to Juvenile Delinquency
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Impact of Rape and Sexual Violence on the Relationships of Survivors
Deadline: 28 February 2026
Break the Chains: Global Efforts in Eradication and Prevention of Human Trafficking
Deadline: 28 February 2026
Carceral Death: Failures, Crises, and Punishments
Deadline: 16 January 2026
Research on Prisons and Ageing
Deadline: 31 December 2025
The Role of Support in Mitigating the Impact of Family Imprisonment on Children and Families
Deadline: 15 December 2025
Assessment and Intervention with Victims and Offenders
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Cybercrime and Digital Victimization
Deadline: 30 November 2025
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