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14 Aust. & N.Z. J. Criminology 1 (1981)

handle is hein.journals/anzjc14 and id is 1 raw text is: AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March 1981) 14 (1-2) EDITORIAL The New Look As regular readers of the Journal will be aware, the Editorial team changed during 1980. Despite this change the policy on the nature of Editorials remained much the same until the end of Volume 13. Beginning with this first number of Volume 14, however, and following from Executive discussion about the role of the Editorial, I propose to change the content and approach of these pages. To begin with, I propose to write in the first person singular so that it is clear that what is said is the opinion of the Editor (often after consultation with his colleagues). Secondly I intend to deal increasingly with matters of concern to the scholarly community of criminologists rather than broad issues of public concern. There are several reasons for this, but three stand out. First, the lead time (about 32 months) between writing and appearance reduces the possibility that one can write of matters of current interest. December's hot issue is March's forgotten story. Second, I am far from certain that a scholarly journal needs to add its voice to the myriad others who are pushing their bandwagons, ranging from prison reform through the need to alter specific laws or procedures to those desiring the reintroduction of capital punishment. Last, but not least, I think there should be a place for the Editor to speak directly to his scholarly audience on matters of scholarly concern. It is my intention to communicate through these pages ideas and information that will help raise the quality of the Journal. I propose to start the ball rolling this time with a report on progress to date and of intentions for the future. In general, the backlog of papers outstanding from the transition has been cleared away, and my thanks to Allen Bartholomew for his help in this. Allen, incidentally, continues to act as an adviser on certain areas and has recently acted as a reviewer for me on an article which will be appearing later in the year. With papers arriving under the new regime I have called for reviews on almost all - a few being clearly inappropriate and being directly rejected from this office. I should note here in passing that I have erred on the side of generosity in initial acceptance. The criminological community is small in Australasia, and I don't propose to cause undue ripples by hasty rejections - if in doubt I get reviewers' opinions too. So far the review system is working very well and my appreciation to reviewers should be noted. I must say, however, that I am disappointed by the poor standard of the papers. This comment refers to content to some degree, but very much to presentation. I would urge potential contributors to read closely the Instructions to Authors inside the backcover. This will be revised in the near future (see further below) but in the meantime strict adherence to the existing guidelines would be appreciated. I want at least two copies of each paper and three would be preferable. I expect good quality typing, careful proofing and so forth - but currently this is not the norm. Fortunately, the number of articles submitted is rising and I shall soon be in the fortunate position of being able to send back manuscripts to have them brought up to standard before having them reviewed.

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