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45 Crim. Just. & Behavior 5 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/crmjusbhv45 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITOR'S NOTE ROBERT D. MORGAN Texas Tech University lam honored to be appointed as the new Editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal (CJB) effective January 1, 2018. CJB has a distinguished history, and as a longtime consumer, author, and reviewer for the journal, I am excited and truly humbled to serve the journal in this capacity. In my role as Editor, I am implementing one operational change. I will be appointing three Associate Editors to assist me with the processing of manuscripts. Each Associate Editor will be responsible for recruiting submissions, identifying reviewers in their content areas, assigning manuscripts to reviewers, and making recommendations for manuscript decisions. All publication decisions, however, will rest with me, as Editor. I am instituting this increase in Associate Editors to reduce the time from submission to editorial decision, an important consideration for authors considering where to submit their manuscripts. Over time, it is my goal to reduce the editorial decision time to 1.5 months-from submission to editorial decision. Regarding content, I will continue the current journal focus of scholarly evaluations of assessment, classification, prevention, intervention, and treatment programs to help the cor- rectional professional develop successful programs based on sound and informative theo- retical and research foundations; however, I will broaden the focus to be more consistent with the mission of the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IACFP) to include increased emphasis on criminal forensic populations. It is my view that the criminal justice system is directly involved in apprehending, prosecuting, defending, sentencing, punishing, and treating/rehabilitating those who are suspected or convicted of criminal offenses; thus, CJB should provide scientific coverage of this entire domain. I will be introducing one new feature-At the Forefront. At the Forefront will provide readers with a concise, focused, expert review of emerging areas in criminal justice psychology. Specifically, At the Forefront will provide readers a state-of-the-art integration and synthesis of previously published work with clear implications for theory and practice and recommendations for future research. This feature is aimed at increasing the quality and impact of CJB for a broad audience. I will maintain an emphasis on special issues or special sections on controversial content areas of criminal justice research (e.g., use of segregation in corrections, policing, and use of force) or underdeveloped research areas (e.g., risk assessment with female offenders, violence risk communication). It is anticipated that these special issues will increase the quality and impact of CJB for a broad audience. As noted on the SAGE Publishing website, AUTHOR'S NOTE: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Robert D. Morgan, Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, PO Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409; e-mail: robert.morgan@ttu.edu. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEIAVIOR, 2018, Vol. 45, No. 1, January 2018, 5-7. DOI: 10.1177/0093854817747274 © 2017 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology

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