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24 Eur. J. on Crim. Pol'y & Rsch. 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/eurjcpr24 and id is 1 raw text is: Eur J Crim Policy Res (2018) 24:1-2                                         CrossMark
DOI 10.1007/s10610-016-9334-x
Editors Note
Ernesto U. Savona'
Published online: 4 January 2017
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017
Journal Aims
The 12 years I spent so far as editor-in-chief of the Journal increased its impact (including its
impact factor), enlarged the geographical diversity of its authors  not only Europeans-,
developed traditional criminological topics, and introduced new ones, with particular attention
to those areas where criminology intersects with political science, psychology and economics.
In the coming years, we want to emphasize these new directions even more: developing the
Journal as an open, interdisciplinary platform, where contributors belong to different disci-
plines and traditions, and where crime issues are related to their socio-psychological and
economic context.
Our aim is to continue to strengthen the link between research and policies in the area of
crime and justice. This is the vision of the Journal represented by its title, which we want to
connect more with advanced methodologies and techniques that could take advantage of the
large amount of data available on crime and crime policies.
Structural Changes
Some innovations in the format and organization of the Journal are needed. The first one is
having more general issues than special ones, thereby reducing the time lag between submis-
sion of the articles, and their publication in an issue. In order to open to a wider group of
contributors, we must have a more effective and efficient process for reviewing the articles
submitted. The second innovation is that the Editor-in-Chief, with the assistance of the
editorial office and in consultation with the members of the Board, will give an initial go/
no-go answer to the author who has submitted the manuscript. We will aim to give this initial
decision within ten days from the initial article submission. When positive, that does not mean
commitment to publication: it means that the article will then go through the referee procedure.
W Ernesto U. Savona
ernesto. savona@unicatt.it
Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime, University Cattolica del S. Cuore and
TRANSCRIME, Milan, Italy

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