European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Overview

The European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research is a scholarly platform dedicated to understanding crime in diverse geographical and socio-economic contexts.

Covers criminal policy in today's enlarged Europe, and beyond.
Explores the balance between security and individual rights.
Monitors legislative and institutional changes.
Promotes comprehension of crime prevention policies and practices.
Devotes attention to alternative crime-handling policies and practices.

Editor-In-Chief

Ernesto U. Savona

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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor: 1.8 (2024)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.2 (2024)

Submission to first decision (median): 9 days

Downloads: 424.8k (2025)

Call for papers

Collection

Criminology & Virtual Reality in Europe: Research, Current Needs, and Future Paths

Rationale and Scope Over the past decade, Virtual Reality (VR) technology has increasingly drawn the attention of criminologists and criminal...

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Latest issue

December 2025 Volume 31, Issue 4

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Latest articles

Preparing and Protecting Users Against Fraud: An Evaluation of Anti-Fraud Messaging and Trust Mechanisms Within Consumer-to-Consumer Online Marketplaces in the Context of the UK’s Online Fraud Charter 2023
Lisa Burton
R. V. Gundur
OriginalPaper 20 February 2026
Crime Prevention in Residential Areas A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Environmental Design Approaches
Jens Widmark
OriginalPaper Open access 12 February 2026
Those You Spend Your time with… How Peers, Leisure time, and Parental Supervision Influence Young People’s Engagement in Delinquent Behavior. Findings from the Republic of Moldova
Lazar Andrei Theofild
Elena Loreni Baciu
Mihai Bogdan Iovu
OriginalPaper Open access 28 January 2026
Corporate Control Through External Whistleblowing: Initial Findings from Germany
Ralf Kölbel
Original Research Open access 15 January 2026
Contributing to the (Re)Construction of a European Identity in Criminological Research: The Role of the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Ernesto U. Savona
EditorialNotes 03 January 2026 Pages: 581 - 583

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This journal has 189 open access articles

Journal updates

Professor Ernesto Ugo Savona Receives 2025 ESC European Criminology Award

We are proud to share that Professor Ernesto Ugo Savona, Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, has been awarded the 2025 ESC European Criminology Award by the European Society of Criminology. The award was presented at the Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Athens, recognizing Professor Savona’s exceptional contributions to the field over more than five decades.
Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2024 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN: 1572-9869
Print ISSN: 0928-1371
Abstracted and indexed in: ANVUR

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