Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology

ISSN 0034-690X

The first issue of the journal was published in 1950 under the title of Criminal Investigation Service. In 1959, the journal was renamed into the Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology. It has been the leading Slovenian professional scientific journal covering the areas of criminology and criminal investigation and related scientific disciplines (criminal law, victimology, penology, etc.).

About the Journal

Publisher: Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, Police

Editors-in-Chief:

• David Antolovič, Director of the Criminal Police Directorate, General Police Directorate, Slovenia
• Gorazd Meško, Ph.D., Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Managing Editor:

• Evgen Česnik, M.A., Criminal Police Directorate, General Police Directorate, Slovenia

Members of the Editorial Board:

• Marcelo Aebi, Ph.D., University of Lausanne, Switzerland,
• Igor Areh, Ph.D., Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
• Aleš Bučar Ručman, Ph.D., Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
• Katja Eman, Ph.D., Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
• Vanja Ida Erčulj, Ph.D., Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
• Charles B. Fields, Ph.D., Eastern Kentucky University, USA,
• Katja Filipčič, Ph.D., Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia,
• Helmut Hirtenlehner, Ph.D., Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria,
• Matjaž Jager, Ph.D., Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, Slovenia,
• Zoran Kanduč, Ph.D., Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, Slovenia,
• Darko Maver, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
• Boris Ostruh, The Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia,
• Mojca M. Plesničar, Ph.D., Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, Slovenia,
• Michael D. Reisig, Ph.D., Arizona State University, USA,
• Gregor Urbas, Ph.D., Australian National University, Australia,
• Aleš Završnik, Ph.D., Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abstracts and Articles are Included in the Following Databases:

• SSCI Social Science Citation Index, Clarivate Analytics, Boston, Massachussetts, USA,
• Scopus, Elseview, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA,
• CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Bethesda, Maryland, USA,
• Criminal Justice Abstracts, Thousand Oaks, California, USA,
• NCJRS Abstracts Database, Rockville, Maryland, USA,
• CSA Sociological Abstracts, San Diego, California, USA.

Technical Editors of the Journal

Head:

• Rok Hacin, Ph.D., Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Members:

• Barbara Erjavec, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
• Aleksander Koporec Oberčkal, Ph.D., Police Academy, General Police Directorate, Slovenia.

Technical Designer:

Branka Derenčin, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

Address and Contact:

Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve Republike Slovenije, Policija
Štefanova ulica 2, 1501 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Telephone: +386 1 428 40 00
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The Journal is published quarterly. It is available on the web site of the Police https://www.policija.si/eng/newsroom/publications/journal-of-criminal-investigation-and-criminology.

The Journal is peer-reviewed. The Journal adheres to COPE ethical standards of best practice of journal policy (http://publicationethics.org/files/u2/Best_Practice.pdf).

The current Web of Science impact factor is 0.490, and the five-year impact factor is 0.407.