Submissions

Author Guidelines

General notes for publication: objectives, themes and structure.

Crítica Penal y Poder (hereinafter CPyP) is an online journal comprised of work related to the subject that gives its name to its title: the study of the "criminal matter" (la questione criminale), i.e. the study of the criminal phenomenon, the processes of criminalization and punishment and its forms, institutions, discourses and practices, from a critical perspective. Likewise, the dimension of power in the broader context of political, economic and / or cultural domination gives more structured explanations for those phenomena. In this regard, the journal seeks to promote the publication of articles to reflect on these issues, always trying to bring about a multidisciplinary perspective: CPyP publishes articles from the social sciences, law, criminology, sociology, anthropology and history.

At the present time, CPyP also offers research reports and documents produced by the Observatory of the Penal System and Human Rights at the University of Barcelona, a research centre from which emanates this journal.

Finally, CPyP publishes reviews of recent national or foreign publications linked to the objects of study.

CPyP will accept national and international contributions in various languages (e.g. Spanish, Catalan, English, Portuguese, Italian or French).

CPyP has preference for unpublished articles.

Articles must go through an external review process (vid peer review process). Articles will be reviewed by two anonymous referees. This review will be blind, to ensure the neutrality of evaluation.

Ensuring a blind review

It is the author's responsibility to ensure that the paper as submitted permits a blind peer review. Therefore, please remove your name from the front page and the body of the paper in case of self-citations or bibliographical references to previous works, and replace it with "Author" ("Author A", "Author B" and so on in the case of multiple authors).

Submission and processing charges: CP&P does not have either article submission charges or article processing charges (APCs)

Copyright: The author retains the copyright and authorizes the journal the right of first publication of the work

The CPyP publications are licensed under Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 GB).

Specific indications for publication

Format: 

- 1.15 line spacing

- normal and justified margins

- Times New Roman, size 12

Footnotes: will be used for clarification and / or comments that the author wishes to extend to the main text. Footnotes should be in the same font (Times New Roman), size 10.

Extension: the first version of the texts submitted may not exceed 12000 words, including footnotes and bibliography.

No review of a book should exceed 5 pages in length and should use the same formal criteria as described above.

Graphs and tables should indicate the source and / or authorship.

Referencing System

Authors who wish to publish in CPyP should follow the so-called Harvard System of Referencing. A guide to this system, made by the Anglia Ruskin University can be consulted in this Pdf. For the most used cases, authors can follow these examples:

References in the main text:

Author will use the “author-date” system:

E.g. (Weber 1930, p. 23) two authors (Feeley & Simon, 1995, p. 40). More than two authors (Ferrel, et al., 2004, p. 7)

Full bibliography: should be presented alphabetically order by surname. Depending on the genre of text, it will be as follows:

Books:

One author:

E.g: Agamben, G., 1998. Homo Sacer. El poder soberano y la nuda vida. Valencia: Pretextos.

More than one autor:

E.g.: Ferrel, J., Hayward, K., Morrison, W. & Presdee, M., eds., 2004. Cultural Criminology Unleashed. Londres: Glasshouse Press.

Corporate author

E.g.: OSPDH, 2008. Privación de libertad y Derechos Humanos. La tortura y otras formas de violencia institucional. Barcelona: Icaria.

Book chapter or in compilations:

E.g.: Morrison, W., 2004. Lombroso and the Birth of Criminological Positivism: Scientific Mastery or Cultural Artifice?. In: Cultural Criminology Unleashed. London: Glasshouse Press, pp. xx-xx.

Articles in Journals

E.g.: Feeley, M. & Simon, J., 1995. La nueva penología. Notas acerca de las estrategias emergentes en el sistema penal y sus implicaciones. Delito y Sociedad. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, núm. 6/7, pp. 33-57.

Internet references: In the case of articles available on the web, the author (author, year, title) and the link where you can refer to should be indicated. Similarly, specifying the date on which it was accessed. The latter should also be noted for other web references:

See: www.criticapenalypoder.com (access: February, 13th, 2011)

Summary and Abstract:

All articles should contain a summary in the language of the article and one in English under the title "Abstract". The summary will have the same formal specifications (Times New Roman font size 12, single spaced) and must be written in italics. It must not exceed 250 words.

Key Words:

All articles, after the Abstract must contain a number of keywords (5) that refer to the theme of the text. These keywords should appear in the original language of the article, and also in English preceded by the name Key Words in italics.

Comments:

The journal will not take responsibility for the references and opinions of the author.