CRIME RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA
Editorial Information
Please direct all your inquiries and submissions to the Editor.
Editor
Prof. CW Marais (HOD, Department of Criminology, University of South Africa)
Review Editors
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Prof. J.J. Neser |
Prof. S.J. Joubert |
Prof. A.E. Van der Hoven |
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Prof. C.H. Cilliers |
Dr. D.N. Swart |
Dr. A. Maree |
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Dr. M. Ovens |
Adv. M.J. Victor-Zietsman |
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Mrs. E. Van der Merwe |
Mr. L.R. Morodi |
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Mr. J.W. Jansen Van Vuuren |
Prof. Herman Conradie |
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IT Officer and Web master
Prof. Herman Conradie (Department of Criminology, University of South Africa)
International Advisors
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Australia |
Vacant |
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Canada |
Me. Diane Aubin (Consultant Psychologist, Dans La Rue) |
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Kenya |
Mr. Frederick M Okatcha (CODESRIA) |
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Senegal |
Mr. Achille Mbembe (CODESRIA) |
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South Africa |
Prof. C.J. Moolman (Dep. of Criminology, University of the North |
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South America |
Ms. Maria A Sepulveda de Leighton (Director Unimet-Cendif) |
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United States of America |
Prof. Donald J. Shoemaker (Dep. os Sociology, Politechnicon and State University, CA) |
Functions of Editorial
Staff
Editor
The Editor takes final responsibility for CRISA. The Editor scans all articles which is submitted for publication and determine whether or not they can be considered for publication. Those which are in the parameters of the periodical, he will forward to the Review Editors.
Review Editors
The Review Editors' main function is to review the articles submitted to them by the Editor. They review the articles with reference to the following main criteria: academic content; research methodology; degree of difficulty; technical aspects; language; layout and presentation of the content. If these aspects are to their satisfaction, they recommend publication. If not, they make comments as to how these aspects should be approved to render the submission publishable.
International Advisors
The International Advisors are persons of high regard in the field of academic crime research. Their main function is to advise the Editor re. the academic standard of the journal.
Publishing Policy
Crime Research in South Africa is a journal which promotes rapid communication amongst academics doing research regarding crime in South Africa. It publishes high quality applied articles focussing on the theoretical, empirical and methodological issues related to crime - and engage it with the current political, cultural and intellectual topics on the continent of Africa and the world.
CRISA is an on-line publication only to facilitate the rapid scholarly debate which is made possible by the Internet.
CRISA publishes high quality academic articles refereed by peers and, where appropriate, such revision as is recommended by the Review Editors. Issues of CRISA will be archived and be available for researchers in that format.
The articles submitted to CRISA will be reviewed by the Review Editors or other scholars in the field selected by the Editor. Only whole articles will be reviewed and considered for publication, not abstracts.
Authors of articles submitted for review will remain anonymous. The comments of the Review Editors have to be constructive and helpful and be designed to aid the authors to produce articles which can be published. The authors use the comments of the Review Editors to revise their articles. The Editor takes the final decision to publish an article or not.
There is at least a one issue gap in articles published by the same author - except when the Editor agrees to publish two in a row with the view not to loose continuity regarding a lengthily research report.
Preparing Articles for Submission
The submitted articles should always conform to the in-house style of CRISA.
Broadly speaking each issue of CRISA will comprise of full-length revised articles, shorter debates, book reviews and applicable software reviews.
Full-length articles should not exceed a word count of 8000 (tables excluded); shorter articles should not exceed a word count of 3000 (tables excluded); book reviews should not exceed a word count of 1000 and software reviews should not exceed a word count of 3000.
Book reviews and software reviews will be initiated by the Editor. The Editor will commission individuals to do the reviews.
Prospective authors are expected to abide by language guidelines regarding issues of gender and race and disability (provided elsewhere).
Authors are invited to make full use of the web, that is by providing Internet links in their submissions and to provide visual material. Such links will not be included in the word counts.
Prospective authors should note that only refereed articles will be published.
Empirical research should adhere to acceptable standards of descriptive and inferential statistics and empirical data should be manipulated statistically by an acceptable main frame statistical program like the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) or SAS. The inferences regarding qualitative analysis should also be accompanied by an explanation of the techniques used and should utilize recognized statistical packages like SQR.NUD.IST for these type of analyses.
Suitable areas of child abuse research articles will be commissioned by the Editor.
Evaluation Criteria
The following criteria
will be utilized by the Review Editors:
Suitability of the topic
for publication, Actuality of the topic, Empirical basis, Theoretical basis,
Eligibility/Language, Contribution, Recommended changes, Acceptable for
publication, Anything else you would like to add.
Book Reviews/Software Reviews
Book review articles should not exceed a 1000 word count.
Book and software reviews are not subjected to the full review process of the Review Editors.
Persons interested to be listed as book or software reviewer for Child Abuse in Africa should contact the Editor.
Copyright Policy and the Interests of the Author
Once an article has been accepted for publication, the author automatically agrees to the following conditions:
All work published in CRISA is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any manner or in any medium without the written consent of the Editor, unless no charge is made for the copy containing the work, and provided the authors name and place of first publication appears on the work.
Authors assign copyright to CRISA.
Non-exclusive rights for contributions to debates and comments to articles are requested to that these may also appear in CRISA.
The moral right of the author to their work remains with the author.
Notes for Contributors
Articles which appear in CRISA are subject to the usual academic process of anonymous peer reviewing. The articles which are written by the Editorial Staff, will be refereed by independent referees.
Articles should be
submitted electronically only by e-mail in two formats:
Before submission, articles should have been corrected for errors and will be regarded as accurate. Although, when the Review Editors advice accordingly, the researcher will have to activate language editing.
Material contained in hyper links within an electronic document should also be supplied as separate documents.
Style
Headings should be typed in sentence case and begin from the left margin. No indentation is allowed.
Dates should be written as follows: 9 January, 1998. Bold, italics and underscore should be formatted as such in the original document. Hyper links to additional files should be flagged as follows in the text:
** LINK AFILENAME@:Hyperlink to another document
Figures, maps, and photographs should be submitted in any standard format.
Gender specific nouns and pronouns should not be used to refer to people of both sexes. The guidelines on sexist, racist and disabled language should be observed.
The recommend style for referring is the abbreviated Harvard technique, e.g. Child abuse is rising (Author 1999:10). OR According to Author (1999:10), child abuse is rising. Footnotes and end notes are not allowed.
Where applicable, contributors should eradicate sources of funding. It is the duty of the Author to clear copyright on empirical, visual or oral data.
Simultaneous submission to other electronic or printed journals are not allowed.
Non-sexist Language
The following guidelines are intended to assist contributors to refrain from sexist language by sensitizing people to some of the forms it takes and by suggesting anti sexist alternatives. A few examples are the following:
When references to both sexes are intended, the following should be followed:
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Sexist |
Non-sexist |
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The man in the street |
People in general |
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Layman |
Lay person |
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Man-made |
Synthetic/Artificial/Manufactured |
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The rights of man |
Peoples/Citizens rights |
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Chairman |
Chairperson/Chair |
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Foreman |
Supervisor |
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Manpower |
Workforce/Staff/Labour force |
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Man hours |
Work hours |
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Models of man |
Models of the person |
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One man show |
One person show |
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Policeman/Fireman |
Police Official/Fire-fighter |
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Forefathers |
Ancestors |
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Founding fathers |
Founders |
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Master copy |
Top copy/Original |
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Dear Sirs |
Dear Sir/Madam |
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Some other examples include the following:
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Sexist |
Non-sexist |
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Each respondent was asked whether he wished to participate. |
Respondents were asked whether they wished to participate. |
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The child should have enough time to familiarize himself with the test. |
Enough time should be allowed for the child to become familiarized with the test. |
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