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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides academics and
practitioners in juvenile justice and related fields with a resource for publishing current
empirical research, discussing theoretical issues, and reviewing promising interventions
and programs in the areas of youth violence, juvenile justice, and school safety. The journal
particularly encourages the publication of program evaluations, policy analyses, empirical
research, practical, theoretical, legal, and qualitative analyses. Interdisciplinary in scope,
the journal serves a diverse audience of academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal
justice, education, psychology, social work, behavior analysis, sociology, law, counseling,
public health, and all others with an interest in youth violence, juvenile justice, and school
safety. Therefore, we welcome articles from practitioners and scholars trained in all
disciplines applying various methodologies to the study of youth violence, juvenile justice,
and school safety. The editor also welcomes proposals for special issues.
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice is devoted to studying and disseminating the
most current and timely information on the most prominent issues in our field, including

juvenile violence and violence prevention;

juvenile justice system philosophy and operation;
juvenile corrections and correctional programming;
juvenile probation and parole;
juvenile waiver to adult court;
diversion and programs for delinquency intervention;
juvenile gangs and gang prevention;
school safety and violence;
delinquency prevention programs;
juvenile death penalty;
juvenile substance abuse and treatment;
juvenile justice law, policy, and legislation;
exemplary programs in juvenile justice and school safety, including program
evaluations; and
any aspect of youth violence control or programmatic intervention.

Manuscripts should not exceed 35 pages (including text, tables, notes, references, and
other material). The 35-page limit is not a rigid restriction and will be waived in appropriate
circumstances. We discourage excessively long manuscripts, however, and we reserve the
right to deny publication of submissions because of length. The manuscript should also
include a brief abstract of about 100 words. Submissions should be typewritten, doublespaced, with notes, references, tables, and figures (the latter two to be held to a minimum)
on separate pages, and should follow the format specified in the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (5th edition). The position of tables and figures
should be clearly indicated within the text. All pages should be numbered. Titles and section
headings should be clear, with a maximum of three orders of heading.
Essential notes should be indicated by superscript numbers in the text and presented
at the end of the text before the references. Notes and references should be in double

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spacing. Articles should have a maximum of 10 notes. The first, unnumbered, note should
include any acknowledgements and disclaimers.
Manuscripts will be sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation, so the following
information should be included on a separate cover page: authors name, affiliation, mailing
address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, and a biographical note of 25 to 50
words.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of quotations, for supplying complete and
correct references, and for obtaining permission where needed to cite another authors
material.
A copy of the final revised manuscript saved on an IBM-compatible disk in Microsoft
Word format must accompany the final version of any submission accepted for publication.
The author is responsible for ensuring that the final hard copy and diskette versions of the
manuscript are identical.
Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors
submitting manuscripts to the journal must not simultaneously submit them to another
journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar
form or with substantially similar content. Manuscripts will not be returned.
The peer review process and notification of acceptance, rejection, or revision will
usually take 12 weeks. When additional peer review is necessary, the author will be
notified.
Submit three copies of articles to
Tory J. Caeti, Ph.D.
Eric J. Fritsch, Ph.D.
Editors, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
P.O. Box 305130
273F Chilton Hall
Department of Criminal Justice
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-5130
In general, three copies are sent to referees for evaluation and two are retained for
editorial use.
Additional features in each issue will be brief descriptions (no more than 5 pages) of
current news items in juvenile justice as well as best practices/model programs in the field.
Book reviews will also be included in each issue. Persons interested in writing any of the
above should contact the editors via email or phone.
Questions may be directed to juvjust@scs.cmm.unt.edu or (940) 565-4400.