The British Journal of Community Justice.

We will publish papers as soon as they are accepted and ready for publication and will continue to produce individual issues on a regular basis. All articles and back issues for the journal are now freely available on this website.

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The British Journal of Community Justice (BJCJ) is published by the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University. In advance of making contributions, please contact us at bjcj@mmu.ac.uk, and we can send you both our style guide and an outline of the submission an review process.

Editors: Kevin Wong – Manchester Metropolitan University UK; Jean Hine, Sheffield UK

Editorial Board:

Anne Robinson – Sheffield Hallam University UK

Dave Ward – De Montfort University UK

Andrew Fowler – Sheffield Hallam University UK
Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Sheffield Hallam University. He teaches on a variety of courses including the Professional Qualification in Probation. Andrew’s recent research includes emotional labour of probation practice. Formerly worked as a Probation Officer.

Kris Christmann – Department of Security & Crime Science at University College London (UCL)
Kris is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Security & Crime Science at University College London (UCL). I have over two decades of research experience, primarily for a range of Central Government clients as well as Local Government and third sector customers and other funders (EU, CREST, research councils) working across many areas of the CJS. My research interests concern violence in its many manifestations; political violence, radicalisation, extremism and hate crime. More recently, with colleagues, he has been researching UK police officer’s online safety (3PO); and impacts of social media use on serious youth violent crime/knife crime. His doctoral work examined the evolution of tactical repertories and innovations between police and protestors, including the impact of state surveillance practices and counter-measures.

Benjamin Archer – Sheffield Hallam University
Ben is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Law & Justice, Sheffield Hallam University. As an early-career academic, his research focuses on anti-social behaviour and the regulation of public spaces. Before joining the journal’s editorial board, he worked as a Proofing Assistant.

Paul Gray – Manchester Metropolitan University UK
Paul is a Reader in Criminology and Co-Director of the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies. His current research investigates the relationship between childhood trauma and adolescent substance use and offending behaviour.

Vickie Barrett – Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Psychological Sciences, The University of Huddersfield.
Vickie’s research interests are shaped by her experience of working as a Probation Officer in the National Probation Service. Vickie is a mixed methods researcher interested in the sanctioning of ‘rulebreakers’ from a multi-disciplinary perspective, probation practitioner wellbeing, and interventions to support desistance.

Benedicte Brahic – Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Benedicte is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research work is concerned with gender and bordering in migration and education contexts.

Daniela Mardones Bravo – Manchester Metropolitan University, Policy Evaluation Research Unit (PERU)
Daniela is a Chilean criminologist and lawyer specialising in prisons, punishment, transitional justice, and qualitative research. Her work explores older prisoners’ experiences, criminal justice policy, and the sociology of punishment, with a strong focus on understanding penal practices.

Advisory Board: Tim Chapman – University of Ulster UK; Chris Crowther-Dowey – Nottingham Trent University UK; Jonathan Doak – Nottingham Trent University UK; Jane Dominey – University of Cambridge UK; Mike Nellis – University of Strathclyde UK; Dennis Wong City University of Hong Kong HK

Journal Administrator – Anton Roberts – Manchester Metropolitan University UK

Proof Readers:
Harry Armitage – Researcher at the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit – Manchester Metropolitan University
James Carrick – Policy Officer – Greater Manchester Authority
Denis Sidebottom – Doctoral Researcher – University of Huddersfield
Salwa Podvorica – Doctoral Researcher – University of Huddersfield
Claudia Quintan Costa – Doctoral Researcher – University of Huddersfield