Thank you for your interest in The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 

The Editors of the Journal welcome unsolicited manuscripts. The Journal prefers that manuscripts be submitted via ExpressO if at all possible: http://law.bepress.com/expresso/.

Manuscripts may also be submitted via mail at the address listed below. Please submit one CD containing the manuscript and one printed copy of the manuscript. We regret that manuscripts cannot be returned.

The Journal uses Microsoft Word for all word-processing. Manuscripts must be submitted as Microsoft Word files. Documents created in WordPerfect (or any other non-Microsoft Word application) will not be reviewed. Manuscript submissions should be formatted in twelve-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins on all sides. Footnotes should be single-spaced and numbered serially.

All footnotes and citations to authority within Criminal Law submissions must conform to  Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th Edition, distributed by the Harvard Law Review Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology currently is accepting new Criminal Law manuscripts on ExpressO.

Criminology manuscripts that use the Bluebook format are preferred; however, we will review Criminology submissions that utilize other citation formats. In that case, our editors will assist the author with the translation of citations into Bluebook format after an article has been accepted. All graphs, charts, and similar material should be in camera-ready copy on separate sheets.

The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology currently is accepting new Criminology manuscripts on ExpressO.

In your submission, please include the following information about the book or books you propose to review:
- Author, title, publisher, and publication date
- A brief overview of the book's contents
- A brief description of why you think a review of the book is important and timely

If you are submitting a proposal instead of a completed manuscript, please provide the following information about the piece you propose to write:
- A summary of the anticipated content or scope of the review, particularly the angle you plan to take in considering the book
- The stage you have reached in writing the review and the earliest date at which you could complete a draft; this information is helpful to us in planning our production schedule

All footnotes and citations to authority within Book Review submissions must conform to  Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th Edition, distributed by the Harvard Law Review Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology currently is accepting new Book Review manuscripts on ExpressO.

Copyright Notification

Except under unusual circumstances, it is the policy of the Journal not to publish articles that have appeared or are to appear in other publications. Accordingly, all manuscripts should be submitted with the understanding that the Journal possesses the exclusive right of original publication. We do accept manuscripts that have been or are concurrently posted on SSRN.

For various clerical reasons, the Journal requests that each author assign copyright to the Northwestern University School of Law for the collected work. While permitting the author unlimited use of the article, it offers the author the ordinary copyright protection. Copyrights will be taken out in the name of Northwestern University School of Law, and requests for permission to reprint your article will be processed by Northwestern University School of Law.

A total of twenty-five reprints are supplied gratis to the author or authors of each article. Additional reprints may be obtained by arrangement with the Editors of the Journal prior to publication, or by arrangement with the printer after publication.

Any further questions may be addressed to jclc@law.northwestern.edu.