Journal of perpetrator research
Abbreviation:
J. Perpetr. Res.
Published by:
Winchester University Press
Publisher Location: Winchester, Hamps, England, UK
Journal Website:
https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/issue/archive
Range of citations in the SafetyLit database:
2022; 4(2) --
2023; ePub(ePub)
Publication Date Range:
2017 --
Number of articles from this journal included in the SafetyLit database:
3
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eISSN = 2514-7897
Find a library that holds this journal: http://worldcat.org/issn/25147897
Journal Language(s):
English
Aims and Scope (from publisher):
The Journal of Perpetrator Research (JPR) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal committed to promoting the scholarly study of perpetrators and perpetration of political and mass violence, terrorism, and genocide. One of the journal’s aims is to engage critically with the very concepts of “perpetrator” and “perpetration”.
JPR fosters scholarly discussions about perpetrators and perpetration across the broader continuum of political and mass violence without confining its attention to any particular geographical region or historical period. The journal's mission is to provide a forum for scholarship taking place across a broad range of fields including history, criminology, law, forensics, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, political science, memory studies, cultural studies, literary studies, film and media studies, museum studies, and education. JPR was created with the explicit aim of providing an inter- and cross-disciplinary space for the study of perpetrators and perpetration, including critical reflections on theories, methods, and approaches beyond, and between, and across disciplinary boundaries.
JPR not only addresses past and present issues related to perpetrators and perpetration. Fundamental questions informing the journal include, for example, questions of terminology, motivation, ideology, agency, processes and dynamics, as well as questions of prevention: Who or what is a perpetrator? How is such a label applied and by whom? How do such labels evolve? What drives people to participate in mass violence and how do their crimes unfold? What measures can be taken to identify potential perpetrators before they act, and prevent them from committing crimes? What can be done to rehabilitate perpetrators after the fact?