The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology is a peer-reviewed quarterly academic journal published by the Northwestern University School of Law. The journal was established in 1910 as the Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology by Dean John Henry Wigmore.[1] From 1931 to 1951 it was the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and from 1951 to 1972 The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science. It received its current name in 1973.[2]
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology is one of the most widely read and widely cited publications in the world.[3] It is the second most widely subscribed journal published by any US law school and one of the most widely circulated ones.[3] The journal was a product of the "National Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology" held in 1909 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Northwestern University School of Law. The conference elected Dean Wigmore as its first president and resulted in the creation of the journal. Its stated purpose was to articulate and promote a criminal justice reform agenda, associated with the Progressive Era that dominated the first third of the twentieth century.
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