Manuscript Editing for Policing and Society Journal Articles
Policing and Society is an international journal for the study of policing institutions and practices. It publishes social scientific studies of police policy and activity, legal and political analyses of police powers and governance, and management research on police organization. Work on policing by communities, the private sector, and other agencies also falls within its scope. Taylor & Francis publishes it, and its editor-in-chief is at the University of Southampton.
Papers run 7,000 to 10,000 words, including tables, references, captions, and notes. Each opens with an unstructured abstract of 250 words. References follow the Taylor & Francis Harvard style, author-date in the text. Two independent referees assess each paper under double anonymous review. Our editors fit the paper to its range and match each citation to its Harvard entry. Submissions go through the Routledge Submission Portal.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Policing and Society. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for Policing and Society
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Policing and Society.
The journal's instructions for authors cover length, abstracts, and references. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our legal editing services cover criminology and policing research, where social science references and legal citations meet in the same paper. Academic proofreading covers the final read. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for Police Practice and Research and Policing: An International Journal.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Policing and Society submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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