Manuscript Editing for Theoretical Criminology Journal Articles
Theoretical Criminology is an interdisciplinary, international journal for conceptual work on crime, punishment, deviance, criminal law, justice, and social regulation. It seeks to renew theoretical debate and to link criminology with social, political, and cultural theory. Sage publishes it quarterly, and its founding editors were Piers Beirne and Colin Sumner. The co-editors are at Arizona State University and the University of Warwick.
Manuscripts run 8,000 words, plus or minus 1,000, including notes and references, and the journal returns papers outside that range. The unstructured abstract runs 100 to 120 words, followed by at least five keywords. References follow Sage Harvard style, with each citation matching its reference in spelling and year. Where a preprint has a peer-reviewed version, authors cite that version. The manuscript is fully anonymized, and a Statements and Declarations section gives each declaration a separate sub-heading. Review is double-anonymized. Our editors fit the argument to the word range and check every citation against the reference list. Submissions go through Sage Track.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Theoretical Criminology. 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 Theoretical Criminology
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 Theoretical Criminology.
Sage's submission guidelines cover the word range, abstract, and declarations. 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 criminal justice 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 Punishment & Society and the European Journal of Criminology.
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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 Theoretical Criminology submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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