Copyright

Authors retain the copyright for all material published in the Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice (SWJCJ), including but not limited to all rights to authorize subsequent publication and/or translation.  Any factual inaccuracies or opinions expressed therein are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the knowledge, views, or positions of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, the Academy of Criminal Justice, the University of Texas at San Antonio, or the Journal's editors.

The Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice (hereafter “SWJCJ” or “the Journal”) is an academic publication. The Journal's primary purpose is to disseminate criminological research  (broadly defined) to as wide an audience as possible.  SWJCJ holds exclusive rights in respect of electronic publication and dissemination and is free to individuals and educational institutions. The Journal may not be posted or in anyway mirrored on the WWW or any other part of the Internet except at the official publication sites of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice and at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Commercial use of the SWJCJ or the articles contained herein is expressly prohibited without the written consent of the editors and/or the executive board of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice.

Subject to this statement, permission is granted to download and print articles for educational purposes subject to the following conditions:

  1. Downloaded articles may be stored electronically on disk as long as no charge is made for the electronic or printed copy (unless for the purposes on cost recovery by academic departments or interlibrary loan services only).
  2. Access is limited to a known group of users within the educational establishment.
  3. The article is cited in the style provided below and any such citation remains attached to any copies.

No article may be reprinted in any publication, regardless of media, without the explicit written permission of the author(s).

CITATION

Please cite articles in the Journal as follows:

Author's name (last name, first name and middle initial).  Date (year only).  "Title of the article in double quotation marks." in the Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice [On-line Journal], Volume and issue number (e.g., Vol. 1(1)). Available at: (url). Accessed: (Date of access: Day, Month, Year. e.g., 12 Aug 02).

Example:

Smith, Bruce J.  2002.  "Juvenile Crime Rates in Texas: Facts and Fiction." in the Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice [Online Journal], Vol. 1(2). Available at: http://utsa.edu/swjcj/  Accessed: 12 Aug 02.

Please contact the Editors and/or editorial board of the Journal if you are in any doubt as to what this statement of use covers.