‘Standard Membership’ entitles a university to send up to 10 of its students’ dissertations to the Journal of Crime & Justice Dissertations (JCJD).
Detailed Description
A ‘Standard Membership’ of the Journal of Crime & Justice Dissertations (JCJD) covers one publication cycle; this includes the following:
(1) Member universities may submit up to 10 student dissertations to the JCJD during the upcoming intake cycle, which resets on 1 June each year. (The JCJD processes dissertations on a first-come, first-served basis).
(2) Published works benefit from Diamond Open Access (the membership fee funds the platform and no charge falls on the student authors or the readers).
(3) The JCJD considers all published student work for the annual JCJD Prize (decided by Executive Committee vote).
(4) Executive Committee members are eligible for an honorarium for participating in the JCJD inspection process.
(5) Executive Committee members are considered for recognition awards.
REQUIREMENTS:
All Standard Member universities must register one (or more) staff member(s) to serve on the JCJD Executive Committee. University membership will not be approved unless this requirement is met. If your university currently has no member of staff on the committee, you should contact info@journalcjd.org before purchasing.
MEMBERSHIP TERM:
Membership lasts for one publication cycle. Memberships purchased on or before 31 May apply to that year's intake period (1 June to 1 July). Memberships purchased after 31 May apply to the following year’s intake. If a university purchases membership but does not forward student work to the JCJD during the upcoming intake period, the membership will nonetheless expire. The membership cannot be ‘rolled over’ to the next year because of a lack of submissions. With a Standard Membership, a university is capped at submitting 10 of its students’ work per publication cycle. A university may purchase only one membership for each publication cycle. If a university purchases multiple memberships, they will run consecutively.
HOW STUDENTS SUBMIT WORK:
When a university becomes a member, this allows its students to submit work to the JCJD. To submit their work for publication, students should go to https://www.journalcjd.org/submissions during June/July and complete the form there. Staff members from the university should not submit work on a student’s behalf; in this way, it is a student-led submission process. Submissions are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Consequently, once the JCJD receives 10 submissions, no more submissions will be accepted from that university for that publication cycle.
All dissertations undergo the same inspection process before publication is considered; this is detailed on the JCJD website: https://www.journalcjd.org/adviceforauthors
REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONS:
A university may cancel its membership and receive a full refund within 30 days of purchase, provided that no work has been submitted to the JCJD for processing. After a university submits its first dissertation of the cycle, the membership becomes non-refundable. The JCJD does not refund unused submission places and does not carry them forward to the following cycle. To request a refund, email info@journalcjd.org. London Met processes refunds to the original payment method.
The JCJD will also refund in full any membership bought by a university that has no member of staff on the Executive Committee.
