Crime and Security Research
The Security Journal series is the world’s premier peer-reviewed security journal affiliated with ASIS International. The 2015 Impact Factor has been released and we are delighted to announce that the Security Journal has increased, receiving a 0.867 for 2015, compared to 0.628 in 2014. The Journal’s 5 year impact factor has also increased from 0.596 in 2014 to 0.879 in 2015. Written in an […]
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Martin Gill is a founding editor and Board member of Risk Management journal. It has now developed into an international journal specialising in not just finance risk but including papers relating to business and regulation. The new editor, From January 2016 is Igor Loncarsk from the Universty of Ljubliana, and anyone interested in writing a paper should contact him directly. […]
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Professor Martin Gill and Paul Ekblom have just had their article ‘Rewriting the Script: Cross-Disciplinary Exploration and Conceptual Consolidation of the Procedural Analysis of Crime’ published in the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Abstract: The use of Cornish’s crime-scripts approach in situational crime prevention grows apace. However, we believe the conceptual foundation of cognitive scripts imported from Abelson […]
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‘Safety and Security In Transit Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach’ is the latest addition to Professor Martin Gill’s Crime Prevention and Security Management series. Edited by Vania Ceccato and Andrew Newton, the book presents important interdisciplinary approaches to safety and security on public transport from leading international authors. To purchase the book, please click here.
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Martin is on the advisory board of Palgrave Communications, an open-access, multidisciplinary journal, published by Palgrave Macmillan. The journal covers all of the social sciences, humanities and business and is dedicated to publishing high-quality research and reviews, and particularly welcomes papers with an interdisciplinary focus. By publishing in Palgrave Communications your article will be freely available to all via open access. Your […]
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From March 1-31, 2015 Palgrave Macmillan is offering free online access to ALL its journals, including Security Journal. Edited by Martin Gill and Bonnie Fisher and affiliated with ASIS International, Security Journal is a dynamic publication that keeps you informed about the latest developments and techniques in security management. If you have not had a chance to sample the journal we hope you […]
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This series aims to address topics such as: Crime Control policing, security, theft, workplace violence and crime, fear of crime, civil disorder, white collar crime and anti-social behaviour. International in perspective, providing critically and theoretically-informed work, and edited by our very own Martin Gill, this series will advance new understandings of crime prevention and security management. With this exclusive discount code, you […]
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The Crime Prevention and Security Management series is a collection of books published by Palgrave Macmillan and edited by Martin Gill. It is widely recognised that we live in an increasingly unsafe society, but the study of security and crime prevention has lagged behind in its importance on the political agenda and has not matched the level of public concern. […]
Read moreMartin Gill co-edits the Security Journal with Professor Bonnie Fisher. They have been working with guest editors to produce two Special Issues in 2013. Recently published, and covering a much neglected topic is a Special Issue on ‘Corporate Security and Contract Private Security’, it is edited by Kevin Walby and Randy Lippert who are based in Canada. Their opening article […]
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