Focus and Scope

Scholarly discourse and critical analysis of criminal law across national and international jurisdictions.
1. Journal Focus

The Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies (IJCLS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that primarily focuses on comparative criminal law. The journal provides a platform for scholarly discourse, critical inquiry, and the systematic analysis of criminal law systems across different jurisdictions.

IJCLS encourages comparative research examining similarities and differences in legal doctrines, legislative frameworks, judicial practices, and law enforcement mechanisms. Through national and international perspectives, the journal seeks to advance scholarly understanding of criminal law and its development across jurisdictions.

2. Journal Scope

Although its principal emphasis is on comparative criminal law, IJCLS also welcomes scholarly contributions addressing broader issues related to criminal law and criminal justice, including but not limited to the following fields:

Comparative Criminal Law
Comparative analysis of criminal law doctrines, legislation, legal institutions, and practices across different jurisdictions.
Penal Policy and Penal Reform
Criminal policy, sentencing policy, penal system reform, and the development of criminal sanctions.
Criminal Law Theory and Development
Theoretical foundations, doctrinal developments, and contemporary debates in criminal law.
Criminal Procedure Law
Criminal proceedings, procedural safeguards, evidentiary rules, and the protection of the rights of parties in criminal cases.
Criminal Law Enforcement
Law enforcement institutions, criminal justice practices, accountability, and the implementation of criminal law.
Penitentiary Law
Prison administration, correctional institutions, prisoners' rights, and the legal framework governing the execution of criminal sanctions.
Criminology
The causes, patterns, and consequences of crime, criminal behavior, and crime prevention, particularly where connected to criminal law and criminal justice.
Victimology
Victims' rights, victim protection, access to justice, and legal responses to the needs of crime victims.
Juvenile Criminal Law
Juvenile justice systems, the legal protection of children in conflict with the law, and child-sensitive criminal proceedings.
International Criminal Law
International criminal responsibility, international criminal tribunals, transnational crime, and cooperation in criminal matters across jurisdictions.
Anti-Corruption and Money Laundering Law
Legal frameworks, enforcement mechanisms, and comparative approaches to corruption, money laundering, and related criminal offenses.
Other Relevant Legal Issues
Other legal issues directly connected to criminal law, criminal justice, and the administration of justice.
3. Scholarly Contribution

IJCLS encourages submissions that critically examine similarities and differences in legal doctrines, legislative frameworks, judicial practices, and law enforcement mechanisms in criminal law. Contributions may adopt national, comparative, or international perspectives, provided that they offer a relevant and substantive contribution to the understanding or development of criminal law and criminal justice.

Editorial Scope: Manuscripts submitted to IJCLS must demonstrate a clear connection to criminal law or criminal justice and make a meaningful scholarly contribution relevant to the journal's focus and scope. All submissions remain subject to the journal's editorial assessment and peer-review policies.