About the Journal

Carleton University's first undergraduate criminology journal. Created by students to showcase academic work made by students.

Objectives of Crime and Ethos:

  • Provide students with opportunities to engage with academic scholarship;
  • Demystify research and academic writing for undergraduate students;
  • Provide an incentive to students by having their work published in a journal;
  • Spotlight the work of undergraduate research in the ICCJ;
  • Promotes avenues of research for the criminology and criminal justice program.

Open Access Policy

All works published within Crime and Ethos: Carleton Criminology Undergraduate Journal are purview to the Open-Access Publication Policy. The journal as a whole is available with no cost for the public to view and share. All submissions have been published under the protection and acceptance of a Creative Commons License, allowing use and distribution so long as the original works are appropriately cited and acknowledged.

Open-Access Publication Definition:

  1. Author(s) grant to all potential readers and users the free and perpetual right to access, distribute, and publicly display their work(s) in any digital format, subject to appropriate citation and acknowledgement.
  2. Author(s) grant limited printing and physical format distribution, subject to appropriate citation and acknowledgement.

Ethical Standards

Crime and Ethos is dedicated to fostering a scholarly environment that respects and embraces diversity, inclusivity, and global perspectives. Submissions must demonstrate respect for cultural differences and diversity. Authors are expected to avoid perpetuating stereotypes, biased viewpoints, or culturally insensitive narratives. The journal strictly prohibits any form of racism or discrimination. This includes, but is not limited to, content that depreciates individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or socioeconomic background. Submissions should not promote divisiveness or conflict. Instead, they should aim to contribute constructively to the field of criminology and broader social discourse. We are committed to ensuring that all publications uphold these values. 

Violations of these standards may result in a range of actions, including but not limited to submission rejection, retraction of published articles, and prohibition from future submissions to the journal. This statement reflects Crime and Ethos unwavering commitment to ethical scholarship and a respectful, inclusive academic community. It is subject to regular review and amendment to align with evolving standard and societal expectations in the field of criminology.

Academic Integrity Policy 

Crime and Ethos: Carleton Undergraduate Criminology Journal Review demands academic integrity for all authors and submissions. The Centre for Academic Integrity (1999) defines this as “a commitment even in the face of adversity to five fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility”. 

All forms of academic dishonesty are destructive to the values and mandate of the journal. Forms of conduct that violate the journal's standards of academic integrity are listed below. This list is not comprehensive nor exhaustive. 

  1. Plagiarism 
    1. Defined as presenting, whether intentionally or not, the ideas, expressions of ideas, or work of others as one’s own. This includes reproducing or paraphrasing portions of someone else’s published or unpublished material, regardless of source, and without proper citation or reference. 
  2. Co-operation or collaboration 
    1. Defined as co-operation or collaboration from another that is not listed as an author or contributor. 
  3. Misrepresentation 
    1. Authors shall not submit or present false assignments, research, credentials or other documents or misrepresent material facts for academic purposes. This includes but is not limited to falsified research or data, falsified facts or references, falsified admissions documents, falsified transcripts, etc. 
  4. Impersonation
    1. It is a violation for any individual to impersonate another person for the purpose of gaining academic advantage.
  5. Obstruction and Interference 
    1. It is a violation for authors to obstruct or otherwise interfere with the scholarly activities of another in order to gain unfair academic advantage. This includes but is not limited to interfering with or tampering data or files.
  6. Knowingly Assist in the Violation of these Academic Integrity Standards 
    1. It is a violation to assist anyone in violating these standards. Claiming ignorance or confusion about the academic integrity standards does not excuse an individual from being responsible for violation of these standards. 

If a suspected violation occurs, the author and their work will be reviewed by the current Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor. If there is sufficient evidence of a violation, the student will be contacted and provided with the details. A meeting will then occur to provide the author an opportunity to respond to the allegations, seek clarification of the evidence, help students understand the academic integrity standards and discuss the next steps. We reserve the right to reject all work that violates these academic integrity standards and place authors on a probationary period. The goal of this process is to investigate, while being educational in nature.

For all inquiries, please direct them to cucjr.contact@gmail.com