International Journal of Criminal Behavior and Social Policies IJCBSP played a unique role in the history of criminal law, criminology and sociology. Its purpose was to articulate and promote a criminal justice reform agenda, associated with the Progressive Era that dominated the first third of the twentieth century. 

IJCBSP promoted the Progressive reform agenda by providing a forum for the contributions of lawyers, legal scholars, and social researcher on the issues of criminal justice reform IJCBSP overcame disciplinary divisions to combine the areas of criminal law, criminology and sociology. IJCBSP still deals with social policies, much of the IJCBSP focuses on legal doctrine, including constitutional criminal procedure. 

Today, the Progressive reform agenda so dominant in the beginning of the century seems distant. We are seeing the reversal of a trend toward reformative goals of punishment and experiencing an unprecedented rise in our prison populations. We live in a time when levels of violence in schools are rising, yet see a paradoxical decrease in the overall crime rates. We witness the recurrence of the criminal justice system as a topic in local and national politics. 

International Journal of Criminal Behavior and Social Policies continue to provide a forum for dialogue and debate on current criminal law and criminology issues. IJCBSP strive to publish the very best scholarship inspiring the intellectual debate and discussion essential to the development of social policies reform.