NCJ Number
81652
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Dated: (1982) Pages: 57-67
Date Published
1982
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This study extends earlier periodical prestige research by determining journal prestige for three criminal justice membership categories and reexamines the emergent rankings, controlling for a potentially salient variable - previous journal publication.
Abstract
Data for the project were derived from questionnaire responses of 1,028 criminal justice educators who were members of either the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, or both associations, via a three-wave mail survey. Generally, the findings demonstrated conflicting or competing professional ideologies operating in assessments of the relative importance of criminal justice publications. Particularly, respondents' subjective evaluations established two relatively divergent stratification systems of journal prestige. (Author abstract)