Editorial/Éditorial

With this issue, the Journal marks the beginning of its 50th year of continuous publication. This record makes it one of the longest-established journals of criminology and criminal justice in the world. The first issue of the Canadian Journal of Corrections / Revue canadienne de criminologie, as it was then called, was published in October 1958, under the editorship of Frank Potts. At that time, the subscription price was $4.00 for the four-issue annual volume. In 1971, the name was changed to Canadian Journal of Criminology and Corrections / Revue canadienne de criminologie, then to Canadian Journal of Criminology / Revue canadienne de criminologie in 1978. The current name was adopted in 2003. The Journal has always been owned and published by the Canadian Criminal Justice Association, formerly the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Crime. In 2003, the CCJA contracted with the University of Toronto Press Journals Division to collaborate with it in publishing the Journal.

The Journal has had eight editors during its history. John Spencer took over from Frank Potts in 1964 and was replaced by Marie-Andrée Bertrand in 1967. Hilda Davy was editor from 1975 to 1980, followed by Marc Le Blanc to 1987, and Rick Linden to 1992. Julian Roberts served as editor from then until 2004, when the present editor took over. The editors have been supported by a secretary provided by the Canadian Criminal Justice Association and, since 1991, by an Editorial Advisory Board and an Editorial Committee, selected from the criminology and criminal justice research communities in Canada and abroad. In addition, the Journal has had, at one time or another, film review editors, current research editors, a penal justice editor, and a succession of distinguished book review editors. The book review section has flourished and is now published on the Web, where it is not subject to the page constraints associated with print publication.

The Journal has always published special thematic issues, usually guest-edited. Some two dozen of these have been published in the past 50 years, on a wide variety of topics, ranging from “Jails” (1964) to “Crime Prevention” (1989, 1990, and 2005), “Policing” (1991), “Aboriginal Criminal Justice” (1992), “Criminology Research in Canada” (1999), “Restorative Justice” (2000), and “The Youth Criminal Justice Act” (2004). The frequency of special thematic issues has increased since 2004, and, wherever possible, they are now published in addition to, rather than in place of, the four annual regular issues. Thus, the total number of issues of the Journal published per year has increased in recent years, to five in 2004, six in 2006, five in 2007, and five anticipated in 2008.

Congratulations to all those who have been associated with producing the Journal over the past 50 years! While making a significant contribution to the development of world criminology and criminal justice studies, it has also been a key element in the development of a self-aware Canadian criminology and criminal justice research community. And on behalf of all those involved in producing the Journal, I should like to thank our indispensable collaborators: all those who contribute articles to the Journal, who review manuscripts for it, and who subscribe to it. It is to you that the Journal owes its quality, and its longevity.

Éditorial

Le présent numéro de la Revue marque le début de sa 50^e année de publication continue, ce qui en fait une des revues de criminologie et de justice pénale établie depuis le plus longtemps au monde. Le premier numéro de Canadian Journal of Corrections / Revue canadienne de criminologie, comme on l’appelle à l’époque, paraît en octobre 1958, avec Frank Potts comme rédacteur en chef. À ce moment-là, l’abonnement coûte 4$ par année pour quatre numéros. En 1971, son nom devient Canadian Journal of Criminology and Corrections / Revue canadienne de criminologie, puis Canadian Journal of Criminology / Revue canadienne de criminologie en 1978. Le nom actuel a été adopté en 2003. La Revue a toujours été détenue et publiée par l’Association canadienne de justice pénale (anciennement la...