What the European Journal of Criminology contributes to European criminology

From September 2011 until December 2016, I served as editor of the European Journal of Criminology. I followed David J. Smith and Julian Roberts, and have been followed by Dario Melossi, so I am pleased my name appears in such a distinguished list. I had a great managing editor, Lisa Burns, at the Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield; dedicated members of the Editorial Board; and great support from Marcelo Aebi and the Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology (ESC). We moved the journal onto the Sagetrack platform, conducted a reader survey, and established three reviews as the standard. We carried on EJC traditions, the country surveys and special issues, and, working with Sage and the ESC Executive Board, explored new ways to promote the journal. We made interviews with EJC contributors available on the webpage and organized a panel of EJC authors at the American Society of Criminology. In the most recent information available, the 2017 impact factor for the EJC reached 1.8, the highest in its history. The EJC now ranks 18 out of 61 titles in criminology and penology, which is great for the ESC’s official journal.