Focus and Scope

Coverage of legal psychology and their role in law enforcement activities; legislation: state, problems and ways of reforming.

 

Journal Scope:

THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES OF WORK WITH DELINQUENT PERSONS

PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

Peer Review Process

Review procedure involves checking for plagiarism, verification of compliance the article title and content, check the content of the article (more detail).

1. Deadline 5–10 days.

2. Once you submit your article, it will be sent for review. Our editorial staff is practicing a double-blind peer review.

3. Get response from reviewers. If adjustment is then necessary to take them into account, and return an e-mail.

4. If no adjustments or fixed all the comments made by the reviewers, the article goes on editing.

 

  • All the manuscripts are first reviewed by editors to assess their relevance to the subject and requirements of the journal.
  • After the editors' decision, the submitted manuscripts are sent to two experts who are specialists in the relevant field. The manuscript is blindly reviewed (the author and reviewer do not know each other).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Periodicity

2 times a year

Editorial board

Editor-in-chief – Cherniei Volodymyr, Doctor of Law, Professor, Rector of National Academy of Internal Affairs;

Deputy editor-in-chief – Kostytskyi Mykhailo, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Member-correspondent of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, National Academy of Internal Affairs;

Deputy editor-in-chief – Cherniavskyi Serhii, Doctor of Law, Professor, Merited Figure of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Deputy Rector of National Academy of Internal Affairs;

Executive editor – Kazmirenko Liudmyla, Ph.D in Psychology, Professor, Professor of Legal Psychology Department, National Academy of Internal Affairs.

 

Editorial board members:

 

Aleksandrov Denys – Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv);

Alezkovskyi Serhii – Doctor of Philosophy (in Law), Associate Professor (Academy of Economics and Law, Republic of Kazakhstan);

Androsiuk Viacheslav – Ph.D of Psychology, Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Basysta Iryna – Doctor of Law, Associate Professor (Lviv University of Trade and Economics);

Horbachevskyi Vitalii – Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Kazmirenko Viacheslav – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (Scientific-Production Association «Kvazar-Micro»);

Kudermina Olena – Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Maksymenko Serhii – Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Merited Figure of Science and Technology of Ukraine (G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine);

Marchak Vitalii – Doctor of Law, Professor (Chernivtsi Oblast Court of Appeals);

Medvediev Volodymyr – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Moiseieva Olena – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Moroz Liudmyla – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (Odessa State University of Internal Affairs);

Motliakh Oleksandr – Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Okhrimenko Ivan – Doctor of Law, Associate Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Pastushenia  Oleksandr – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (Belarusian State University, Republic of Belarus);

Romanenko  Oksana – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Khokhlina Olena – Doctor of Psychology, Professor (National Academy of Internal Affairs);

Tsilmak Olena – Doctor of Law, Professor (Odessa State University of Internal Affairs).

Ethics of publications and cooperation with authors

Scientific periodical accumulates results of research carried out in Ukrainian and foreign scientific institutions and higher educational establishments and brought to readers’ attention.  

Submitted manuscripts are published only after undergoing the reviewing procedure successfully (originality, timeliness of the topic, scientific relevancy and significance).

 

Editorial responsibility and commitments of National Academy of Internal Affairs:

Editorial Board is responsible for article publishing approval with due account for originality, timeliness of the topic, and scientific relevancy of the submitted material.

Editorial Board of Scientific periodical «Legal Psychology»:

– selects manuscripts for publishing;

– monitors the scientific relevancy level of published material;

– ensures observance of transparency and impartiality principles with respect to the chosen topic coverage and related methodology;

– prevents any discreditation of intellectual standards;

– provides all necessary clarifications, recommendations and comments on format and content of submitted material with right to return the material for author’s updating.

 

Authors:

– bear full responsibility for authenticity of submitted material, accuracy of presented quotations, statistical data, proper names, illustrative materials, and other violations and infringements under current Ukrainian legislation;

– eliminate all defects in the material (text of the article) in accordance with editorial board and reviewers’ comments;

– avoid entitling third parties to articles submission and publication.

Failure to meet the abovementioned requirements will result in publication denial. Any proof of plagiarism detected by the editorial board is an absolute reason for article rejection.

All manuscripts submitted for publication in must comply with the formatting requirements «Legal Psychology». Editorial board is responsible for regular updating of the posted formatting requirements.

Author of the manuscript (article) ensures that:

1) its content is authentic and  contains outsourced data only followed by relevant references or subjected to prior approval;

2) manuscripts (articles) are/were not submitted/published in other periodicals;

3) manuscripts (articles) are original or present original interpretation of any studied issue/topic/theory/hypothesis – compilations or adaptations of previously published articles is not acceptable;

4) manuscripts (articles) contain no data which is defined as confidential by current Ukrainian legislation or, if published, result in disclosure of data defined as confidential by current Ukrainian legislation;

5) names of all authoring team members are indicated in the manuscript (article) with no third persons included; all members of  authoring team were presented the final version of the article and gave consent for publication.

Editorial Board is entitled to post the articles published articles of a scientific journal on the Journal's website, the Academy's webportal, the repository, and also on the website of the V. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.

All manuscripts (articles) are published free of charge.

Journal History

Founded in 2007 (State registration certificate series KB No. 21321-11121 ПР dated March 26th, 2015)

Included into the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine’s law and psychological sciences special editions list (order No. 1021, dated October 7th, 2015)

Periodicity: 2 times a year

Language of publication: Ukrainian, English

Editor-in-chief – Cherniei Volodymyr, Doctor of Law, Professor, Rector of National Academy of Internal Affairs

Deputy editor-in-chief – Kostytskyi Mykhailo, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Member-correspondent of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Deputy editor-in-chief – Cherniavskyi Serhii, Doctor of Law, Professor, Merited Figure of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Deputy Rector of National Academy of Internal Affairs

Executive editor – Kazmirenko Liudmyla, Ph.D in Psychology, Professor, Professor of Legal Psychology Department, National Academy of Internal Affairs