A free and open journal​

Salus Journal is an independent and peer-reviewed online open access journal

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About

We engage in serious and scholarly exploration of contemporary challenges; aim to advance knowledge; inform or innovate practice; and improve responses to a wide variety of issues affecting society, such as:

  • national security,
  • crime and control,
  • emergency management, and
  • justice studies.

Salus Journal is not committed to a particular theoretical paradigm, methodological approach, or epistemological stance. It welcomes diverse submissions and approaches underpinned by scholarly rigour within the journal’s scope.

No author processing charges, fees, or submission charges are associated with this journal. Salus Journal has a double-blind peer review policy.

Our Aims and SCope
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Book Reviews

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Editorials

Our Scholarly Topics

Salus Journal advances scholarship on a broad range of topics associated with the safety and security.

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National Security

  • Terrorism and security threats
  • Intelligence analysis and practice
  • Foreign influence and subversion
  • Regional and global security challenges
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Crime and Control

  • Investigation theory and practice
  • Fraud and financial crime
  • Organised crime (national and transnational)
  • Leadership and ethical practice
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Emergency Management

  • Disaster responses
  • Recovery planning
  • Community resilience
  • Humanitarian challenges
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Justice studies

  • Legislation and policy
  • Correctional practice
  • Criminal justice
  • Systems, processes, and procedures

Our Discipline Scopes

The Journal welcomes submissions from a variety of disciplines including (but not limited to) criminology, history, political science, security studies, sociology, and economics.

Criminology

We welcome submissions across the criminology discipline, including but not limited to criminal justice, policing, sociology, psychology, psychiatry and social anthropology, and criminal law.

Political Science

We welcome submissions from across the political science discipline including but not limited to public management, policy, political economy, comparative politics, and international relations.

Sociology

We welcome submissions across the sociology discipline including but not limited to political sociology, organizational behaviour, deviance, semiotics, and gender studies.

History

We welcome submissions from history and associated fields including but not limited to military history, the history of crime control, and terrorism and intelligence history.

Security studies

We welcome submissions from across the broad field of security studies field including but not limited to terrorism, intelligence, national security, domestic security, private security, and military conflict.

Economics

We welcome submissions from economics, including but not limited to financial crime, political economy, global/international political economy, law and economics, and accounting.

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Editorial Team

Dr Jamie Ferrill

Joint Editor-in-Chief
Charles Sturt University, Australia

Dr Kristy Campion

Joint Editor-in-Chief
Charles Sturt University, Australia

Dr Piero Moraro

Book Review Editor
Edith Cowan University, Australia

Mark Filmer

Production Editor
Charles Sturt University, Australia
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