About the Journal
Crime, Law and Digital Society (CLDS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring the evolving relationship between crime, legal systems, and the rapidly transforming digital landscape. The journal serves as a platform for scholarly discourse on both traditional and emerging forms of crime, emphasizing how technological and societal changes are reshaping legal responses, criminal behavior, justice delivery, and public policy.
CLDS welcomes original research articles, theoretical contributions, case studies, and critical reviews across a wide spectrum of topics, including but not limited to:
- Traditional and contemporary forms of organized crime
- Cybercrime, digital fraud, and technology-enabled offenses
- Victimology and victim-offender mediation in digital contexts
- Criminal law, procedural law, and legal reforms
- Surveillance, privacy, and the ethics of digital policing
- Transnational crime and global justice systems
- Criminal justice and AI: sentencing algorithms, predictive policing
- Human trafficking, online exploitation, and digital black markets
- Comparative criminology and legal systems in a digital era
- Criminological theories adapted to technological environments
- Forensic technology and evidence in the digital age
- Public policy, governance, and regulation of online spaces
The journal encourages interdisciplinary submissions from criminology, law, sociology, political science, computer science, forensic science, and digital policy, fostering global dialogue among academics, practitioners, and policymakers.
