Abstract
For the past 25 years, I have had the honor of being associated with the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (IJOTCC), first as Associate Editor and then as Editor-in-Chief. During that period, the Journal has increased its output from four issues a year to its current 14 issues. It has been a great privilege to work with so many persons throughout the world—authors, reviewers, and members of the Editorial Board, all of whom have contributed in their own way to that increase. In addition, many outstanding people associated with SAGE Publications have helped us along the way. It has been a challenge and a pleasure. I have been fortunate to have made many friends, both personally and “virtual.” It is thus that with regret and some sadness that this will be my last year with the Journal.
As of January 2017, Dr. Mark T. Palermo will become the Editor-in Chief of the IJOTCC. Dr. Palermo graduated from the University of Rome Medical School, La Sapienza, in 1987, with his medical doctorate dissertation under the supervision of the late Prof. Franco Ferracuti, renowned criminologist. He later specialized in neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and in psychiatry at the Phipps Clinic of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. He received his master’s degree in criminology from the University of Rome. He is clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine of the Medical College of Wisconsin, chairman of The Law and Behavior Foundation in Amsterdam, and an independent medical examiner for various international organizations in Rome. He will, I am sure, bring new ideas and new perspectives to the Journal.
I wish to thank the members of the IJOTCC editorial board for their assistance throughout the years. I also thank the many outside reviewers who unselfishly gave their time to review the articles submitted to the Journal, the various persons at SAGE Publications who have aided in my work, and all the authors who have contributed their articles to the Journal. Best wishes to all for the holiday season and for the New Year!