Abstract
After a period of 2 years as Editors in Chief, we wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the reach and contribution of Youth Justice. We continue to receive a healthy number of papers and are delighted that many more are coming from scholars across the globe, enabling us to fulfill the international ambition of the journal. Since becoming editors in 2016, the journal has included articles from as far afield as Australia, Vietnam, China, and the United States, as well as from jurisdictions across Europe and beyond. Authors have submitted on topics as diverse as justice for girls, the care of transgender children, the ecology of youth offending, school discipline, historical abuse, and transitions from care to custody. This diversity is an increasingly important hallmark of youth justice scholarship in general and, we believe, of our journal in particular. We are always open to submissions that address new challenges in the delivery of justice for young people and emergent paradigms that address the complexities of youth justice.
National studies and perspective are important, as are comparative studies which enable better understanding of cross-cutting issues and global trends. Our vision for the journal is that it promotes engagement across disciplines, and across systems; fundamentally, we would like the journal to form a theoretically rich and methodologically open contribution to knowledge and practice. In this context, we are very grateful that Tim Bateman and Nigel Stone continue to produce their excellent reports of legal developments and youth justice news. These form an important research archive in their own right.
For 2018, we are proposing to include a guest edited special issue, which will promote international and inter-disciplinary scholarship. Further details are available on the SAGE website (www.journals.sagepub.com).
We would like to conclude by thanking once again our editorial board and the many peer reviewers who are crucial to maintaining the standing and quality of the journal.