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Focus and Scope

Advances in Public Law and Crime (PLICE)

A scholarly platform for high-quality research in public law, criminal justice, criminology, governance, human rights, and socio-legal studies.

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Journal Positioning

Advances in Public Law and Crime (PLICE) is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to publishing original and rigorous scholarship in the interconnected fields of public law, criminal law, criminal justice, criminology, governance, human rights, and socio-legal studies. The journal prioritizes manuscripts that offer clear theoretical contribution, robust legal analysis, sound methodology, policy relevance, and practical implications for justice systems, public institutions, and society.

PLICE welcomes doctrinal, empirical, comparative, normative, policy-oriented, and interdisciplinary legal research, provided that the manuscript remains clearly anchored in law, public governance, criminal justice, or crime-related socio-legal inquiry. The journal encourages submissions that advance legal scholarship, strengthen institutional accountability, support evidence-based policy, and contribute to the development of fair, transparent, and effective justice systems.

CORE SCOPE

Primary Research Domains

The journal scope is organized into focused legal and crime-related domains.

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Public Law and Governance

Research on constitutional law, administrative law, public authority, regulatory governance, public accountability, judicial review, rule of law, legal reform, and state-society relations.

02

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Studies on criminal law doctrine, criminal procedure, law enforcement, prosecution, adjudication, sentencing, correctional systems, restorative justice, and institutional performance in criminal justice systems.

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Criminology and Crime Studies

Research on crime patterns, criminological theory, victimology, crime prevention, policing, penology, offender rehabilitation, social control, and the socio-legal dimensions of crime.

04

Human Rights, Justice, and Society

Scholarship on human rights law, access to justice, legal protection, equality, social justice, vulnerable groups, legal ethics, rights-based governance, and international human rights instruments.

Thematic Coverage

PLICE accepts manuscripts within the following thematic areas, as long as they demonstrate strong legal, criminological, governance, or socio-legal relevance:

Public and Constitutional Law
Constitutional interpretation, administrative justice, decentralization, state authority, public institutions, and judicial control.
Human Rights and Social Justice
Human rights protection, equality, social justice, legal aid, minority rights, and rights-based public policy.
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal liability, procedure, evidence, prosecution, sentencing, correction, restorative justice, and due process.
Law Enforcement and Accountability
Police accountability, oversight, institutional reform, professional ethics, law enforcement governance, and public trust.
Criminology and Victimology
Crime causation, victim protection, offender behavior, penology, rehabilitation, and crime prevention strategy.
Transnational and Emerging Crimes
Cybercrime, terrorism, environmental crime, corruption, organized crime, digital evidence, and technology-related legal challenges.
Comparative and International Law
Comparative legal systems, international criminal justice, global governance, legal transplants, and cross-jurisdictional reform.
Law, Technology, and Society
Digital governance, AI and law, social media and crime, privacy, surveillance, digital rights, and technological impacts on justice.

Accepted Article Types

  • Original research articles
  • Doctrinal legal research articles
  • Empirical socio-legal studies
  • Comparative legal analysis
  • Policy-oriented legal studies
  • Case-based legal analysis with scholarly contribution
  • Conceptual or theoretical articles in law, crime, and justice
  • Systematic literature reviews with clear legal or criminological relevance

Out-of-Scope Manuscripts

  • Manuscripts without clear legal, criminal justice, criminological, or governance relevance
  • Purely descriptive essays without analytical contribution
  • General social science studies not connected to law, crime, or justice
  • Manuscripts with weak methodology, unclear research problem, or insufficient scholarly novelty
  • Commentaries that do not engage with legal sources, policy implications, or academic literature
  • Submissions that fall outside publication ethics or originality standards

Scholarly Quality Expectations

Clear Research Contribution

Manuscripts should explain their novelty, scholarly significance, and contribution to law, crime, justice, governance, or policy.

Robust Methodology

Research methods must be appropriate, transparent, and aligned with legal, doctrinal, empirical, comparative, or socio-legal inquiry.

Strong Legal Reasoning

Arguments should be supported by relevant legal sources, jurisprudence, statutes, policy documents, empirical data, or scholarly literature.

International Relevance

The journal encourages manuscripts with comparative, theoretical, policy, or practical relevance beyond a narrowly local description.

Editorial Scope Statement

PLICE encourages submissions that provide rigorous legal analysis, innovative approaches, comparative insight, empirical evidence, and policy relevance to strengthen the understanding and development of public law, criminal justice, criminology, and socio-legal governance.

© 2026 Advances in Public Law and Crime (PLICE). Published by PT. Inovasi Analisis Data.

E-ISSN: 3064-5875 | P-ISSN: 3064-6057 | Focus and Scope