As we approach 2020, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being’s editors, authors, reviewers and partners for their valuable contribution and support of the Journal. 2019 was an exciting year for the Journal, as highlighted by: ▪ Increase in visitors to journalcswb.ca – Recent stats from Google Analytics, Google’s web site traffic analysis application, have shown over a 43% increase in the number of visitors to the website over the past year (Nov 1, 2018 – Oct 31, 2019 vs. Nov 1, 2017 – Oct 31, 2018). Visitors are coming to the Journal site to browse the latest research in the evolving fields of CSWB and LEPH or to submit their own works for publication.
▪ Matt Torigian joined Editorial team as Senior Contributing Editor – Matt is working with the Journal's Editorial Team to develop and broaden the Journal's global voice, taking on specific responsibility for guiding a new stream of Supplemental Issues to deliver important sector-specific research and critical findings.
▪ Journal highlighted in a session lead by our Editor-in-Chief, Norman Taylor, at LEPH2019.
▪ Articles directly related to LEPH2019 conference presentations were published in our October issue, with more to come this December in our special LEPH2019 themed issue.
▪ Partnership with the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN) to increase awareness for our respective activities to each of our online communities.
▪ Extended reach and reader engagement through Twitter – the Journal now has 430 followers!
▪ Inclusion in Crossref – all past and future articles of JCSWB are assigned DOIs (digital object identifiers), which enhances article discoverability and makes our content easier to cite, link and access.
| ▪ | Increase in visitors to journalcswb.ca – Recent stats from Google Analytics, Google’s web site traffic analysis application, have shown over a 43% increase in the number of visitors to the website over the past year (Nov 1, 2018 – Oct 31, 2019 vs. Nov 1, 2017 – Oct 31, 2018). Visitors are coming to the Journal site to browse the latest research in the evolving fields of CSWB and LEPH or to submit their own works for publication. | | ▪ | Matt Torigian joined Editorial team as Senior Contributing Editor – Matt is working with the Journal's Editorial Team to develop and broaden the Journal's global voice, taking on specific responsibility for guiding a new stream of Supplemental Issues to deliver important sector-specific research and critical findings. | | ▪ | Journal highlighted in a session lead by our Editor-in-Chief, Norman Taylor, at LEPH2019. | | ▪ | Articles directly related to LEPH2019 conference presentations were published in our October issue, with more to come this December in our special LEPH2019 themed issue. | | ▪ | Extended reach and reader engagement through Twitter – the Journal now has 430 followers! | | ▪ | Inclusion in Crossref – all past and future articles of JCSWB are assigned DOIs (digital object identifiers), which enhances article discoverability and makes our content easier to cite, link and access. | As the publisher, we have some exciting plans for the Journal in 2020 to ensure it continues to strengthen and grow, including an upgrade to the journal website and peer-review platform software. The new version of the software will significantly heighten the ease of use for authors through the simplified registration and ability to upload multiple manuscript files. Readers and visitors of the site will enjoy the modern feel and responsive design across multiple devices. Stay tuned for more information in future newsletters! Best wishes for a happy holiday season, | The Journal Receives Encouraging Feedback from a Global Gathering in Scotland The recent LEPH2019 conference in Edinburgh provided this Editor-in-Chief with many opportunities to interact directly with our international readers, reviewers and authors over the course of 7 days in October. I had the chance to deliver remarks and/or presentations on a variety of LEPH and CSWB topics to four separate pre-conference and conference events. Each time, it was gratifying to encounter many in attendance that were already familiar with our publication, and to meet many others who became immediately interested in learning more about how they might become involved. One of these events was a specially convened Meet the Editor session on the final day of the conference. We thank the organizers for making this encounter possible, and though not as heavily attended as we might like, we noted that this was certainly the same situation for many of the highly valued concurrent sessions underway throughout. Nonetheless, those who came to the session reflected several different countries, a mix of academic disciplines, and included some pracademics from policing and other justice and public health roles. The discussions that occurred offered guidance and encouragement for the Journal in equal measure. On the guidance front, we learned that our Open Access status is not yet widely recognized, and several attendees urged us to make that message more clear. According to them, it is one of the strongest features of our Journal. We do not charge author fees, we do not have a paywall for readers and researchers to access our issues and archives, and we aim to serve a wide and diverse mix of voices that might otherwise have no channel for expression and publication. We are taking that advice seriously and will be more actively promoting these aspects of the Journal on a regular basis and to a wider audience as much as we can. As for encouragement, we had some interesting conversations about the double-edge of our editorial posture. We know, and others acknowledged, that we face a continuing challenge in attracting papers whose authors may feel duty bound to place in more established, high impact factor, and sector or discipline specific publications. We knew this when we started our Journal, and we know it will remain a continuing threshold we have to face until such time as our own impact is measurable under conventional terms. But, perhaps the high point was that these sobering observations were accompanied and overtaken by high praise for the unique multi-disciplinary niche and the more open editorial policy we have set for our Journal. This encouragement may have derived from the ideal context of this conference, itself designed to celebrate and advance the highly collaborative and still-emerging fields that intersect as LEPH and CSWB. It may have been the mix of academics and pracademics that was highly evident among the sessions and social interactions all week. We prefer to think it is mostly because it just makes good and timely sense to have a Journal that is uniquely suited to confront complex challenges, advance new knowledge, and share the collaborative solutions that can truly make a difference in the lives of those who need them the most. Norman E. Taylor
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being | We at the Community Safety Knowledge Alliance (CSKA) are extremely proud of the collective efforts of so many that have gone into making the Journal what it is today. It has come a long way as CSKA’s flagship communications vehicle in just three years! Developing new knowledge is what CSKA is all about – and in today’s rapid cycle environment, it is important to get that knowledge into the hands of policymakers and users in a timely, digestible and usable fashion. From work we commissioned to provide a conceptual framework for community safety and well-being (Nilson, C. (2018). Community Safety and Well-being: Concept, Practice and Alignment) to a soon-to-be published report concerning a recent study into the somewhat contentious issue of police revealing the names of homicide victims, we continue to rely on the Journal as a key medium to ensure the broader community of CSWB practitioners and policymakers are informed. We are actively working on a number of other projects that will similarly be shared more broadly in the coming months and beyond. So stay tuned…and happy reading! | Dr. Katy Kamkar, Ph.D., C. Psych. Section Editor, JCSWB Dr. Katy Kamkar, Ph.D., C. Psych., is a Clinical Psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Dr. Katy Kamkar is a renowned mental health professional devoted to de-stigmatizing mental health and driving positive change. She has been called one of Canada's most devoted mental health ambassadors. She provides Evidence-Based Assessment services, Independent Medical Evaluation, Disability Management services and Evidence Based Psychological Treatment for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Trauma and PTSD, Occupational Stress Injuries to First Responders and on Psychological Distress in the Workplace. Dr. Kamkar has demonstrated an unwavering passion for transforming the lives of not only the patients she works with directly, but educating the hundreds of thousands of people she informs through her tireless outreach about mental health issues. She provides ongoing Education and Workshops to Ministries and Organizations, National and International, including First Responders Organizations. Dr. Kamkar enhances recoveries and improves access to care and social support through her every day clinical work, research, education, her media engagement, and her numerous advisory and engagement roles. Through her continuous public education and community work, Dr. Kamkar has earned a reputation for outstanding service and professional leadership. “It is a privilege to be part of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, Section “Trust” and working with such a fabulous team. This topic must form part of our continuing dialogue on CSWB. If we do not attend to the stresses taken on by those whose work is directed to services, strengths, and justice for others, we will undermine the trust that is essential both within our human services systems, and among those systems and the public they are designed to serve.” | Have you had the chance to read our October issue? To view the Table of Contents and download articles from this issue, please visit: https://journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/issue/view/12 Highlights from this issue include: Voices of remanded women in Western Canada: A qualitative analysis
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Daniel J. Jones, Sandra M. Bucerius, Kevin D. Haggerty The looking ahead project: A lesson in community engagement and positive change
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Paul E. Pedersen Using multi-agency, multi-professional collaboration to reduce serious violence and organized crime
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Rachel A. Staniforth, Una Jennings, Jamie Henderson, Simon Mitchell | Check out our Top 3 most read articles for the Journal of CSWB based on the number of full text views and downloads recorded on our website from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019. Click here to view other articles from our archives. On the economics of post-traumatic stress disorder among first responders in Canada (18,609 Views)
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Mark E. Olver
Vol 1, No 3 (2016) | Submit your Research to the Journal of CSWB – an OPEN ACCESS Publication Did you know that the Journal of CSWB is an OPEN ACCESS publication? The Journal publishes peer-reviewed content under an open access creative commons license, where all articles are freely available and permanently accessible immediately upon publication, without subscription or registration barriers. We believe this ensures the widest possible dissemination of our published research and promotes future innovation in the field. The benefits of open access include: ▪ Open access articles are viewed more often than articles that are only available to subscribers, and are cited more often
▪ Faster impact and greater engagement
▪ New ideas can be dispersed more rapidly and widely, which in turn triggers new research studies
▪ Publishing with an open access journal is a requirement or a preferred method of publication amongst funding agencies
| ▪ | Open access articles are viewed more often than articles that are only available to subscribers, and are cited more often | | ▪ | Faster impact and greater engagement | | ▪ | New ideas can be dispersed more rapidly and widely, which in turn triggers new research studies | | ▪ | Publishing with an open access journal is a requirement or a preferred method of publication amongst funding agencies | We encourage your contributions to the growing CSWB and LEPH body of knowledge and evidence base. We invite you to review the Focus and Scope of the Journal of CSWB prior to making a submission. If you have questions regarding the suitability of a submission or our author guidelines, please contact JCSWBCommunity@sgpublishing.ca. | Become a Reviewer and Get Involved Want to get involved with the Journal? We invite you to register as a Reviewer with the journal. Getting involved in the peer review process can be a highly rewarding experience that can also improve your own research and help to further your career. Reviewers also play an integral role in ensuring the high standards of the journal are met through evaluating manuscripts and providing constructive criticism to editors and authors. To register as a reviewer ensure the “reviewer” box is selected and reviewing interests are entered upon registering with the journal at: https://journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/user/register Questions? Contact support@sgpublishing.ca | LEPH2019 Presenters: Our Conference Themed Issues Continue The Journal of CSWB is publishing a collection of articles in our December 2019 issue and in subsequent issues to highlight works presented at the Fifth International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health (LEPH2019). As the official publication of LEPH2019, the Journal invites presenters to submit a full article version of their conference presentation to be considered for publication. The Journal provides an excellent venue and opportunity to increase the visibility of your studies and investigations, as well as to share knowledge that will impact and improve approaches to overall law enforcement and public health. If you have questions regarding online submissions or our author guidelines, please contact JCSWBCommunity@sgpublishing.ca. | |
