Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention

An international journal open to scientists, clinicians, and policymakers — Free of charge for authors and readers

We welcome contributions that enhance and illuminate relevant clinical practice, science, and policy about the etiology, prevention, (risk) assessment, treatment, and management of individuals who have committed sexual offenses or are at risk of doing so.  Aspects of legal, psychological, and somatic consequences of sexual offending are also of interest for our readership.

Clinicians, practitioners, and academics are invited to submit qualitative or quantitative research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, brief research notes/articles, and (clinical) case reports/studies.

We value the importance of open science practices fully and would like to contribute to a better understanding and implementation of these in the field of sex research and forensic sciences.

Due to an increasing number of high-quality submissions, many articles have recently been accepted within a short timeframe. The number of accepted articles currently exceeds the production team's capacity, resulting in a temporary backlog in the publication pipeline. However, authors are encouraged to make their accepted manuscripts publicly available as an Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) while awaiting final publication.