Crime, Media, Culture (CMC)

Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal is a leading interdisciplinary scholarly journal that fosters rigorous research exploring the dynamic relationships between crime, criminal justice, media, and culture. Founded in 2005 amidst growing academic interest in cultural criminology, the journal has become a premier venue for work that bridges traditional boundaries between criminology, media studies, cultural studies, law, and communication. Published three times per year, it welcomes original research articles, theoretical essays, visual and narrative analyses, and critical work that interrogates how media representations shape public understandings of crime, fear, justice, and social order. Key themes include the role of news and entertainment media in constructing crime narratives, the influence of digital and social media on perceptions of criminality, surveillance and security cultures, cultural and spatial dimensions of crime, and the politics of representation in film, television, and online platforms. With an editorial emphasis on critical and cultural approaches, the journal encourages nuanced engagements with power, ideology, identity, and social inequality as they intersect with media portrayals of crime and punishment. Its international editorial board and global contributors reflect diverse methodological perspectives and geographic contexts, making Crime, Media, Culture a vital resource for scholars, teachers, and advanced students interested in how media and culture co‑produce meanings and policies related to crime and social control.

Crime, Media, Culture (CMC) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, criminology, media studies, cultural studies, law, communication, and sociology, , film, social media, popular culture, and surveillance technologies. The journal prioritizes critical, qualitative, and cultural‑criminological research that explores meaning, representation, ideology, and power in portrayals of crime and justice , Online or Print , Triennially Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 1741-6590, E-ISSN: 1741-6604, Established: 2005, Impact Factor: 1.9
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE