Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews

Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews (ISSN 1073-7855) was a small, specialist U.S. journal founded and published by Harrow and Heston (Guilderland/Albany, NY) in the mid-1990s. It focused on long review essays, critical syntheses, and thematic special issues in criminology, criminal justice, and “social problems” broadly construed (crime, punishment, race, inequality, environmental justice, end-of-life issues, etc.). Early volumes featured substantial review essays such as Gary Kleck’s “Guns and Violence: An Interpretive Review of the Field” in 1(1), January 1995. Later volumes included special issues, notably:

• “Assisted suicide” (guest-edited by Marvin Zalman) as 5(1), Winter 1999

• “New Directions in Criminological Research: Theoretical and Empirical Implications” (guest-edited by Wilson R. Palacios) as 6(3), 2000

By about 2000 (volume 6) the Harrow-and-Heston incarnation appears to end; an online record shows Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews continuing under Sage in 2001, but the original criminology-oriented review journal is effectively defunct.(ZDB Catalogue)

Volumes and Issues

Volume 1 (1995)

• 1(1) – January 1995

  • Example: Gary Kleck, “Guns and Violence: An Interpretive Review of the Field,” Social Pathology 1(1): 12–47.(Office of Justice Programs)

• 1(2) – 1995

• James Frank, review of Community Policing: How to Get Started, Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 1(2): 184–189.Cincinnati Government

• I.D. Onwudiwe, review of The Bell Curve, Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 1(2): 203–208.

• 1(3)-Fall 1995. pp. 218-313 . READ-ME.ORG

Volume 2 (1996)

• 2(1) – Spring 1996

  • Todd R. Clear, “Science and the Punishment/Control Movement,” Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews2(1): 1–22.(Office of Justice Programs)

• 2(2) – Summer 1996

  • David Parry, “Central Themes in Bush Justice Theory and Research,” 2(2): 87–119.(Office of Justice Programs)

  • David Parry, “Race and Community in Juvenile Justice Decision Making,” 2(2): 120–153.(Office of Justice Programs)

• 2(3) – Fall 1996

  • Williams, Cullen & Wright, “Labor Market Participation and Youth Crime: The Neglect of ‘Working’ in Delinquency Research,” 2(3): 195–217.(Office of Justice Programs)

  • David Kauzlarich, “State Criminality and Nuclear Weapons,” Social Pathology 2(3): 242–246.(Society and Justice Studies)

  • Paul Stretesky, “Environmental Equity? A Response to Clark, Lab and Stoddard’s Review of the Literature,” Social Pathology 2: 293–298 (same volume; issue not always given but context indicates late 1996).(SpringerLink)

Volume 3 (1997)

• 3(1) – implied by pagination and later issue numbering but I couldn’t locate a citation explicitly labelled “3(1)”.

• 3(2) – 1997

  • Victoria E. Titterington, book review (“Female Crime, Criminals and Cellmates”), Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 3(2) (issue number and volume given in her CV).(CJCenter)

• 3(3) – 1997

  • David Kauzlarich, “Nuclear Weapons on Trial: The Battle at the International Court of Justice,” Social Pathology 3(3): 157–164.(Society and Justice Studies)

• 3(3) – 1997

  • 3: 142–146 etc. .(Christina DeJong, Ph.

Volume 4 (1998)

• 4(1) – 1998

  • M. Barrett, “The Imprisoned Subject: Agency and Identity in Prison,” Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 4(1): 48–54.(Dokumen)

• Other 1998 content, issue not specified

  • Wilson R. Palacios & Dorothy L. Taylor, “Up close and personal: Using non-traditional textbooks in teaching a course on minorities, crime, and social policy,” Social Pathology 4: 87–94.(University of Massachusetts Lowell)

So volume 4 definitely has an issue 1, and likely additional issues, but the publicly accessible citations I can see don’t give the full issue breakdown.

Volume 5 (1999)

• 5(1) – Winter 1999 – “Assisted Suicide” special issue

  • Guest editor Marvin Zalman; described as “Assisted suicide [Special issue]. Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews, 5(1)”.(SAGE Journals)

  • Reviews and essays on assisted suicide/end-of-life, e.g.:

    • J.L. Werth, articles on assisted suicide/end-of-life, cited as Social Pathology 5: 22–36.(Wiley Online Library)

    • Martin Gunderson, review of end-of-life books, Social Pathology 5(1): 95–97.(macalester.academia.edu)

    • Daniel Hillyard, review of Forced Exit, Social Pathology 5: 98–100.(SIU Academic Programs)

Volume 6 (2000)

• 6(1) – 2000

  • Lynne M. Vieraitis, “Income Inequality, Poverty, and Violent Crime: A Review of the Empirical Evidence,” Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 6(1): 24–45.(University of Texas at Dallas)

• 6(2) – 2000

  • Michael Welch, “Deconstructing the Flag-Burning Controversy: Contributions of Robert J. Goldstein in Review,” Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 6(2): 149–156.(CRW Flags)

• 6(3) – 2000 – “New Directions in Criminological Research” special issue

  • Guest editor: Wilson R. Palacios; his CV describes “New Directions in Criminological Research: Theoretical and Empirical Implications” as a special issue, Social Pathology 6(3).(University of Massachusetts Lowell)

  • Includes, for example, “Reopening the debate: A reexamination of the need for a Black criminology,” Social Pathology: A Journal of Reviews 6(3): 182–198.(Taylor & Francis Online)

• 6(4) – 2000

  • S. Moloney, review essay on The Ghost Dance and prison gangs, Social Pathology 6(4): 264–283 (cited in later work on gangs and cultural conflict).(greencriminology.org)

  • Late-volume book reviews such as Venessa Garcia’s review (cited only as 6: 312–315, but clearly at the back of volume 6).(New Jersey City University)