Submission process
Articles should not currently be, or have previously been, submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright or license to publish to the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. It is required that all manuscripts submitted be the original work of the author/s and not draw inappropriately or without proper ascription from any other authors'work.

Review process
Articles will be reviewed at the discretion of the Editor and the Editor's decision on the ultimate suitability of an article for publication is final. Submissions suitable for peer-review will be read by at least two anonymous referees.

The Editors aim to return a decision on submitted articles within six weeks of submission. The decision will either be an acceptance, with suggestions for the author(s) to consider before submitting the final version, or a rejection. In case of rejection, no comments will be transmitted from referees. Referees will provide only brief and sufficient comments to the editor when recommending rejection, but may invest in substantial suggestions for the author(s) when recommending acceptance. In effect, submitting authors trade long reviews of rejected manuscripts for faster decisions on their submissions.

Preparation of manuscripts
Currently, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law can only accept manuscripts written in English, using 12-point Times-Roman and one-inch margins. Spelling should be US English or British English, but not a mixture within one article. Manuscripts should be prepared depending on whether they are psychological or psychiatric in nature or legal, using the following:

Title Page (p.1) should contain the article title, authors' names and complete affiliations, footnotes to the title, and the address for manuscript correspondence (including e-mail, address and telephone and fax numbers), and a note, if applicable, of the conference at which the paper has been presented.
Abstract (p.2) must be a single paragraph that summarizes the main findings of the paper in fewer than 150 words, including where appropriate the research methodology, findings and conclusions. After the abstract a list of up to 10 keywords that will be useful for indexing or searching should be included.
Figures should be in a finished form suitable for publication and should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers in order of appearance in the text. Figures can be supplied as hard copy, but are preferred electronically in Adobe Illustrator, EPS or TIFF formats. They should be presented in black and white at a minimum print density of 600 dpi and should not include shaded areas of grey. Instead use repeated patterns of lines or crosses to distinguish, for example, different bars on a graph.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers in order of appearance in the text. Each table should by typed double-spaced on a separate page, with a short descriptive title typed directly above and with essential footnotes below.

Psychological manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the format and style specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, fifth edition. Pages should be numbered consecutively. References should be cited in the text as specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, fifth edition. A concise description of APA referencing style can be found here http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/style/layout/tf_1.pdf Personal communications should be cited as such in the text and should not be included in the reference list.

Psychiatric manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the format and style specified in the 'Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical Journals' (which has been reproduced in the British Medical Journal 1982, 12 June; 284:1766-1779; the Medical Journal of Australia 1982;2:590-6; and the Australian Alcohol/Drug Review 1985;4:5-13). References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. References in the text, tables and legends to figures should be identified by Arabic numerals. References should be listed in numerical order at the end of the paper beginning on a new page. The Vancouver System of referencing should be used. For journal articles the names and then initials of all authors should be given, where there is six of fewer authors; commas should follow the last initials of each author but internal stops should be omitted. When there are seven or more authors list only the first three and then add et al.

Following this should come the full title of the article, then the title of the journal abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus, the year of publication, volume number and first and last page number in that order. Examples of the Vancouver system are as follows:

Szasz T. Psychiatric justice. Br J Psychiatry. 1989; 154: 864-9.

Howard D, Westmore B, eds. Crime and mental health law in New South Wales. Sydney: Lexisnexis Butterworth, 2005.

Melton GB, Petrila J, Poythress NG. Competency to stand trial. In: Melton GB, Petrila J, Poythress NG, eds. Psychological evaluations for the courts. A handbook for mental professionals and lawyers. New York: Guilford Press, 1997: 119-55.

For details of the appropriate way of citing other publications, authors should refer to the
examples given in 'Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical
journals'. Authors should try to avoid using abstracts as references. References to ''unpublished observations'' and ''personal communications'' should be made in the text of the article as such, and should not be numbered or included in the list of references. Manuscripts accepted but not yet published may be referenced as usual; in the list of references, the journal should be named and the phrase ''in press'' should follow.

Legal manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the format and style specified in The Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). OSCOLA is designed to facilitate accurate citation of authorities, legislation, and other legal materials. Pages should be numbered consecutively and organized as follows:

References should be cited in the text as specified in The Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). Titles of Journals should not be abbreviated.
Cases should be cited in the usual English law form with the name of the case and its date in the text and a list of cases in alphabetical order at the end of the article.
End notes should be short, if possible, and relate to the significance of a cited reference, rather than reflect an idea which could go into the text in parenthesis.

Notes on Referencing Style
Psychology papers: For an overview of APA style (including referencing) visit http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/apa.html 
Psychiatry papers: For further information on 'Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical Journals' visit http://www.icmje.org/
Law papers: For a full description of the Journal's Oxford Law style (including referencing) visit http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/published/oscola_2006.pdf

Authors'contributions
All authors are expected to have made substantive intellectual contributions to, and to have been involved in drafting or revising the manuscript. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, alone, does not justify authorship. With the submission of a manuscript, the submitting author guarantees that all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Acknowledgements
All contributors who do not meet the above criteria for authorship, should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include those who provided general, technical, or writing assistance. A declaration of interest should acknowledge all financial support and any financial relationship that may pose a conflict of interest.

Electronic transmission of accepted manuscripts
Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically to I.Freckelton@vicbar.com.au. Electronic submissions should be sent as email attachments using a standard word processing program, such as MSWORD or PDF. If email submission is not possible, please send an electronic version on disk Authors are requested to submit figures/artwork of very high quality only.

The Editorial Committee
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
GPO Box 655E
Melbourne
VIC 3001
Australia
Email: I.Freckelton@vicbar.com.au

Copyright
It is a condition of publication that authors vest or license copyright of their articles, including abstracts, in Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the material elsewhere after publication providing that prior permission is obtained from Taylor & Francis. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

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Offprints and Reprints
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Media Reviews
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