Guidelines for submission

Dilemas - Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social (Dilemmas: Journal on Conflict and Social Control) is open to receiving new, original scientific contributions of articles, reviews and interviews. The social sciences quarterly (mainly sociology and anthropology) is focused on themes of conflict and social control such as

- Deviant Behavior

- Violence

- Crime
- Morality

- Social Movements and Collective Action

- Urban Conflicts

- Criminal Justice

- Public Security

- Public and Private Institutions of Social Control

The contributions must consist of adequate works to an academic journal and should portray the language and the protocol suitable to the medium.

Manuscripts should be sent by email, preferably in MS-Word (papers will be accepted in other well-known text processors such as WordPerfect), to the address: editor@revistadilemas.com.

All contributions are peer-reviewed, preserving the identities of both authors and evaluators. Each work will be submitted to at least two evaluations. All authors will receive copies of the evaluation reports with comments of the reviewers and, where appropriate, of the editorial board and/or the editors of the journal.

Dilemas publishes texts mainly in Portuguese, except when articles were originally written in Spanish, English or French, in which cases the texts will be published in the original language, with the abstract in that language, as well as in Portuguese and English – or in Spanish if the text is already in English.

By submitting a text, the author simultaneously declares the acceptance to all terms and conditions of the journal and transfers his copyrights to Dilemas - Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social, being aware that it will have open access in digital version.

Dilemas is not responsible for opinions, data and/or concepts presented in its texts; these are of responsibility only and entirely of their authors.

The editors reserve themselves the right to make formal changes in the articles in order to ensure clarity and compliance with the standards of the journal.

Definitions:

Article (paper): a contribution in the form of an original, unpublished study that reports a new or original research and/or introduces an original theoretical discussion. More than one author can sign it.

Interview: a contribution in the form of the transcript of a conversation, presented in questions and answers (Q&A) format, with a figure of interest to the theme of Dilemas - Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social. More than one author can sign interviews.

Review: contribution in the form of an analytical and/or opinionative text about a work recently published in the subject area concerning the journal. Only one author can sign it.

Rules for submission of contributions

Submissions must meet the following formal criteria:

General patterns:

Cover: all submissions must be accompanied by a cover sheet, bringing an abstract of 650 characters (including spaces), five keywords and a brief summary of the curriculum of the author, detailing his training, institutional affiliation, and contact details (full name, address, phone and email).

Quotes: must be presented between quotes along the text if it’s no longer than three lines. Otherwise, it should be placed as a separate paragraph, with 10 (ten) pt and a line space before and after it, with an indentation of 1 (one) cm to the left and single spacing.

References: in the text, references must be presented in parentheses in the following pattern: (AUTHOR’s SURNAME, year, p. Page number), as in: (WEBER, 2004, p. 117). If the pages make a sequence, use "pp.", followed by start-end page, like this: (BECKER, 2008, pp. 256-258).

The reference list should follow the patterns below:

Books:

SURNAME, Name. (Year), Title of book: Subtitle. City, Publisher.

Chapters in books:

SURNAME, Name. (Year), "Title of chapter: Subtitle". In: SURNAME, Name (org). Title of book: Subtitle. City, Publisher, pp. start page-end page.

Journals articles:

SURNAME, Name. (Year), "Title of article: Subtitle". Title of Journal, Volume, issue, pp. start page-end page.

Journals articles online:

If the journal has a printed version:

SURNAME, Name. (Year), "Title of article: Subtitle". Title of Journal (online), Volume, issue, pp. start page-end page. Available (online) on: address.

If the journal does not have a printed version:

SURNAME, Name. (Year), "Title of article: Subtitle". Title of Journal (online), Volume, issue. Available (online) on: address.

Articles in newspapers and magazines:

SURNAME, Name. (Date), "Title of article." Publication, section, pp. start page-end page.

Figures: may be embedded in the article but must also be sent in separate files, preferably in JPEG format (300 dpi resolution). If you use graphs and/or tables, they must be accompanied by the image files they correspond to and, if possible, by the spreadsheets from which they were originated.

Specific standards:

Articles: twenty (20) to thirty (30) pages, typed in Times New Roman, 12 (twelve) pts and 1.5 line spacing (one and a half). Footnotes should be limited to three per page and contain only comments are strictly necessary to the article.

Reviews: 5 (five) to 10 (ten) pages, typed in Times New Roman, 12 (twelve) pts, line spacing 1.5 (one and a half). Footnotes should be limited to three per page and contain only comments that are strictly necessary to the text. The opening of the text should bring the bibliographic reference on the work reviewed.

Interviews: up to 20 (twenty) pages, typed in Times New Roman, 12 (twelve) pts, line spacing 1.5 (one and a half). The interview should be submitted in the "Q&A" (questions and answers) format and be preceded by an introductory explanatory note of up to one page (included in the total limit), presenting the interviewed.

Questions, suggestions, and comments should be sent to: editor@revistadilemas.com