The Journal will be pleased to receive contributions from all parts of the world. Manuscripts for publication should be sent to: David Webb, Journal of Correctional Education, Outreach Programs, Ashland University, 401 College Ave., Ashland, OH 44805.

Send: A 3-1/4" disk or CD-Rom (IBM format and Microsoft Word preferred) and one (1) copy of the article. The author's name and title page should be detachable from the rest of the text to facilitate blind review by the editorial board. Authors will be notified upon receipt of the article and again when the decision of acceptance, rejection, or needs revisions is made by the editorial board. The cover letter must include a statement indicating that the article has not appeared in another publication.

The manuscript should be in English. To simplify communication across disciplines, jargon should be avoided. Submit one typed electrostatic copy, double spaced throughout, including tables, legends, and citations. Size preferred is 8-1/2" x 11." Pages should be numbered consecutively, including the title page. Manuscripts are not returned.

Title page should include: (1) Title of submission, and (2) Author's name, address, phone number, E-mail address, and a brief forty-words or less biographical sketch. In the case of coauthors, respective addresses should be clearly indicated, as well as a note identifying which author is to receive correspondence. Please notify the editor of any change of address and/or phone number that occurs while a paper is in the process of publication.

The essential contents of each paper should be stated briefly in an abstract following the title page. The title of the article should be on the abstract page, but should not include the author's name, (approximately 150-300 words in length).

All figures and illustrations should be professionally drawn about twice the final size required. All photographs, maps, charts, diagrams should be referred to as "figures" and numbered consecutively and should have informative titles. Their positions in the manuscript should be indicated.

Tables should be submitted on separate sheets of paper, should be numbered consecutively, and should have informative titles. Their positions in the manuscript should be indicated.

In preparing manuscripts for publication, The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and Webster's Dictionary are generally followed on questions of references, spelling, punctuation and format.

Footnotes are to be used only for substantive comments, not for citation. Footnotes should be inserted appropriately and shown at the end of the text. Follow APA guidelines on referencing.

The Journal welcomes curriculum projects, essays, letters to the editor, book reviews, reviews and evaluations of educations materials, as well as job postings, conference announcement, and other professional development related materials. Original text to speeches are generally not published, however, revised submission reflecting the preceding guidelines are welcome.

If questions arise, contact the technical editor (419) 289-5740 (or E-mail to dwebb@ashland.edu).