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Manuscript Preparation

Title Page

In addition to the manuscript, include a separate document containing the title page. The title page should include: 1) the title of the paper (the same title as in the manuscript); 2) author information: name, middle initial, last name, year of birth, affiliation, and email address; 3) information about the corresponding author: name, affiliation, official mailing address, and email address; 4) a brief title of the paper (up to 50 characters including spaces).

It is recommended to provide an ORCID identifier for each author.

For papers resulting from research projects, the project’s funding source, project name, and project number should be noted. For papers previously presented at a scientific or professional conference, the conference details should be provided. For papers that are part of a doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis, relevant information about the dissertation or thesis should be included.

Manuscript Format

The manuscript should be written in Latin script using Microsoft Word, on A4-sized pages, with margins of 2.54 cm, Times New Roman font (12 points), and double-spaced. Pages should not be numbered.

The title of the paper is written in bold, centred, and in font size 14, with the first letter capitalised. A brief title (running head; up to 50 characters without spaces) is written in uppercase in the header. First-level headings (section titles) are written with an initial capital letter, in bold, centred, and in font size 12. Second-level headings are written with an initial capital letter, in bold, left-aligned. Third-level headings are written with an initial capital letter, in bold, indented, followed by a period, after which the text of the paper continues. Fourth-level headings are written with an initial capital letter, in bold, italics, indented, followed by a period, after which the text of the paper continues. Fifth-level headings are written in italics, indented, followed by a period, after which the text of the paper continues. Headings are not numbered.

Manuscript Length

Original research articles and review papers should be up to 30,000 characters in length, excluding references, tables, graphs, and acknowledgements. The editorial board may approve the publication of longer articles when the scientific content requires it.

Short or preliminary communications, scientific critiques, debates or reviews, and professional papers should be up to 10,000 characters in length, excluding references, tables, graphs, and acknowledgements.

Informative contributions and presentations should be up to 5,000 characters in length.

Language

Manuscripts should be written clearly and in grammatically correct language. Manuscripts with numerous spelling and grammatical errors will not be accepted. The editorial board reserves the right to proofread and correct papers before publication, and to send proposed changes to authors for review and approval.

Title

The title of the paper should be concise and informative, relevant to the paper’s topic, and include words suitable for searching and indexing. The title should be provided in both Serbian and English.

Abstract

An abstract of up to 250 words should be provided in both Serbian and English. The abstract should not contain references. It is recommended that the abstract for original research and review papers be structured with prominent section headings: Introduction, Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. For other types of papers, an unstructured abstract is recommended, except for book reviews, which do not require an abstract.

Keywords

With the abstract, three to eight keywords in Serbian and English should be provided. Keywords should be relevant to the paper’s topic and suitable for search and indexing.

Keywords are listed below the abstract and are separated by a comma.

Keywords: one, two, three

Abbreviations

For each abbreviation used in the manuscript, the full name should be provided upon first mention.

Examples:

• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY), Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) survey

Standard abbreviations should not be defined, e.g., df, SD.

Results and Statistics

Results should be presented clearly and concisely using tables or graphs, without duplication. Labels for applied statistical tests are written in italics (e.g., F, t, p), except Greek alphabet symbols (e.g., χ², α).

Examples:

• F(4, 87) = 20.53, p < .001, partial η² = .49
• χ²(3) = 13.73, p = .003, V = .10
• r = -.34, p < .05

Decimal numbers should be written with a period. Zeros should not be included when reporting statistics with an absolute value theoretically limited to the range 0–1 (e.g., r, p, α). Decimal numbers should be rounded to two decimal places, except for percentages, which should be rounded to one decimal place, and for results where data on differences at the third decimal place is important (e.g., p). Do not state p = .000.

Tables, Graphs, and Figures

Tables and graphs should be created in Word format or a Word-compatible format and labelled with Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text, along with a clear title describing them. Tables, figures, and graphs should be self-explanatory without referring to the text. In the text, refer to them as follows: ‘In Table 1...’ and ‘In Figure 1...’. An explanatory note, including abbreviations and asterisks denoting significance, should be placed below the table, graph, or figure.

The table, graph, or figure number and label should be written above them in bold, aligned to the left. The title of the table, graph, or figure should be written below its number and label, with an initial capital letter, in italics, and aligned to the left.

Tables should not contain vertical lines. Horizontal lines should be used at the top and bottom of the table and to separate the header from the other rows. All textual entries should begin with a capital letter. Titles in the header and all entries should be centred, except for entries in the far-left column, which should be left-aligned without a period at the end.

Each table cell should contain only one piece of data; do not use tabs or insert extra spaces to align the text.

Graphs and figures should be legible in terms of size and resolution. The legend explaining symbols should be positioned within the boundaries of the graph or figure.

Acknowledgements / Funding

In the acknowledgements section at the end of the article, financial support, technical assistance, advice, etc., should be noted.

Footnotes

Footnotes may only be used exceptionally, and that is to provide additional information or material protected by copyright. Information in footnotes should be concise and should not contain lengthy passages.

In-Text Citation Rules

Citing sources used in the text of the article and listing references should be in accordance with the current version of the American Psychological Association Manual, the APA 7 Manual.

In cases where a source with one or two authors is cited in the text, always include their last names and the year of publication.

Examples:

• Responsible policymaking is crucial for maintaining the stability of the quality of prison life (Liebling, 2008).
• More attention should be paid to the education of individuals with visual impairments to increase their knowledge of sexual and reproductive health (Stekić, 2022).
• The diversity of participation in recreational activities shows the most significant longitudinal decline (Imms & Adair, 2017).
• Regarding the normative and strategic framework for the protection of children from violence in institutions in the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, their orientation is similar, with no major differences in content (Branković & Tanasijević, 2022).

When authors’ surnames are used as part of the sentence, the year of publication is included as part of the sentence or placed in parentheses after the authors’ surnames.

Examples:

• McKercher and Darcy (2018) proposed …
• In a study published in 2022, Stekić recommended …
• As Branković and Tanasijević (2022) concluded, the orientation of the normative and strategic frameworks…

Quoting and verbatim referencing of others’ text should be indicated with quotation marks. After a short quoted passage outside quotation marks, a comma is placed after the publication year, followed by the abbreviation 'p.', or 'pp.' if the passage or passages span multiple pages of the original text. Consecutive page numbers are separated by a hyphen.

Examples:

• For older persons, prison is a “difficult place in which to be old” (Ginn, 2012, p. 2).
• The personal construct theory provides “very little a priori knowledge about aggression”. It is best suited “within the psychotherapeutic setting and other approaches dealing primarily with the individual level of analysis” (Drndarević, 2021, pp. 100–101).
• Disability, therefore, involves dysfunction at one or more levels: impairment (at the level of the body and body parts), activity limitation (at the level of the whole person), and participation restriction (at the societal level; World Health Organization [WHO], 2002, pp. 10, 19).

A quoted passage containing 40 or more words should be presented in an indented ‘block’ form, without quotation marks. The citation in parentheses appears after the closing punctuation, i.e., the period that concludes the block. For any quote longer than 350 characters, the author must have written permission from the copyright owner, which should be attached.

Example:

Changes in participation over the life course, as well as differences in levels of participation between people or settings, are likely to occur as a result of complex transactions among the following: aspects of the individual that develop over time; the context or setting in which participation occurs, including the nature of the participation activities; and the overarching environment in which people live. (Imms et al., 2017, p. 22).

If quoting a source with three or more authors, only the last name of the first author is included, followed by ‘et al.’ within and outside parentheses.

Examples:

• Having social support is crucial as it facilitates engagement in activities (Smith et al., 2021).
• Prescott et al. (2020) confirmed that …
• If two or more authors share the same last name, add the initial letter of their first name in front of each.
• Scientific discussions on the topic of measuring participation and evaluating the work of healthcare services overlap (G. King et al., 2007; S. King et al., 1996).

If the first or sole author is an institution, provide the full name of the institution, or you may include the organisation’s name and introduce an abbreviation to be used in subsequent citations.

Examples:

• According to the report from the National Organisation of Persons with Disabilities (2017) …
• Telehealth is “the use of telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver health care outside of traditional health-care facilities”, as outlined by the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2020, p. 4).

When citing multiple sources or references, their order is established alphabetically by the author’s last name(s), and sources are separated by a semicolon. Multiple references with the same author’s last name are cited chronologically by the year of publication, separated by commas, following this rule: (a) undated/“n.d.” citations, (b) dated citations, and (c) “in press” citations.

Examples:

• (Anaby et al., 2022; Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2016; Ciccone, n.d., 2010; Dew & Boydell, 2017; Soper et al., 2019, 2020, 2021; Tanimu, 2010; Vujičić, 2023)

In cases where there are multiple references with (a) three or more authors, (b) the same first authors, and (c) the same publication years, the references are not listed in the usual agreed-upon format. Author lists in the citations are expanded to include the last names of a sufficient number of authors, except for the first author, to demonstrate differences among these references. If it’s necessary to collectively cite multiple references with identical author lists and publication years, alphabetical labels (“a," “b," “c”) are added next to the publication year, and the same labels are included in the reference list, following this rule: (a) undated/“n.d.” citations, (b) dated citations, and (c) “in press” citations.

Examples:

• Ciccone (n.d.-a, 2023a, 2023b, in press-a) confirmed that …
• Studies on disability are both empirical (Imms, King, et al., 2017; Milićević & Klić, 2014a) and theoretical (Imms, Granlund, et al., 2017; Milićević & Klić, 2014b).

Citing a secondary source, or a work that is cited in a primary source but not consulted directly, should include the author’s last name(s) and the year of the work cited in the primary source, followed by a comma, the phrase “as cited in” and the primary source. Only the primary source should be listed in the references.

Examples:

• The Prison Reform Trust (2016, as cited in Turner et al., 2018) presented a different approach.
• Early studies showed that over 50% of adults with cerebral palsy were employed (Klapper & Birch, 1966, as cited in Murphy et al., 2000).
• Levasseur et al. (2010, as cited in Piškur et al., 2014, str. 213) emphasise that …

Personal communications, such as emails, personal interviews, private or unarchived letters, or telephone conversations, are documented only by citations, not included in the reference list.

Examples:

• With written consent and approval from the author Jean Ann Summers (personal correspondence, January 26, 2014), we proceeded to …
• The study was intended to allow us to develop this ‘sense of practice precisely’ (Bottoms, personal communication, 2008) …

Rules for citing references in the reference list

All references cited in the paper should be written in the Latin alphabet, following APA 7 standards, at the end of the paper, in the Literature section. Use the following setting: Paragraph – Indentation – Hanging.

Bibliographic entries are listed in alphabetical order according to the last name of the first author. In case of multiple works with the same last name of the first author, references are listed alphabetically by the first name or initials. If there are multiple bibliographic entries by the same author, the criterion is the publication year, listed in chronological order, from earlier publications to more recent ones, following the rule: (a) bibliographic entries with no date/“n.d.”, (b) dated bibliographic entries, and (c) bibliographic entries “in press”. In the case of co-authored works with the same first author, the co-authored works should be listed after the single-author works, according to the last name of the next author. If a bibliographic entry has no author, the name of the institution or the title of the work takes the first position. Prefixes such as specific or indefinite articles (e.g., a, the) are not considered when determining the order.

Example:

American Psychiatric Association. (2013).
Axelsson, A. K. (2015).
Axelsson, A. K., Granlund, M., & Wilder, J. (2013).
Constructive. (n.d.).
Crimes of specific and basic intent. (n.d.).
Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia, RS Official Gazette, No. 55/2014, 35/2019.
Ilijić, Lj. (2019).
Ilijić, Lj., & Pavićević, O. (2019).
Imms, C., & Adair, B. (2017).
Imms, C., Adair, B., Keen, D., Ullenhag, A., Rosenbaum, P., & Granlund, M. (2016).
McDowell, B. C., Duffy, C., & Parkes, J. (2015).
McHugh, M. C., & Howard, D. E. (2017).
Milićević, M., & Klić, I. (2014a).
Milićević, M., & Klić, I. (2014b).
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). (2020).
Soper, A. K., Cross, A., Rosenbaum, P., & Gorter, J. W. (2020).
Soper, A. K., Cross, A., Rosenbaum, P., & Gorter, J. W. (2021).
von Elm, E., Altman, D. G., Egger, M., Pocock, S. J., Gøtzsche, P. C., & Vandenbroucke, J. P. (2007).
von Luxburg, U. (2007).
WHOQOL Group. (1993).
World Health Organisation. (2020).

If a paper has up to 20 authors, list the names of all authors in the reference list. If the number of authors exceeds 20, list the first 19 followed by an ellipsis (...) and then the last author’s name.

If the paper is part of a conference proceedings, follow the citation rules for chapters in monographs or contributions in thematic collections.

If a DOI is available for a reference, it should be provided as a link.

Example:     https://doi.org/10.47152/PrisonLIFE.D4.1

Journal article models

Anaby, D. (2018). Towards a new generation of participation-based interventions for adolescents with disabilities: the impact of the environment and the need for individual-based designs. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 60(8), 735–736. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13749
Anaby, D., Khetani, M., Piskur, B., van der Holst, M., Bedell, G., Schakel, F., de Kloet, A., Simeonsson, R., & Imms, C. (2022). Towards a paradigm shift in pediatric rehabilitation: accelerating the uptake of evidence on participation into routine clinical practice. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(9), 1746–1757. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1903102
Holmes, E. A., O’Connor, R. C., Perry, V. H., Tracey, I., Wessely, S., Arseneault, L., Ballard, C., Christensen, H., Cohen Silver, R., Everall, I., Ford, T., John, A., Kabir, T., King, K., Madan, I., Michie, S., Przybylski, A. K., Shafran, R., Sweeney, A., … Bullmore, E. (2020). Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), 547–560. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30168-1
Karić, J. B., & Kordić, M. B. (2022). Stavovi sportskih trenera prema gluvoći kao indikator stvaranja inkluzivne klime. Specijalna edukacija i rehabilitacija, 21(4), 283–295. https://doi.org/10.5937/specedreh21-38710
Liebling, A. (2008). Incentives and earned privileges revisited: Fairness, discretion, and the quality of prison life. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 9(Suppl. 1), 25–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/14043850802450773

Book models

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5®). American Psychiatric Publishing.
Milićević, M. (2020). Community participation of children with cerebral palsy in Serbia: Conceptual considerations and evaluation. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research. https://doi.org/10.47152/127442
Pavićević, O., Bulatović, A., & Ilijić, Lj. (2019). Otpornost – asimetrija makro diskursa i mikro procesa. Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja.

Book chapter models

Aday, R. H., & Krabill, J. J. (2013). Older and Geriatric Offenders: Critical Issues for the 21st Century. In L. Gideon (Ed.), Special Needs Offenders in Correctional Institutions (pp. 203–232). SAGE Publications, Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452275444.n7
Imms, C. (2020). The Nature of Participation. In C. Imms & G. Dido (Eds.), Participation: Optimising Outcomes in Childhood-Onset Neurodisability (pp. 5–11). Mac Keith Press.
Jovašević, D. (2015). Dete kao žrtva ubistva u pravu Srbije. U M. Hughson & Z. Stevanović (Ur.), Kriminal i društvo Srbija: izazovi društvene dezintegracije, društvene regulacije i očuvanja životne sredine (str. 333–344). Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja.
Liebling, A., Hulley, S., & Crewe, B. (2012). Conceptualising and measuring the quality of prison life. In D. Gadd, S. Karstedt, & S. F Messner (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods (pp. 358–372). SAGE Publications Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446268285.n24
Loewenthal, K. M., & Lewis, C. A. (2018). An introduction to psychological tests and scales (2nd ed.). Psychology press.

Conference models

Lazarević, E., & Vujačić, M. (2011, 25–26. novembar). Deca sa smetnjama u razvoju u redovnoj školi: mogućnosti za podsticanje stvaralaštva, saradnje i inicijative [rezime saopštenja sa skupa]. XIV međunarodna naučna konferencija „Pedagoška istraživanja i školska praksa“, Beograd, Srbija.
Marriott, H. (2022, September 13–15). A novel approach in educating healthcare professionals and users on the benefits of exercise in children and young people – Moving Medicine UK [Paper presentation]. The international symposium CAPA 2022 – Capturing the Magic, Participation for all, Beitostølen, Norway.
Trajković, M., Popović-Ćitić, B., & Bukvić Branković, L. (2023, 31. mart–2. april). Intercultural sensitivity of primary and secondary school students in Belgrade: Gender and age specificities [Paper presentation]. XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, Belgrade, Serbia.
Kubiček, A., & Marković, A. (2022). Hate speech towards Roma children in digital space: Discourse analyses of user’s comments. In I. Stevanović & M. Kolaković-Bojović (Eds.), International Scientific Thematic Conference “Children and the Challenges of the Digital Environment”, Palić, 16–17 June 2022 (pp. 65–82). Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research.

Dissertation and thesis models

Enterkin, J. (1996). Female prison officers in men’s prisons [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cambridge.
Demeši Drljan, Č. (2011). Faktori rizika i karakteristike dečje cerebralne paralize [doktorska disertacija]. Medicinski fakultet u Novom Sadu.
Teovanović, P. (2013). Sklonost kognitivnim pristrasnostima [doktorska disertacija, Univerzitet u Beogradu]. NaRDuS. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_nardus_3303
Tišma, O. (2019). Značaj porodične funkcionalnosti na karakter socijalne rehabilitacije lečenih zavisnika od psihoaktivnih supstanci [master rad, Univerzitet u Beogradu]. rFASPER. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rfasper_4566

No credited or organisational author

Zakon o socijalnoj zaštiti, Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije br. 24/11. (2011).
World Health Organisation (WHO). (2004). International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). World Health Organisation.

Web models

Human Rights Watch. (2020, March 26). Protect Rights of People with Disabilities During COVID-19: Ensure Access to Information, Essential Services For Those Most at Risk. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/26/protect-rights-people-disabilities-during-covid-19
Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions, RS Official Gazette, No. 55/2014 & 35/2019 (2020). https://www.mpravde.gov.rs/files/LAW_ON_EXECUTION_OF_CRIMINAL_SANCTIONS.pdf
Merrick, R. (2020, March 20). Coronavirus: NHS doctors to be given guidelines to decide which victims go on ventilators. Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-boris-johnson-uk-doctor-victims-intensive-care-ventilator-italy-a9415356.html
Pecking order. (n.d.). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. Retrieved February 12, 2023, from https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/pecking-order
UNICEF. (2020). COVID-19: Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities. https://www.unicef.org/media/125956/file/COVID-19-response-considerations-for-people-with-disabilities-190320.pdf

Data sets

Aristovnik, Aleksander, M. G., Tjiptadi, D., Hen, M., Machin-Mastromatteo, J. D., Boafo, I. M., Benkari, N., Yao, C., Yusof, N., Gericota, M., Kral, P., Lutala, P., Sharabati, A.-A., Kar, S. K., Verulava, T., Oducado, R. M., Terano, H. J., Olaniyan, O. F., Pu, B., Faris, M., … Al., E. (2021). Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: Global Survey Dataset from the First Wave [Data set]. Mendeley Data. https://doi.org/10.17632/88y3nffs82.2
Mertens, G., Duijndam, S., Lodder, P., Smeets, T., & Roelands, S. (2020). Tracking fear levels for the coronavirus (COVID-19) [Data set]. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RYNDG
Milićević, M., Međedović, J., Ilijić, Lj., Pavićević, O., Vujičić, N., & Drndarević, N. (2024). Assessment and possibilities for improving the quality of prison life of prisoners in the Republic of Serbia: Criminological-penological, psychological, sociological, legal and security aspects – PrisonLIFE [Data set]. Data Center Serbia for Social Sciences. http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/64
Drndarević, N., Milićević, M., Ilijić, Lj., Međedović, J., Pavićević, O., & Vujičić, N. (2024). PrisonLIFE: Perceptions of Prisoners on Improving and Reducing the Quality of Prison Life in Serbia (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14577158