2015 Volume 53 Issue 1 Pages 37-48
The current study inductively analyzed “Japanese Journal of Criminal Psychology” to reveal its academic actual state in Japan using text mining. There were 326 original articles in the journal from 1963 to 2013; multiple correspondence analyses explored relationships among key words extracted by the text mining to investigate principal research subjects from the perspective of both time series variation and disparities according to practical fields. Results showed that the primary theme studied in Japan has gradually diversified. In addition to a traditional corrective field, research articles with respect to both police and child welfare domains increased; furthermore, academic psychologists in university also have researched and submitted their findings regarding manifold criminal and forensic issues to the journal.
