Crime and Delinquency is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology.

The journal's editor is Paul E. Tracy (University of Massachusetts Lowell).

Crime & Delinquency is a policy-oriented journal which contains research and analysis for both scholars and professionals who work in the fields of criminology and criminal justice.

The journal focuses on issues and concerns that impact the criminal justice system, including the social, political and economic contexts of criminal justice.

Crime and Delinquency is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index.