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The field doesn't look great. But in most corners there is serious concern, e.g., http://grumpy.skardhamar.no/2019/09/25/the-former-flagship-journal-criminology
by misterdoubt 7y ago
The field doesn't look great. But in most corners there is serious concern, e.g., http://grumpy.skardhamar.no/2019/09/25/the-former-flagship-journal-criminology/ http://grumpy.skardhamar.no/2019/09/25/the-former-flagship-j...
From that post: "I do not have any solutions to the systemic problems here, but improvements should be easy. Criminology as a field has to improve in terms of making data available with full documentation and reproducible code. That would make errors detectable sooner."
Anyone not agreeing with this needs the boot.
- _edo 7y agoI think the field has a cultural problem that's causing their data problem: impact is valued over empiricism.
- EricE 7y agoSadly this is a predominant trend in Academia. Some would argue it's always been there, but it does seem to be significantly more prevalent and unashamed in it's presentation these days.