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It's quite shocking that the editor in chief of the 'Criminology' journal seems unconcerned about papers in his journal that rely on fabricated data. It calls i
by spangry 7y ago
It's quite shocking that the editor in chief of the 'Criminology' journal seems unconcerned about papers in his journal that rely on fabricated data. It calls into question the veracity of all papers published in his journal. Does anyone have any insight into criminology as an academic field?
- misterdoubt 7y agoYes. He hasn't been editor in chief for long; the Crim editorship rotates around through top departments every few years. I wouldn't take his position as particularly determinative. Shawn Bushway's take is probably most representative of the field. If we're going to be taken seriously (insert Arrested Development shot) we need to be able to deal with this. Criminology has thus far mostly avoided the replication crisis, so there hasn't been much reckoning with sloppy research -- much less with a major figure in the field just making up data. And the co-author network here touches on several of the top programs, so there's plenty of drama.
- bjornsing 7y agoYea... Maybe I’m taking it a bit far here, but my spontaneous thought reading this was “How can this McDowall character call himself a scientist...? What the fuck is happening to the proud tradition of scientific research...?”