RT Article
T1 What’s in Your File Drawer?: the Case of the Missing Null in Criminology and Criminal Justice
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 12
SP 2574
OP 2594
A1 Crow, Matthew
A2 Smykla, John Ortiz
A2 O`Brien, Haydon
A2 Cerna, Tori
A2 Johnson, Alexander
A2 Pisaris, Sarah
A2 Suarez, Mariana
A2 Wilder, Jordyn
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869155300
AB Analysis of scholarship in the physical, biological, and social sciences has discovered that peer-reviewed journals publish a much larger proportion of articles with statistically significant findings compared to articles with null results. Publication bias in criminology and criminal justice (CCJ) has received very little attention, however. The current study is an exploratory analysis of research in leading CCJ journals across 2 years to determine the current state of null findings in contemporary CCJ scholarship. Our findings are consistent with studies in other disciplines; null results are rare in leading CCJ journals. We explore the context of our findings, outline the importance of examining publication bias to improve CCJ research and better inform policy, and discuss the limitations of our approach.
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Criminology
K1 null results
K1 publication bias
K1 research findings
DO 10.1177/00111287221090959