The Current State of Criminological Research in the United States: An Examination of Research Methodologies in Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals

The Invisible Scholar: Authors of Legal Scholarship in Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals

“…Studies have found that there is variation in the percentage of CCJ journal articles which are sole-authored and the mean number of authors per article across journals (Crow & Smykla, 2015;Sever, 2005;Tewksbury et al, 2010;Tewksbury et al, 2005;Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2011;Woodward et al, 2016) and methodological approaches (Crow & Smykla, 2015;Fisher et al, 1998;Tewksbury et al, 2005). Of particular relevance to the focus of the present study, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (JCLC), which has a section specifically devoted to legal scholarship, has a very high percentage of sole-authored articles (75.76% during 1999-2000Sever, 2005).…”

“…While there are no known studies specifically focusing on the authorship of legal scholarship published in CCJ journals, there is a body of literature examining articles published in CCJ journals which has findings pertaining to the authorship of CCJ journal articles more generally. Such research has found that multiple authorship is common (Crow & Smykla, 2015;Fisher, Vander Ven, Cobane, Cullen, & Williams, 1998; Gonzalez-Alcaide, Melero-Fuentes, Aleixandre-Benavent, & Valderrama-Zurian, 2013;Sever, 2005;Tewksbury, Dabney, & Copes, 2010;Tewksbury, DeMichele, & Miller, 2005;Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2011;Woodward, Webb, Griffin, & Copes, 2016). While sole-authorship was once the norm, it is now relatively rare (Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2011).…”

How Powerful is the Evidence in Criminology? On Whether We Should Fear a Coming Crisis of Confidence

“…(about 25% were in the 0.99 to 1.00 range), something that should not be surprising given that scholars in our field often rely on large, publicly available datasets to conduct their research (Woodward et al, 2016;Worrall, 2000).…”

Book Review: Daniel P. Mears, Out-of-Control Criminal Justice: The Systems Improvement Solution for More Safety

“…Some critics might suggest that more emphasis needs to be placed upon a qualitative approach, so that problems like public dissatisfaction can be adequately addressed. Woodward, Webb, Griffin, and Copes (2016) highlight the fact that quantitative methods are less time consuming and often rely on "secondary data" (341). Quantitative methods make conducting research easier and faster.…”