Objective

Calls for more transparent and replicable scientific practices have been increasing across scientific disciplines over the last decade, often referred to as the open science movement. Open science practices are arguably particularly important in fields like criminology and criminal justice where empirical findings aim to inform public policy and legal practice. Despite favorable views of these practices by criminal justice scholars, limited research has explored how often researchers actually use these open science practices.

Method

The current study measures the reported use of pre-registration, open access, open materials, open data, and open code in leading criminology and criminal justice journals from 2018 to 2022.

Results

Our results reveal limited use of open science practices, particularly pre-registration and open code.

Conclusions

Given these findings, we call for both journals and authors to consider adopting these practices to move toward a more transparent and replicable field.

中文翻译：

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犯罪学和刑事司法期刊中的开放科学实践

 客观的

过去十年来，各科学学科对更加透明和可复制的科学实践的呼声越来越高，通常被称为开放科学运动。开放科学实践可以说在犯罪学和刑事司法等领域尤其重要，这些领域的实证研究结果旨在为公共政策和法律实践提供信息。尽管刑事司法学者对这些做法持积极看法，但有限的研究探索了研究人员实际使用这些开放科学做法的频率。

 方法

目前的研究衡量了 2018 年至 2022 年领先犯罪学和刑事司法期刊中预注册、开放获取、开放材料、开放数据和开放代码的使用情况。

 结果

我们的结果表明开放科学实践的使用有限，特别是预注册和开放代码。

 结论

鉴于这些发现，我们呼吁期刊和作者考虑采用这些做法，以迈向更加透明和可复制的领域。