[misterdoubt]

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-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]

I think the field has a cultural problem that's causing their data problem: impact is valued over empiricism.

[EricE]

Sadly 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.