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crim-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether a project fits Criminology (ASC / Wiley) and whether to target a full Article or a Research Note. Criminology is the discipline's interdisciplinary flagship, so the test is a general criminological contribution about the etiology, patterning, or control of crime — not a dataset-specific correlation. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.

When to use

• Choosing among possible projects or framings for a Criminology submission
• Deciding between a full Article and a Research Note
• Considering a replication/reappraisal of an influential published finding
• Pressure-testing fit before investing in a project
• Reframing descriptive or atheoretical papers toward criminological theory

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Policy-effectiveness questions better suited to Criminology & Public Policy
• Descriptive crime-trend reports without theoretical mechanism
• Pure methods demonstrations without substantive criminological questions

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