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link.springer.comThe topology of cyberspace and cybercrime journeys: a framework for analyzing online offender mobility - Crime SciencePurpose This paper introduces a novel framework for analyzing online offender mobility. Methods Drawing on multidisciplinary insights, we extend two established criminological models for studying offl...

24 Aug

Ever thought about cyberspace in spatial terms, and what that means for criminological theory and crime analysis? Then this paper might be of interest to you! w/ @stijnruiter.bsky.social & Wim Bernasco link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Metacheck is now hosted by Surf! This offers us the possibility to offer an all in one online solution. Before we advertise this more, we would love to trial the new tool with data managers and editors of Diamond open access journals who want to try out automated checks. Especially of data and code.

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Dan Quintana

@dsquintana.bsky.social

New preprint! Universities increasingly expect academics to practise open science. But is it rewarded when hiring? We analysed 1,356 academic job ads from Norwegian institutions and found that <5% of ads mentioned open science as a required or desired qualification osf.io/preprints/ps...

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esc-enoc.github.ioEuropean Network for Open Criminology

@alextrinidad.eurosky.social and other members of esc-enoc.github.io, are thinking of creating a new OA journal in #Criminology under the PCI model. At this stage we are reaching out to see if we could gather 50 colleagues that could commit to help as associate editors. Let us know if interested.

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SocArXiv

@socarxiv.bsky.social

SocArXiv now has a limit of two papers per week. If authors submit more than that we assume they are LLM-generated and reject them all. Normal humans who need to upload a batch of papers, which sometimes happens, must make arrangements. Also today, ArXiv set a two papers per month limit.

blog.arxiv.orgFair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated Rate Limit PolicyarXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…

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Angelica Maineri

@angelicamaineri.bsky.social

13 Feb

Almost at the end of a very intense 3-day CBS Replication Games! Co-organised by @odissei.bsky.social and @i4replication.bsky.social, 19 researchers (6 teams) came together to replicate 6 papers using Dutch admin data from top economics journal @fialalenka.bsky.social @jackfitzgerald.bsky.social

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Marta Teperek

@martateperek.bsky.social

The FAIR Research Outputs call by @opensciencenl.bsky.social is open 😍 The call gives a boost (💰) to researchers who want to make their outputs #FAIR and #open First come, first served basis, so be quick! www.openscience.nl/en/news/firs...

openscience.nlFirst round of the ‘FAIR Research Outputs’ call now open | Open Science NLOpen Science NL has opened the new Call for proposals ‘FAIR Research Outputs’. With this funding instrument, Open Science NL aims to encourage research outputs to be as open and FAIR as possible.

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16 Sept

Replying to @opencriminology.bsky.social

The Open Criminology Award for established researchers, sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, goes to Prof Scott Jacques, founder of @crimrxiv.com, for advancing transparent, accessible, and collaborative research practices in criminology. 🏆

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16 Sept

We are glad to announce this year's winner of the early career Open Criminology Award, sponsored by @nscr-instituut.bsky.social: Danielle Stibbe! A PhD student on cybercriminal decision making, the committee was impressed by her consistent engagement with open science practices. Congratulations! 🎉

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Isabelle van der Vegt 🟥

@isabellevdv.bsky.social

14 Sept

Looking back on a great week at @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social Warsaw. Particularly enjoyed the roundtable on "Repeatability in Criminology" @opencriminology.bsky.social. + It was great to get feedback on our experimental vignette study on online abuse of female politicians. And of course, the pierogi...

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David Buil-Gil

@davidbuil.bsky.social

9 Sept

Today I’ve given attendees at the #Eurocrim2026 conference a challenge. Be the first to solve this riddle and you’ll get a prize (still to be decided, but probably an Amazon voucher or something): ‘Who am I? Domestic. Laptop. Bravery’

31 Aug

Last chance to sign up! 👇🏼

European Network for Open Criminology@opencriminology.bsky.social

📢 Interested in collaborative replication, open science, and research methods in criminology? Join us at the inaugural meeting of #CRIMLabs, a new international Many Labs initiative, at @opencriminology.bsky.social pre-conference meeting (9 Sept 2026). Details in the leaflet 👇

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Juanjo Medina 🍉🇺🇦

@jmedina1.eurosky.social

28 Aug

ok, hilo sobre como va el manual de introduccion a la criminologia 1/

🔓 Open data, code, and previous versions of the paper are available here: osf.io/54tga/overview

PS: A direction I think we should follow more: preprint more, revise more, publish less.

Two major additions since the previous preprint version: 1️⃣ Instead of discussing two separate types of journeys (human and data), we propose generic "cyber journeys" and introduced the concept of a "journeying entity." Entities can be human (e.g. offenders, victims) or non-human (e.g. data, bots).

24 Aug

2️⃣ We added on what makes journeys unique as an analytical framework. We reflect on the similarities and differences between crime journeys, crime scripts, kill chains, and TTPs. Journeys excel at analyzing individual actions before and during the crime in great detail across space and time.

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juangff85.github.ioMejora de tus Inferencias EstadísticasTraducción al castellano de “Improving Your Statistical Inferences” de Daniël Lakens

18 Aug

A Spanish translation of my textbook Improving Your Statistical Inferences, made by Juan G. Fernández Fernández, is now available here: juangff85.github.io/inferencias-... I am very grateful Juan worked so hard to made the contents available to Spanish speakers!

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link.springer.comThe ripple effect of operation cookie monster: the impact of an illicit market takedown on an untargeted hacker forum - Journal of Experimental CriminologyObjectives Assess potential spillover effects Operation Cookie Monster (OCM), a law-enforcement takedown of an online market selling stolen account credentials, had on users and administrators of an u...

30 July

Can a market takedown disrupt cybercrime elsewhere? From 51,643 forum ads and a 1,120-post field experiment, we find 20% less activity and tougher moderation—but also displacement, adaptation and fading effects. With Danielle Stibbe & @asiermoneva.com: doi.org/10.1007/s112...

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Carl T. Bergstrom

@carlbergstrom.com

21 July

Replying to @carlbergstrom.com

13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.

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Carl T. Bergstrom

@carlbergstrom.com

21 July

1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.

arxiv.orgThe unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in scienceAs a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ...

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17 July

After a little break due to busy schedules Nullius in Verba will be back with a new podcast episode later today! We will discuss when and how artificial intelligence and automation can improve the way we do science. Keep an eye on your podcast players!

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14 July

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doi.orgThe practical relevance of investigative interviewing research: applying the EMMIE framework to bridge the research-practice gapInvestigative interviewing research has produced valuable insights into effective techniques for gathering information. However, this research often fails to fully bridge the gap between academia a...

17 June

We know a lot about whether investigative interviewing techniques work—but far less about how to implement them, for whom they work, and at what cost. Our new paper shows how the EMMIE framework can help bridge the research–practice gap. doi.org/10.1080/1561... #EvidenceBasedPolicing

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esc-enoc.github.ioOpen Criminology Award – European Network for Open CriminologyThis document describes the terms of reference of the Open Criminology Awards of the European Network for Open Criminology (ENOC)

16 June

📢 Nominations are open for the 2026 Open Criminology Award! Recognising outstanding contributions. 🆕 New for 2026: 🏆 ECR Award (€1,500) 🏆 Established Researcher Award (€2,000)* 📅 Deadline: 16 July 2026 🔗 esc-enoc.github.io/open-crim-aw... #OpenCriminology #OpenScience *Subject to final agreement.

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@rjbeecham.bsky.social, Caroline Tait, Juan Fonseca and I have a new registered report and are looking for feedback before we conduct the analysis: "The Road Violence Toll of Urban Sprawl: A Registered Report of Collisions with Cyclists and Pedestrians in England and Wales" osf.io/preprints/so...

Many researchers support #OpenScience in principle, but argue they face real barriers when putting it into practice.

(While we are a criminology institute, we believe researchers in many other scientific fields will recognize these exact same barriers.) This study serves as an initial assessment to help guide organizational change regarding open science.

👥 With: Wim Bernasco, Steve van de Weijer, Beate Völker, and @nivette.bsky.social 🔗 Read the full paper here: osf.io/preprints/so...

Many researchers support #OpenScience in principle, but argue they face real barriers when putting it into practice.

While most arguments were positive (58% positive, 12% neutral, 30% negative), we wanted to understand why certain practices faced hesitation. Our qualitative analysis identified an average of 4 barriers per practice, totaling 36 unique ones.

A large portion of these barriers involved a lack of supportive culture, incentives, and training. This was followed by concerns over privacy, security, and proprietary rights, as well as challenges within the current format of academic publishing.

Many researchers support #OpenScience in principle, but argue they face real barriers when putting it into practice.

6️⃣ conducting open peer review 7️⃣ using open-source software 8️⃣ preregistering research 9️⃣ disclosing contribution roles As expected, we found generally positive attitudes. However, colleagues were more cautious about two specific areas: publishing preprints, and conducting open peer review.

Interestingly, the feedback was highly nuanced. On average, our peers are not simply 'for' or 'against' open science as a whole; instead, they support different combinations of these practices.

Many researchers support #OpenScience in principle, but argue they face real barriers when putting it into practice.

In our new paper, we conducted a case study at our institute, the NSCR, to analyze our staff's attitudes toward open science. We surveyed our scientific team on 9 different practices: 1️⃣ publishing open access 2️⃣ publishing preprints 3️⃣ sharing open code 4️⃣ sharing open data 5️⃣ sharing open materials

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27 May

Excellent news! Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which they publish! A great result by all those proposing this strong solution to publication bias and selective reporting (and getting expert feedback before data collection)! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.ukINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CRIME SCIENCE - Charity 1217484Charity details for INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CRIME SCIENCE - Charity 1217484

20 May

Important new step for the field of Crime Science! With the giants in the field (and me), we recently registered the International Society of Crime Science register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-s...

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15 May

New registered report with @alextrinidad.eurosky.social & @ianloader.bsky.social, under review at PCI RR: "Road Violence and Perceptions of Safety among Pedestrians and Cyclists" We test if the fear of crime paradox applies to the road violence context. We welcome feedback, osf.io/preprints/so...

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pnas.orgA transparent universal credit system to incentivize peer review | PNASA transparent universal credit system to incentivize peer review

13 May

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Not such a crazy idea after all. Let's do it!

Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺@jpinasanchez.eurosky.social

Here is an off the top of my head but potentially workable proposal to deal with the peer review crisis and to incentivise quality over quantity: review tokens. You get to submit 1 paper for every 2 you review.

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Updated my textbook with a cleaner lay-out, better accessibility, and eight new interactive visualizations made completely in html (such as this illustration of the positive predictive value). lakens.github.io/statistical_...

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doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

What do "nodes", "paths", and "activity spaces" look like when we stop theorising and start tracking real mobility? This paper turns smartphone spatio-temporal data into replicable measures for testing core assumptions in environmental criminology. doi.org/10.1177/0042...

link.springer.comThe involvement process for financial-economic cyber-enabled crime: Exploring the roles of preexisting ties and offender convergence settings - Crime, Law and Social ChangeThis paper examines the involvement process of youth in financial cybercrime, focusing on preexisting ties and offender convergence settings. Based on interviews with 25 experts, and analysis of five ...

A key issue to tackle the flow of individuals into #cybercrime is understanding the factors that enable their initial #involvement. 🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/6

We also found that digital hangouts (e.g. Telegram) are increasingly important. Due to easy access and limited moderation, certain online platforms have become key entry points where youth encounter cybercriminal opportunities. 5/6

Finally, we discuss how we should redefine these offender 'hangouts' in the digital age, and offer some advice to help professionals disrupt youth involvement in financial cybercrime. 6/6

A key issue to tackle the flow of individuals into #cybercrime is understanding the factors that enable their initial #involvement. 🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/6

We talked to 25 experts in the field (including police, prosecutors, municipalities, banks, and internet service providers), and analyzed five criminal cases involving various financial cybercrimes (sometimes mixed with traditional crime). 3/6

Contrary to some expectations, offline ties still matter. We found that the offline social environment remains a primary factor for involvement, particularly for core group members and money mules. These relationships foster the trust needed to reduce the perceived risks of co-offending. 4/6

A key issue to tackle the flow of individuals into #cybercrime is understanding the factors that enable their initial #involvement. 🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/6

In this new article, led by Joeri Loggen, we examine two such factors among youth involved in financial cybercrime: - their social environment (pre-existing ties) - the places where they hang out (offender convergence settings) We take into account both online and offline contexts. 2/6