crim-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Criminology (ASC / Wiley) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a contribution to the field's live debates, not a citation pile. Criminology readers expect engagement with the relevant theoretical tradition and the closest prior empirical work across the field's many disciplines. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill crim-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Literature Positioning (crim-literature-positioning) A common reason criminology papers stall is that they read as "another dataset" rather than a move in a **theoretical debate**. Positioning is therefore not throat-clearing — it places the paper where a general criminology audience can see the open question and your move on it. ## When to trigger - Drafting or revising the introduction and the "contribution" paragraph - A reviewer said you "missed key work" or "don't engage the theory" - Your empirics are solid but the paper doesn't connect to a criminological debate - You need to distinguish your contribution from the closest prior papers ## How Criminology wants the literature engaged 1. **Engage the debate, not a pile of citations.** Identify the live disagreement or open question — e.g., is desistance driven by cognitive change or social bonds? do hot-spot effects displace or diffuse? does procedural justice cause compliance? Cite the works that *define* it. 2. **Name the theoretical tradition.** Locate the paper within (or against) a recognizable theory — social control, social learning, strain/GST, routine activity, life-course/age-graded informal control, labeling, deter
- When to trigger
- How Criminology wants the literature engaged
- Cross-field engagement (a Criminology demand)
- Anti-patterns
- Positioning pass for Criminology
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the crim-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning a Criminology (ASC / Wiley) manuscript against the literature so it reads as a contribution to the field's live debates, not a citation pile. Criminology readers expect engagement with the relevant theoretical tradition and the closest prior empirical work across the field's many disciplines. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill crim-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.