crim-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing a Criminology (ASC / Wiley) manuscript so it reads for an interdisciplinary criminology audience, follows the journal's APA-based style, and uses bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved populations. Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill crim-writing-style --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.
# Writing Style (crim-writing-style) A *Criminology* paper must be readable across the field's disciplines (sociology, psychology, criminal justice, economics), formatted to the journal's **APA-based style**, and written in **bias-free, person-first language**. This skill is about reaching the field and respecting the format — not about generating claims. ## When to trigger - Drafting the introduction, framing the contribution, or final polish - Aligning citations/headings/format to the journal's APA-based style - Checking language about offenders, victims, and justice-involved people - Tightening prose before submission ## Reach the interdisciplinary field 1. **Front-load the contribution.** By the end of the introduction the reader knows the question, the theory, the design, and why it matters to criminology. Don't make a reader dig for the "so what." 2. **Lead with the mechanism, not the dataset.** Frame around the criminological argument; the data are evidence for it, not the point of the paper. 3. **Minimize within-discipline jargon** or define it on first use; a developmental psychologist and a criminal-justice scholar should both follow the paper. Spell out acronyms (UCR, NI
- When to trigger
- Reach the interdisciplinary field
- Format to the journal's APA-based style
- Bias-free, person-first language (a Criminology expectation)
- Anti-patterns
- Style execution pass for Criminology
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the crim-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or polishing a Criminology (ASC / Wiley) manuscript so it reads for an interdisciplinary criminology audience, follows the journal's APA-based style, and uses bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved populations. Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill crim-writing-style --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.