With the growth of qualitative research within the fields of criminology and criminal justice (CCJ) it is important to examine discipline standards and expectations of how to collect and analyze qualitative data and to present research findings. Our aim here is to assess qualitative research published in 17 top CCJ journals during the period of 2010 to 2019. We found that the number of qualitative articles published in these years increased over the previous two decades; however, the relative percentage of all articles remained relatively stable. During this period, 11.3% of all articles in the 17 CCJ journals used qualitative methods. In addition, we provide general patterns related to methodology and to presentation of findings. The results give insights into discipline standards and expectations and points to substantive areas that are under-studied (e.g., victims) and to issues relating to methodological transparency.

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2010年至2019年在顶级犯罪学和刑事司法期刊上发表的定性研究的内容分析

随着犯罪学和刑事司法（CCJ）领域中定性研究的发展，检查学科标准和对如何收集和分析定性数据并提出研究结果的期望非常重要。我们的目的是评估2010年至2019年期间在CCJ顶级17种期刊上发表的定性研究。我们发现，这些年来发表的定性文章的数量在过去的20年中有所增加。但是，所有文章的相对百分比仍然相对稳定。在此期间，CCJ的17种期刊中所有文章的11.3％使用了定性方法。此外，我们提供了与方法和发现结果相关的一般模式。