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Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Criminology (ASC / Wiley) via the official online submission link — anonymized main document plus separate title page, APA-based formatting, bias-free language, double-anonymized review, single-submission commitment, Wiley ACT ORCID/OA/preprint fields, and live length/abstract caps. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Submission Preflight (crim-submission)

The last check before pressing submit through the official ASC/Wiley online submission link. Criminology uses double-anonymized review, so the most common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized main document. Verify length/abstract caps and portal prompts on the live official page.

When to trigger

  • "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
  • Unsure which files/metadata the official online submission system expects
  • Confirming the manuscript is anonymized and formatted to the journal's APA-based style

Process facts (verify volatile items on the official page)

  • Owner / publisher: American Society of Criminology (ASC) / Wiley.
  • Portal: use the official online submission link exposed by the ASC/Wiley journal pages at upload.
  • Review model / files: double anonymized; prepare a separate title page and anonymized main document.
  • Style: a form of APA; fall back to APA (6th ed.) for anything unspecified; author-date, alphabetical reference list; everything double-spaced.
  • Author bio: a short biography (< 100 words) per author on the title page.
  • Language: APA bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved populations.
  • Exclusivity: one journal at a time — simultaneous submission is not allowed.
  • Length / abstract caps: no numeric cap is encoded here; confirm on the live author-guidelines page.
  • ORCID: Wiley ACT lists ORCID as Encouraged for Criminology.
  • Fees / OA: Wiley ACT lists Hybrid Open Access and an optional APC of $3,750; do not treat that APC as a submission fee.
  • Preprints: Wiley ACT lists Criminology as Does Not Accept Preprints.

Preflight checklist

Files & length

  • Separate title page (authors, affiliations, < 100-word bios) prepared as its own file
  • Anonymized main document uploaded separately
  • Length/abstract within the journal's current live cap

Anonymity (blinded workflow)

  • No author names, affiliations, or acknowledgments in the main document
  • No obvious self-references ("as we showed in…"); self-citations neutralized
  • Identifying file metadata stripped (document properties, comments)
  • Restricted-data acknowledgments/grant numbers kept off the main document

Format & language

  • APA-based style; consistent author-date citations; double-spaced throughout
  • Bias-free, person-first language for offenders, victims, justice-involved people
  • Figures/tables/maps self-contained and accessible (see crim-tables-figures)
  • Corresponding-author ORCID ready (encouraged by Wiley ACT)

Compliance & files

  • Ethics / IRB / human-subjects + data-use agreements in order
  • Single-submission commitment honored (not under review elsewhere)
  • Data-availability statement + reproducibility package staged (see crim-data-and-transparency)

Anti-patterns

  • Author identifiers left in the main document, acknowledgments, or file metadata (breaks anonymity)
  • Mixing citation styles or single-spacing the manuscript
  • Stigmatizing labels instead of person-first language
  • Submitting while the paper is under review at another journal (prohibited)
  • Sending a policy-evaluation paper here instead of Criminology & Public Policy

Anonymity failure modes that trip the desk (Criminology specifics)

Because Criminology runs a blinded workflow, the most common avoidable bounce-back at the ASC/Wiley desk is a main document that quietly de-anonymizes the author. Crime research has its own leak channels. Scan for each before upload.

Leak channelCriminology-specific exampleFix before submit
Self-citation phrasing"as we found in our Philadelphia cohort study"neutralize to third person, cite plainly
Restricted-data acknowledgmentnamed NACJD enclave grant or agency MOU in textmove to title page / cover note
Named field sitethe specific police department in a hot-spot trialgeneralize ("a large U.S. municipal agency")
File metadataauthor name in the .docx properties or track-changesstrip document properties and comments
Cohort/IRB protocol numbertying the sample to one identifiable PIremove from main document

Worked vignette: a one-page preflight (illustrative)

A team uploading a recidivism survival study splits the file into a title page (authors, affiliations, three < 100-word bios) and an anonymized main document; confirms double-spacing across the 6 tables and references; converts "felons" to "people with a prior conviction"; strips the agency name from methods; and stages the NACJD access note off the main document. They leave the numeric length check open until the current cap is read from the live page.

Referee/editor-desk pushback at submission (the Criminology fix)

  • "Anonymity is broken in section 3." Fix: third-person self-reference; identifying details to the cover note.
  • "Citation style is inconsistent." Fix: one APA-based style end to end via a reference manager.
  • "Stigmatizing labels throughout." Fix: APA bias-free, person-first language for justice-involved people.

Output format

【Files】title page + anonymized main document both prepared? [Y/N]
【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean? [Y/N]
【Length/abstract within live cap】[Y/N]
【APA-based style + double-spaced】[Y/N]
【Bias-free / person-first language】[Y/N]
【Single submission + ethics/DUA】[Y/N]
【Data + transparency staged】[Y/N]
【Next】await decision → crim-rebuttal on R&R

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