Still Excluded? An Update on the Status of African American Scholars in the Discipline of Criminology and Criminal Justice

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun L. Gabbidon ◽  
Helen Taylor Greene ◽  
Kideste Wilder
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
The Status ◽  
Criminology And Criminal Justice

Falsification by Atrophy: The Kuhnian Process of Rejecting Theory in US Criminology

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-44
Author(s):  
Brendan D Dooley ◽  
Sean E Goodison
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Thomas Kuhn ◽  
Oral Histories ◽  
Karl Popper ◽  
The Status ◽  
Criminology And Criminal Justice

Abstract Thomas Kuhn posits that the structure of science promotes revolutionary discovery. The decision of a scientific community to discard the status quo in favour of a revolutionary paradigm is influenced by sociological forces. Karl Popper disagreed, arguing that falsification is required. An examination of a random sample of 501 articles published in 14 peer-reviewed American outlets in criminology and criminal justice from 1993 to 2008 is coupled with oral histories from 17 leading criminologists in determining which approach best characterizes criminology. Twelve per cent of papers falsify theory. When not explicitly falsified, atrophy occurs when theory is overused (exhaustion), ignored (indolence) and subjected to a sustained critique (assault). The intention of the effort is to document and describe falsification and then invite further discourse.

scholarly journals Black Lives Matter in Criminology? Let’s Prove It

2021 ◽  
pp. 215336872098343
Author(s):  
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Criminology And Criminal Justice

This essay examines the the academic journey—graduate school to full professor—of an African American professor of criminology and criminal justice. The essay discusses the how criminology and criminologists address race issues and offers a wish list of strategies designed to address problematic practices and racial pitfalls within criminology programs.

Ethics and Criminology and Criminal Justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 190-194
Author(s):  
Malcolm Cowburn ◽  
Azrini Wahidin
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminology And Criminal Justice
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