Black Lives Matter in Criminology? Let's Prove It. (July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
• Is Part Of: Race and justice. Volume 11:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 328
• Page End: 337
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Subjects: academia -- racial climate -- criminology programs -- mentorship -- faculty relations -- graduate school; Crime and race -- United States -- Periodicals; Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Periodicals; United States -- Race relations -- Periodicals; 364.089
• DOI: 10.1177/2153368720983436
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2153-3687

Abstract

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.