Academia Shrugs: how Addressing Systemic Barriers to Research Efficiency and Quality Teaching Would Allow Criminology to Make a Broader Difference

Critics have challenged that academics in the fields of criminal justice and criminology inadequately impact society due to their focus drifting from research and teaching practices that make a broader difference. Though the field produces research that sometimes affects policy and often directs stu...

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Main Author: Stogner, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 353-369
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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