Grand Challenges Panel Discussion: Critical Criminology in Unjust Times (Organized by Division on Critical Criminology)

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This special session brings together a diverse group of experts to weigh in on the status and responsibilities of a critical criminology in the contemporary moment, a time marked by significant inequality and political tension. The aim of the session is to advance a broader dialogue on questions of criminology and social justice. Each panelist will respond briefly to the question, What are the obligations of a critical criminology in unjust times? Their commentaries will capture specific issues alongside broader concerns of scholarship, pedagogy, ethics, and praxis. After panelists speak, there will ample opportunity for them to respond to each other and for audience members to comment and ask questions. This Grand Challenges panel coincides with a discussion about changing the name of the Division of Critical Criminology to include Social Justice, which prompts further discussion of what that means for its mission.

Sub Unit

• Area II: Division “Highlighted” Sessions

Chairs

• Kate Henne, University of Waterloo

• Emily Troshynski, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Discussants

• Carla Barrett, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Michelle Brown, University of Tennessee

• Lynn Chancer, Hunter College

• Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii

• Elliott Currie, University of California, Irvine

• Kishonna Gray, Eastern Kentucky University

• Peter Kraska, Eastern Kentucky University

• Jeffrey Ian Ross, University of Baltimore

• Donna Selman, Indiana State University