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38 Just. Q. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/jquart38 and id is 1 raw text is: JUSTICE QUARTERLY 2021, VOL. 38, NO. 1, 1-21 https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2020.1849361 A rR eRoutledge Taylor & Francis Group ACJS 2019 Presidential Address Taking Responsibility for Justice: transforming Criminal Justice at the Intersection of Human Rights and Activism' Faith E. Lutze Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY In this presidential address, Dr. Faith Lutze argues in order for Received 20 October 2020 criminal justice and criminology to remain relevant it is necessary Accepted 3 November 2020 for theorists, researchers, educators, and practitioners to take responsibility for justice by embracing the principles of human KEYWORDS rights and actively undermining systems of oppression. First, she Human rights; oppression; draws attention to the personal is political and the need to racial justice; activism humanize our research and reframe the static narratives defining our discipline. Second, she argues that defaulting to the criminal justice system to solve complex social problems leads to failure for professionals, the justice involved, and marginalized commun- ities. Third, she argues that evidence-based practice, although important to harm reduction, will ultimately fail because it exists within systems of oppression that remain unchanged. Finally, she argues that for the disciplines of criminology and criminal justice to remain relevant they must move beyond narrowly defined dis- tributive models of reform and actively use science, education, and practice to undermine systems of oppression that violate human rights and perpetuate dominance over vulnerable and marginalized communities.. . Taking responsibility for justice I believe that the advances made in scientific inquiry and the development of higher educa- tion in criminal justice and criminology are relevant, inspiring, and as a discipline we have a lot to be proud of as we advance into the future. Yet, I find myself churning with an angst and a nervous energy about our profession. As I consume the news and social media it is filled with images of social and political conflict relating directly to issues of social and criminal justice-acts of terror in the form of mass shootings in workplaces, schools, and centers of worship, and an apparent lack of a collective or political will to act. 2 I feel an urgency that we as experts in criminal justice need to be leading the way CONTACT Faith E. Lutze Iutze@wsu.edu 'I am grateful to Richard Andersen, Francis Bernat, David Makin, Amelie Pedneault, and Michael Benson for their support and inspiring conversations as I contemplated the content and direction of this address. Also note that the written portion of my presentation published here was delivered at ACJS via a slide-show presenting photographs C 2020 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

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