|
The purpose of this journal is to create a conversation within the social
sciences that may also include narratives that are often silenced or
marginalized, given their failure to reflect essentialized assumptions about
what the truth must be, and those methods which are deemed legitimate through
this process.
Though we seek to situate this conversation within the
context of criminology proper, we are not restricted to this one object of our
discourse, and we clearly acknowledge and embrace the confluence of other
disciplines within the social sciences. Included in this conversation is
the desire to re-connect theory with practice, and to acknowledge that there is
no theory without practice, and no practice without theory that is worthy of the
name.
The discourses of criminology and offender treatment provide us the
unique opportunity to bring together scholars across diverse disciplines that
contextualize the field in unacknowledged ways. This journal provides a
voice for scholars within those fields, and invites them to inform a broader
dialogue about the relationship among these historically disparate disciplines.
|
