A Critical Approach to Service-Learning Criminal Justice and Criminology Courses

Kiesh Warren-Gordon

doi:10.33596/coll.70

A Critical Approach to Service-Learning Criminal Justice and Criminology Courses

Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice

Volume 4 (2021): Issue 1

By: Kiesh Warren-Gordon

Open Access

|Mar 2021

Abstract

This case study provides an analysis of the utilization of critical service-learning (CSL) pedagogy in an upper-division Criminal Justice and Criminology course. Although service-learning is frequently used in the pedagogy of Criminal Justice and Criminology, critical-service-learning has yet to be examined as an effective teaching tool within the discipline. This paper highlights the benefits of utilizing a critical service-learning pedagogy within the field of Criminal Justice and Criminology while focusing on the role of the community partner.

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