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

摘要: Critics have challenged that academics in the fields of criminal justice and criminology inadequately impact society due to their focus drifting from research teaching practices make a broader difference. Though field produces sometimes affects policy often directs students towards successful fulfilling careers, there is legitimacy claim faculty energies are only partially tied meaningful difference-making efforts. If fails successfully and, thus, difference, all members profession bear degree responsibility. However, numerous structural factors serve distract, redirect, hinder serving via teaching. Put simply, “academia shrugs.” It adequately reward impactful work while creating obstacles tasks with no significance. Using Ayn Rand’s, 1957 novel as framework, destruction motivation discussed before exploring bureaucracies, practices, mindsets weaken field’s ability foster success. Specifically, identifies administrative bloat, academic redundancies, accreditation dichotomies, overinvestment governance, biased research, piecemeal publishing, arcane evaluation contributing problem. Broader concerns about effectiveness remedied, not by retreating Galt’s Gulch or engaging strike mind, but eliminating these other similar factors.