"Most textbooks are written for students, but Braswell and Whitehead have written this book for instructors and teaching assistants. It is a well written plea to think about teaching, especially teaching criminal justice, as more than a simple transmission of facts from teacher to student. The discipline of criminal justice is especially rich in complexity and personal meaning. As the authors point out: Our sense of justice-what we think about right and wrong-informs the decisions we make in our social relationships and ...
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"Most textbooks are written for students, but Braswell and Whitehead have written this book for instructors and teaching assistants. It is a well written plea to think about teaching, especially teaching criminal justice, as more than a simple transmission of facts from teacher to student. The discipline of criminal justice is especially rich in complexity and personal meaning. As the authors point out: Our sense of justice-what we think about right and wrong-informs the decisions we make in our social relationships and communities. In turn, the laws of the land and the justice process that enacts and enforces those laws are, to some extent, a reflection of our personal and collective experiences and values. Helping students become aware of the moral as well as legal and scientific issues in the discipline is no small task. Some professors claim they are not experts and punt moral and philosophical questions to other disciplines. This text, in a wide-ranging discussion, goes well beyond the issues of teaching criminal justice and delves into the art of teaching itself. The authors have not only taught for decades, they have been learning how to teach throughout those decades. They are introspective about the teaching experience and, in this book, they share their acquired wisdom. They comment on the challenges of the social media age, the tension between research/publishing and teaching, the true meaning of scholar, the importance of listening as a teacher, and many other things"--
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