Citizen Social Science in the Classroom: Criminology Students’ Perceptions of Prisoner Records

Piper, A; Nagy, V; Cushing, N

Citizen Social Science in the Classroom: Criminology Students’ Perceptions of Prisoner Records

Piper, A

Nagy, V Cushing, N

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Publisher:: Taylor and Francis Group
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2023, pp. 1-17
Issue Date:: 2023-02-18

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dc.contributor.author	Piper, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-5862
dc.contributor.author	Nagy, V
dc.contributor.author	Cushing, N
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dc.date.available	2023-02-01
dc.date.available	2023-02-20T05:56:57Z
dc.date.issued	2023-02-18
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2023, pp. 1-17
dc.identifier.issn	1051-1253
dc.identifier.issn	1745-9117
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dc.description.abstract	Inspired by the longer established citizen science, citizen social science projects in the classroom can have positive effects on student engagement and learning outcomes. This article reports on the incorporation of a citizen social science assessment task requiring students to undertake the transcription of digitised historical prisoner records in Criminology and History courses at two Australian universities in 2020. Analysis of student responses (Criminology n = 42 and History n = 6) found that students were highly engaged by the exercise and gained new insights into change in criminal justice systems, the impact of social inequality on criminalisation and understandings of offender motivation. We conclude that the incorporation of citizen social science into the criminology classroom can lead to significant benefits in terms of student engagement, deep learning and enhancing the teaching-research nexus.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
dc.relation	University of Technology Sydney
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Criminal Justice Education
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10511253.2023.2179089
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dc.rights	“This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [Journal of Criminal Justice Education] on [18 Feb 2023], available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511253.2023.2179 089
dc.subject	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1602 Criminology
dc.title	Citizen Social Science in the Classroom: Criminology Students’ Perceptions of Prisoner Records
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Abstract:

Inspired by the longer established citizen science, citizen social science projects in the classroom can have positive effects on student engagement and learning outcomes. This article reports on the incorporation of a citizen social science assessment task requiring students to undertake the transcription of digitised historical prisoner records in Criminology and History courses at two Australian universities in 2020. Analysis of student responses (Criminology n = 42 and History n = 6) found that students were highly engaged by the exercise and gained new insights into change in criminal justice systems, the impact of social inequality on criminalisation and understandings of offender motivation. We conclude that the incorporation of citizen social science into the criminology classroom can lead to significant benefits in terms of student engagement, deep learning and enhancing the teaching-research nexus.

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