What’s good and bad about how we use prisons to achieve criminal justice goals?
Professor Faith Lutze (Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology) will discuss “The Evolving American Prison: Executing the Ideals of Justice, Mercy, and Redemption” at a free public lecture 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, in room 203 of the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE).
The presentation is hosted by the Common Reading Program, part of WSU Undergraduate Education. Pullman first-year and other students are using the book Just Mercy, by Bryan Stephenson, as their common text in classes and academic discussions across many disciplines this year.
Lutze’s book, The Professional Lives of Community Corrections Officers: The Invisible Side of Reentry, was published in 2014 by Sage Publications. Her Ph.D. in administration of justice is from The Pennsylvania State University. She came to WSU in 1995.
This is the Common Reading Program’s ninth year. The program, with interdisciplinary campus partners, organizes a robust series of events, expert lectures, film showings, and more that addresses topics raised in the book.
It also sponsors the annual Common Reading Invited Lecture, which will bring Stephenson to campus Dec. 1 for a public lecture at Beasley Coliseum.
Read more about the program, the book, events, and nominating a book for the next academic year at http://CommonReading.wsu.edu.
