This special issue of The American Journal of Community Psychology originated from the Society for Community Research and Action Criminal Justice interest group, with a goal of exploring the work of community psychologists intersecting with criminal justice research, practice, and policy and shaped by our shared values—equity, collaboration, creative maladjustment, social justice, and social science in the service of social justice. In this introduction, we discuss the socio‐historical context of the special issue, followed by an outline of the special issue organization, and brief summary of the included papers. Across 13 papers and an invited commentary, we see the ways in which community psychologists are: (1) delivering and evaluating services, programming, or other supports to address the needs of system‐involved people; and (2) working to improve the systems, structures, and interactions with units of criminal justice systems. Across these two sections, authors highlight the guiding role of our values to influence change within and outside of criminal‐legal systems.

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刑事司法和社区心理学：我们的价值观和我们的工作——特刊简介

本期《美国社区心理学杂志》特刊起源于社区研究与行动刑事司法利益团体，旨在探索社区心理学家与刑事司法研究、实践和政策相交叉的工作，并受到我们共同价值观的影响——公平、合作、创造性的适应不良、社会正义，以及为社会正义服务的社会科学。在本介绍中，我们讨论了特刊的社会历史背景，然后是特刊组织的大纲，以及所收录论文的简要总结。在 13 篇论文和受邀评论中，我们看到了社区心理学家的方式：(1) 提供和评估服务、计划或其他支持，以满足系统相关人员的需求；(2) 努力改进制度、结构，以及与刑事司法系统单位的互动。在这两部分中，作者强调了我们的价值观在影响刑事法律体系内外变化的指导作用。