Criminal justice students at San Francisco State University gathered yesterday to celebrate the fourth issue of the Annual Review of Criminal Justice Studies, a student-led journal that has been published yearly since 2023.  Students assembled in HSS 358 to collect a print edition of the publication and network with other peers and faculty members. The student-led, peer-reviewed anthology of research papers, poems and art works amplifies student voices and perspectives on criminal justice. For students passionate about social advocacy, the publication is a way to analyze the U.S. criminal legal system while bringing awareness to systemic injustices. Albert de la Tierra, an assistant professor of criminal justice studies at SFSU, highlighted the publication’s intentions. “It creates a space, an intellectual culture and community for some of our brightest undergraduates here,” de la Tierra said. “Although the journal is housed in the department of criminal justice studies, it’s interd...