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As a social science that is profoundly humanistic, criminology can (and should) support public policy related to crime, crime management, and crime prevention, as well as manage impacts through science and evidence. However, criminology can be much more: a powerful tool that, through research, active listening, and the involvement of all players and agents, encourages and fosters community ties and helps raise the voices of the most silenced or simply those who aren’t being listened to. It is a critical field, one constantly questioning, never friendly to the needs or demands of power, multidisciplinary, humble. These are some of the characteristics that can make criminology an agent of change. Always with solid and robust methodologies, but also with a spirit guided by passion, curiosity, and an urgent need to build a better world where everyone is an asset in and of themselves.