ANNUAL
REPORT ON THE
DIVISION
ON CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY
Prepared
for the American Society of Criminology
Submitted
by Dr. Walter S. DeKeseredy
Chair, Division on Critical Criminology
Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
U.S.A. 45701
(740)
593-1376
April
10, 2003
INTRODUCTION
Members
of the Division on Critical Criminology (DCC) are involved
in many different pedagogical, empirical, and political
activities. The purpose of this report is to provide in-depth
information on DCC activities for the year 2002. It is
to the issue of membership that I know turn.
MEMBERSHIP
As
of December 31, 2002, 324 people belonged to the DCC. Thus,
our membership has increased by 29 since 2001, and we anticipate
more growth this year.
DCC
OFFICERS
The
Officers for the DCC are:
Chair: Walter
S. DeKeseredy, Ohio University
Vice
Chair: Claire
Renzetti, St. Joseph's University
Secretary-Treasurer: Jody
Miller, University of Missouri-St. Louis
At
Large Members: Meda
Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa
David
Friedrichs, University of Scranton
Jayne
Mooney, Middlesex University
Note
that DCC members will elect new Officers this summer, as
they do every two years. I will immediately inform Dr.
Laub and Sarah Hall about the results of the election,
and they will be announced in The Criminologist.
BUDGET
The
balance as of December 31, 2002 was $14,926.
DIVISION
PUBLICATIONS
Critical
Criminology is the official refereed journal of the
DCC and is published three times a year by Kluwer Academic
Publishers. Jefferey T. Walker is the Editor-in-Chief,
Paul Leighton is the North American Editor, and Jock
Young is the European Editor. Note, too, that the Editorial
Board consists of a large body (N=29) of international
scholars, including Dario Melossi, Ruth Jamieson, Julie
Stubbs, Mark Israel, and myself.
The
DCC also publishes a newsletter titled The Critical
Criminologist three times a year. Now co-edited by
Pam Preston and Steven Muzzatti and financially supported
by their universities, the newsletter includes announcements,
advertisements, brief articles, and other information of
interest to critical criminologists around the world. So
does critcrim.org, a website managed by Ken Mentor. In
addition to being the official website of the DCC, it also
serves as the official website for the Academy of Criminal
Justice Science's new Section on Critical Criminology.
DIVISION
AWARDS
At the ASC Annual
Meetings in Chicago, the DCC presented the following awards:
Lifetime
Achievement Award
Betsy
Stanko, Office of Public Services Reform, U.K.
Critical Criminologist
of the Year Award
Shahid
Alvi, University of St. Thomas
Graduate Student
Paper Award
Christopher
Schneider, Northeastern Illinois University
Undergraduate
Student Paper Award
Danielle
M. Fagen, University of St. Thomas
2003
ASC PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Several
members of the DCC will serve on the 2003 ASC Program Committee,
including Gregg Barak, Meda Chesney-Lind and Claire Renzetti.
CONCLUSION
Like
other divisions of the ASC, the DCC is an exciting international
organization. Members are consistently involved in many
exciting and important activities, and the DCC always welcomes
new members, including those who do not identify themselves
as critical criminologists. Further, the DCC looks forward
to again working closely with the other divisions and the
Executive Council of the ASC to help make this organization
more visible around the world.
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