Texas Christian University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Criminal Justice at the Assistant Professor level beginning fall semester 2007. All applicants will be considered, however, preference will be given to candidates who can teach research methods/statistics and those with an interest and experience in media studies, cultural criminology, and/or computer crime. Primary consideration will be given to candidates with an active research agenda, strong teaching skills, and a completed Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, Criminology or Sociology. The Criminal Justice program is part of a progressive, cooperative, multidisciplinary department in a supportive academic community. TCU has approximately 8,000 undergraduate students and is situated in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan area in close proximity to state, local and federal criminal justice agencies and institutions.

While at the upcoming meetings, please plan to participate in the following Division meetings/events:

1. Business Meeting to discuss ACJS/ASC integration on Thursday, 2:00 to 3:20 (Convention Center, Rm 308B)
2. Executive Meeting on Friday, 3:00 to 4:30 (Convention Center, Rm 516)
3. Business Meeting to discuss general DCC issues on Friday, 5:30 to 6:30 (Biltmore, Roman Rm)
4. DCC Social on Friday, 6:30-8:00 (Biltmore, Roman Rm)

The University of Alberta draws your attention to two tenure-track positions in Criminology to be filled at the University of Alberta this Fall. Additional information about these positions can be found under 'employment opportunities' on the Department of Sociology's website: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/sociology/

The Department has been given permission to consider individuals who are already Assistant Professors and close to receiving tenure as well as more recent graduates.

Criminology at the University of Alberta is one of Canada's foremost research centres on crime, law and governance. Its faculty is engaged in cutting edge research in theory, surveillance technologies, policing, women & crime, and young offenders. The Criminology program is located in the Department of Sociology where undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (Honours and Criminology), Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy are offered. It boasts one of Canada's leading and most dynamic graduate programs, offering prospective students support in diverse forms of graduate education, including theory, methods, and numerous substantive specializations. In addition, the Department offers a course-based MA program intended for students pursuing criminal justice careers. The undergraduate Criminology program is a highly successful competitive-entry program that, for over twenty years, has provided students with both the formal education and hands-on training required for entry into careers in the criminal justice system, the civil service, and many other professions.

Fall 2006 Vol. 16, Issue 1 The Fall 2006 edition of "The Critical Criminologist" is now available. Click Here for the Online Edition

Division Members:

The new issue of "The Critical Criminologist" is now available. From here on out, the newsletter will be distributed electronically on the critcrim.org website. Members will receive an email as each new issue becomes available. As the new co-editors, Dawn and I hope to continue in the traditional of our predecessors while making a few changes. Obviously the method of distribution is one change, but as it is now published on-line we are presenting a richer, longer newsletter. All of the typical announcement, ads, and calls are there, but we are also able to publish more essays than before. This issue contains:

Tenure Track Position in Criminal Justice Administration
Fall 2007
Short Description

The School of Public Administration and Urban Studies (Criminal Justice Administration Program) is seeking an individual for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the area of community policing, social control and social policy, especially as these interface with the community and wider systems of societal control. In addition to the substantive area described above, expertise in one or more of the following is desirable: community/social justice, criminal justice policy, criminal justice theory, research methodology, and international/border issues. The appointee is expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in policing and social control as well as more general courses in criminal justice including at least one area of substantive core curriculum. Professional activities and publication in applicant's area(s) of expertise are required for tenure and promotion. Applicants with doctoral degree in criminal justice or closely related field preferred. The doctoral degree must be complete before effective date of appointment. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Application review begins on October 30, 2006 and will continue until the position is filled. The effective appointment date is August 2007.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Two tenure track Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies positions in the Criminal Justice Program to begin in the Fall 2007. Ph.D. in Criminal Justice or a closely related field required (ABD very near completion may be considered). For position #1 our primary interest is in finding a scholar with specialization in probation/parole/corrections, with sub-specialty in race and gender issues in criminal justice. The area of specialization for position #2 is policing, with subspecialties in the areas of guns, violence, terrorism and/or gangs. Duties for both positions include teaching at the undergraduate level, research, and service. The department has fourteen tenure-line faculty and two instructors and offers an undergraduate major in Criminal Justice Studies, undergraduate and graduate majors in Sociology, an undergraduate applied sociology option, and work is under way toward development of a masters program in Criminal Justice Studies.

The attached file contains a brief discussion of income inequality, and includes links to several important web based articles and sites dealing with income inequality.

World Distribution of Gini Index http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/econophysics.html

Radicals are often confronted with criticisms of their approach that directs attention to the fall of former communist nations. This line of critique assumes that the forms of communism/socialism (C/S) and governance/economics practiced in these nations mirrors the more ideal system radicals prefer. The critique also suggests that C/S arraignments have failed because they are less preferable to democracy and capitalism. The graph above, taken from Adrian A. Dragulescu and Victor M. Yankovenko’s 2002 study, "Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income and Wealth: A Short Survey” (AIP Conference Proceedings 661), helps address this criticism. The critique these data offer of the failure of former communist nations approach are “objective” to the extent that they deal with differences in income inequality over time, and do not rely on subjective arguments concerning the value placed on governance forms (e.g., the preference for democracy).

The public has been convinced that the biggest threat to their health and well being is terrorism. This has legitimized a massive military build up designed to intervene in Middle Eastern nations. The war on terrorism and terrorist (WOTT) has helped drown out increasing bad news about the health of the world's environment (from global warming to pollution and species extinction), and the shrinking supply of oil. At the same time, the WOTT has provided a means to satisfy the oil supply crises looming in the US.

These are issues students need to confront and which critical criminologists have largely ignored. To be sure, these topics have been the subject of critical research that takes globalization as a central concern, especially in relation to state crimes (e.g., the work of Kramer, Michalowski, Kauzlarich). However, the majority of critical criminology has become bogged down in issues of local identity and communicative expressions, which are symptoms of the extreme forms of alienation engendered by modern societies. The tendency to take these forms of alienation as an expression of real and meaningful developments in human consciousness has allowed much contemporary critical criminology to dissolve into fractured, discontinuous, isolated postmodern critiques that facilitate individualism rather than the unification of people with similar interests. These interests, for example, include the fight against environmental contamination (and for environmental justice), global warming, and the end of oil.

Important Links

See below for links you and your students can employ to investigate a variety of issues related to the environmental health of the world, looming crises, and the general decline in the health of the world eco-system.

Division of Critical Criminology

CALL FOR PAPERS - CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

Critical Criminology is the official journal of the Division of Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology. The journal deals with questions of social, political and economic justice. Critical Criminology is for academics and researchers with an interest in anarchistic, cultural, feminist, integrative, Marxist, peace-making, postmodernist and left-realist criminology. The journal does not limit the scope of the inquiry to state definitions of crime and welcomes work focusing on issues of social harm and social justice, including those exploring the intersecting lines of class, gender, race/ethnicity and heterosexism. The journal is of interest for all persons with an interest in alternative methodologies and theories in criminology, including chaos theory, non-linear analysis, and complex systems science as it pertains to the study of crime and criminal justice. The journal encourages works that focus on creative and cooperative solutions to justice problems, plus strategies for the construction of a more inclusive society.

Dear collegues,
I would like to invite you and all your collegues working in the field of criminology and social integration to contribute with papers from these fields and other fields related to criminology, corrections, delinquency etc...There is no dead line for submissions, therefore feel free to send your papers via e-mail at vortex@index.hr or regular mail. Since this journal is published in Croatia, all papers will be published in English and Croatian.
The Journal of Criminology and Social Integration is cited in:
PSYCH-INFO - American Psychological Association
Sociological Abstracts
INIST-CNRS

Regards

Dalibor Dolezal
Secretary of the Journal of Criminology and Social Integration
Journal of Criminology and Social Integration
University of Zagreb
Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet

Nominations are requested for the following awards:

• The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual's sustained and distinguished scholarship, teaching, and/or service in the field of critical criminology.
• The Critical Criminologist of the Year Award honors a person for distinguished accomplishments which have symbolized the spirit of the Division in some form of scholarship, teaching, and/or service in a recent year or years.
• The Undergraduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by undergraduate students.
• The Graduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by graduate students.

Nominations must be received by September 25, 2006. Awards will be presented at the Division on Critical Criminology meeting at the ASC conference in November. Please send a letter of nomination describing the nominee's contributions, the award for which you are nominating the individual, and a vita for the nominee.
Please send nominations to:

Donna Killingbeck Ph.D.
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
Eastern Michigan University
712 Pray Harrold
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
donnaki@charter.net

Click here for a list of previous recipients.

Haven’t we been over this?

This song is about my frustration with the war on Iraq and Bush’s reckless decision making

Verse 1
Let me clear my head on this
Take a moment to reflect on it
It hasn’t been high on my list before
I feel more like a fool than I have ever before
My impression is that it doesn’t matter anymore

Chorus
Can you follow through?
And make this all seem worthwhile
Because of you
They say the sky just might die
Are you a junkie too?
Sleepin’ off the April moon
I’m done with you
Haven’t we been over this before?

Verse 2
Takin’ chances without thinkin’
Thinkin’ them through
Is no what I accustmoned, yeah, to do
I feel like a stooge again,
Clearin’ paths for the pain to begin
I guess it doesn’t really matter anymore

Chorus
Solo
Chorus

David Kauzlarich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Southern Illinois University

Division Awards

The following awards are given by the Division to recognize scholars who have made significant contributions to the discipline.

• The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual's sustained and distinguished scholarship, teaching, and/or service in the field of critical criminology.
• The Critical Criminologist of the Year Award honors a person for distinguished accomplishments which have symbolized the spirit of the Division in some form of scholarship, teaching, and/or service in a recent year or years.
• The Undergraduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by undergraduate students.
• The Graduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by graduate students.

Annual Reports submitted to ASC and ACJS are linked below:

• ACJS Division Report 2005
• ASC Division Report 2005
• ASC Division Report 2004
• ASC Division Report 2003
• ASC Division Report 2002
• ASC Division Report 2001

The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice is posting for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor or associate professor, contingent on qualifications, beginning in August 2006. A Ph.D. in sociology or criminology, or in a closely related discipline, from a recognized accredited university is required. Juris Doctorate or Ed.D. degrees alone are not appropriate terminal degrees for this position.

The successful candidate will have the ability to teach introductory level, intermediate, and advanced courses in sociology, criminology, and criminal justice. Opportunities may be available to teach graduate courses in sociology and criminal justice.

This position may require teaching and advising assignments at off-campus satellite programs.

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is one of the sixteen member institutions in the University of North Carolina system: visit www.uncp.edu.

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Applications are invited for a tenure-track position in Sociology at the
rank of Assistant Professor, to commence July 1, 2006. The appointment is subject to final budgetary approval. Applicants are sought with demonstrated research expertise in criminology with research strengths and interests also in social justice and/or social theory more generally. The successful applicant would join a strong team of criminologists in the Department and would participate in teaching in the Criminology and Criminal Justice program, the most popular undergraduate program on campus. He or she would also be expected to contribute to graduate teaching and supervision in the sociology sub-fields of governance, regulation and law and/or criminal justice. The successful applicant will be expected to develop a program of research leading to significant peer-reviewed publications. Preferred candidates will have completed a doctorate in sociology, or in a cognate social science discipline with links to criminology, and show potential for excellence in teaching and research.

Advancing Critical Criminology: Theory and Application

Edited by Walter Dekeseredy and Barbara Perry

Advancing Critical Criminology constitutes a timely addition to the growing body of knowledge on critical criminology scholarship. DeKeseredy and Perry have assembled a volume that provides scholars with an in-depth review of the extant literature on several major branches of criminology as well as examples of how critical criminologists apply their theoretical perspectives to substantive topics, such as drugs, interpersonal violence, and rural crime. Accordingly, this work is divided into two main sections: overviews of theories and applications. Each chapter provides a summary of work in a specific area, along with suggestions for moving the field forward. This reader is unique in its choice of topics, which have often been overlooked in the past. An expert collection of international scholars, Advancing Critical Criminology is certain to stimulate lively debates and generate further critical social scientific work in this field.

More Information

The Division on Critical Criminology is seeking applications for the position of Editor of "The Critical Criminologist," the official newsletter of the division.

Click Here for more information

NYU Press Presents the publication of "Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging" by Jeff Ferrell

http://www.nyupress.org/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=3821

"A firecracker of a book. Prepare yourself for total immersion. It reads like Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell with a sense of fun; it has all the detail and magic of James Agee. A pleasure to read: anarchic, irreverent and totally relevant." --Jock Young, co-editor of The New Politics of Crime and Punishment "Outstandingly well written, gripping, and hugely entertaining. Destined to become a classic, this anarchy of consumerism turns one man's 'trash' into a treasure: an insightful, colorful, imaginative and playful window on the underground economy of scavenging for a living among other people's cast offs." --Stuart Henry, co-author of Essential Criminology "In Empire of Scrounge, Jeff Ferrell serves as an unassuming guide into the netherworld of our own garbage. Ferrell suggests that such urban prospecting is possibly far more than simple recycling--it is a form of politics that consciously opts out of a vapid consumer culture. It's a must read!" --Meda Chesney-Lind, co-editor of Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment