Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Tom Sutton, Commissioning Editor for Criminology at Routledge (Thomans.sutton@tandf.co.uk) and I would like to give you an update on the Routledge New Directions in Critical Criminology Series. We are pleased to announce that we have a critical mass of dynamic books in the pipeline that are being crafted by an international group of scholars.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal then please contact me (walter.dekeseredy@uoit.ca) or Tom.

Also, please keep your eyes out for for the Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology. Molly Dragiewicz and I extend a special thanks to the contributors to this anthology.

All the best for the new year!

Cheers,

Walter

Hello everyone,
The Conference Proceedings for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy: An International Conference held last month at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia are now posted at http://www.crimejusticeconference.com/attach/CJSD_Conference_Proceedings...
Best,
Molly Dragiewicz
Assistant Professor of Criminology
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
molly.dragiewicz@uoit.ca

Hello Division on Critical Criminology members,

I am emailing on behalf of the DCC’s election committee which consists of Stephen Muzzatti, Avi Brisman and myself.

The ballots for the upcoming election will be posted early next week. Please note that we will be using Survey Monkey for the elections again this year and the link to the ballot will be sent to the email address on file with ASC. I will post a notice to this site when the emails for voting have gone out.

Best,
Dr. Molly Dragiewicz
Assistant Professor of Criminology
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
molly.dragiewicz@uoit.ca

I am writing a book entitled Teaching Justice: Solving Social Justice Problems through Teaching which will detail the experiences, approaches, challenges and successes of professors who teach about justice in general, social justice and activism in the college classroom.

I hope to discover how you are integrating criminal justice topics into a larger social justice perspective; specifically, I hope to learn your perspectives on student apathy and your methods of engaging students on justice issues via "service learning" approaches. In order to gain as broad a range of views and practices as possible, I am surveying the membership of national and international criminal justice and criminology organizations and/or divisions within those organizations.

Please use the following link to participate in a short survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KP722HN

I plan to share the findings of this project at the ASC meeting in Toronto.

Thank you,

Kristi Holsinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice& Criminology
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5215 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Email: holsingerk@umkc.edu

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

For those interested in a new book on violence against women, please see the attached cover and please go to the following link:

http://www.utppublishing.com/Violence-Against-Women-Myths-Facts-Controve...

Best,

Walter

FYI from Bonnie Berry:

Kristi Holsinger is requesting information for her forthcoming book on teaching social justice. Information is attached.

Additional information about the Solving Social Problems series is also attached.

Bonnie Berry, PhD
Director
Social Problems Research Group

Announcing……..the new VICTIMOLOGY SECTION of ACJS. Are you interested in the study of crime victims and crime victimization? Do you study crime victims and their interactions with and treatment by the criminal justice system? Is your field of study interpersonal violence, domestic violence, child maltreatment, sexual assault, or trauma? Are you concerned with the quality of crime victims’ services and programs? If so, please join the newly created Victimology Section of ACJS.

CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY BOOK SERIES SEEKS PROPOSALS

As editor of the series Critical Issues in Crime and Society (Rutgers University Press) I am seeking proposals for books that provide critical inquiry into topics of interest to critical criminologists.

I will be at the ASC meeting in San Francisco. If you would like to meet to discuss a book project at the meeting, contact me by email and we can set up a time to talk. If you have a project underway, but will not be at the ASC meeting, email me your prospectus, or a concept paper outlining your project if you are not yet at the prospectus stage.

In either case, email me at:

Raymond.Michalowski@nau.edu

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Martin Schwartz and I have co-edited a new special issue of Crime, Law and Social Change titled "The Present and Future of Left Realism." Contributors include Lynn Chancer and Michael Jacobson, Elliott Currie, Walter DeKeseredy and Martin Schwartz, Molly Dragiewicz, Jennifer Gibbs, John Lea, and Roger Matthews. More information on this issue is available at http://springerlink.com/content/u845485q0281/

Best,

Walter DeKeseredy

For those interested in Critical Crim beyond the US borders...

Monash Criminology is pleased to announce that the 2009 ANZ Critical Criminology Conference Proceedings were published in December.
The proceedings are available from: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/criminology/c3-conference-proceedings

Bonnie Berry is editing a new book series. Please see the attached call for proposals.

 
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN...
 
Justice Studies Association
12th Annual Conference
June 2-5, 2010
Knoxville, Tennessee
 

I'll be in Philly.  I've started a website, http://pepinsky.blogspot.com.  Here's a forthcoming letter to the editor of The Criminologist:
 
On turning away from the study of crime and criminality, forthcoming as a 2009 letter to the editor in The Criminologist:

Hi everyone,
We now have our list of Division on Critical Criminology leadership nominees and will be turning the election process over to the elections committee, Gregg Barak and Patrik Olsson.
Thanks to Bonnie Berry, Chris Mullins and Walter DeKeseredy for working on the nominations and thanks to all of the nominees for agreeing to run. I emailed a PDF document with the nominee bios to the email addresses on file with Susan Case at ASC.

Hi,
Please take a moment to check that your DCC dues are paid and your correct email and mailing information is on file with Susan Case so that you will be able to participate in the DCC elections.
And please keep the nominations coming! Send them to molly.dragiewicz@uoit.ca
Best,
Molly Dragiewicz
 

Hi All,
 
Here is the updated information on nominations for DCC leadership positions. Please note the deadline has been pushed up to *August 10* to ensure there is adequate time for voting.
 
American Society of Criminology – Division on Critical Criminology
Call for Nominations
 
The DCC is requesting nominations for several positions, all to be served from
November 2009 to November 2011:
 

The web hosting service formerly used for critcrim.org was recently sold to a larger company. Problems began immediately. For a brief period this site was unavailable. Moving to another server has provided an opportunity to update the site. Some features have changed and others will be added as the upgrade process continues. As always, please post announcements of interest to the critcrim community.

Dear Friends and Colleagues: This is a friendly reminder to renew your DCC and ASC membership dues if you have not done so already. Note that you will not be eligible to vote on ASC or DCC matters if you have not paid your dues. Best, Walter DeKeseredy

CALL FOR PAPERS The journal Social Justice invites contributions for the December 2009 issue, which will be devoted to the theme of Criminalization and Sexuality.

Now available at Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice ONLINE Volume 50, Number 5 / October 2008 The Neighbourhood Context of Urban Aboriginal Crime Robin T. Fitzgerald and Peter J. Carrington Revisiting Selection and Influence: An Inquiry into the Friendship Networks of High School Students and Their Association with Delinquency Chris Baerveldt, Beate Völker and Ronan Van Rossem Recovering the Early History of Canadian Criminology: Criminology at the University of British Columbia, 1951–1959 Gary Parkinson Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Now in its 50th year of publication, the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice – one of the most established journals of criminology in the world – is now available ONLINE.