CRIME AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DIVISION NEWS SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS WINTER 2009 Chair: Glenn W. Muschert, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056-1879. Phone: 513-529-1812. Email: muschegw@muohio.edu Editor: Sarah Shannon, PhD student, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 909 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Ave S, Minneapolis. MN 55455. Email: ster0171@umn.edu Inside: Notes From the Chair 1 Annual Meeting 2 Calls for Papers 2-3 Members’ Notes and Accomplishments 4 NOTES FROM THE CHAIR Dear Colleagues, Greetings from Oxford, Ohio, where the winter weather is upon us, as is the beginning of our semester. I hope the winter break was enjoyable for you all, and that you are settling into a new semester. Getting down to business, congratulations are in order for Stacy Burns, Chair of the Department of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the chair-elect of our division (2009-2011). My sincere congratulations go to Stacy along with my warmest wishes for a great two years. Please join me in offering your support to ensure that her tenure is successful and enjoyable. Second, like last year, our division will be well represented at the annual conference. In all we are sponsoring or co-sponsoring 19 different sessions this year. So please check in this newsletter or on the SSSP website to find out what topics may be of interest to you. Finally, I'd like to bring everyone's attention to this year's student paper competition, which is described in detail in this newsletter. In years past we've received only a handful of submissions so please encourage your students to submit papers. The winner will receive a stipend and is eligible to present at the annual meetings. Please enjoy the rest of the newsletter and I wish you all the best in '09! Glenn W. Muschert CCJD is sponsoring or co-sponsoring the following sessions at the 2009 Annual Meeting: Session 12: Developments in Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Session 13: Crime and the Color Line – THEMATIC Session 14: Surveillance, Policing, and Social Control Session 15: Family and Juvenile Delinquency Session 16: Adolescent Problem Behavior: Criminological and Health Perspectives Session 17: Offender Reentry Session 18: Sociology of Law: Open Session Session 19: Victims and the Law Session 20: Wrongful Convictions and False Confessions Session 21: Juvenile Law Session 22: Criminal Justice and Mental Health Treatment Session 23: Inequality and Crime Session 24: Theorizing Crime Stories Session 25: Peer Groups and Delinquency Studies Session 26: The Elderly and Crime Session 41: Teaching About Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Session 92: Structure in Courtroom Process Session 94: Mass Killings at Universities and Schools Session 108: Latinos and the Criminal Justice System To submit a paper, go to: http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/349/fuseaction/ssspsession.callForPapers CJDD 2009 STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION DEADLINE: 3/15/09 The Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division announces its 2009 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be empirical or theoretical, and they may be on any aspect of crime, deviance, and/or social control. To be eligible, a paper must have been written during 2008, and at the time of submission it may not be published, accepted for publication, or under review for publication. Papers which have been presented at a professional meeting or accepted for presentation at a professional meeting are eligible. Papers must be student-authored; they can be single-authored or co-authored by students, but may not be co-authored with a faculty member or other non-student. There is a 25-page limit, including all notes, references, and tables. Send papers and a cover letter specifying that the paper is to be considered in the SSSP Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division Graduate Student Paper Competition to: Dr. Paul Colomy, University of Denver, Department of Sociology, 2040 S. Race Street, Denver, CO 80208. Submissions may also be submitted electronically to: pcolomy@du.edu. The winner(s) will be announced in Spring 2009, will receive a $300 stipend, and is eligible to present the paper at the 2009 SSSP Annual Meeting. Call for Presenters: Women and Human Rights Conference A Benefit for No More Tears To be held at Nova Southeastern University’s Knight Auditorium March 13, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m Scholars, students, social service providers, and activists are encouraged to submit proposals to present at the first Women and Human Rights Conference being held Friday, March 13, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Knight Auditorium on the main campus of Nova Southeastern University. Proposals for panels are welcome as well. Students can also submit proposals to display posters demonstrating their work relevant to women and human rights. All proposals must be received by January 31, 2009. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by 5:00 p.m. on February 6, 2009. Possible Topics: Topics for presentations, panels, and posters might include the following: * Domestic and dating violence (including services, laws, responses, prevention, etc.) * Human trafficking * Sexual assault * Sexual harassment * Workplace discrimination * Criminal justice policies * Conditions of incarceration * School-based discrimination Presenters are encouraged to be creative, both in regards to content as well as delivery. Fees: The conference is free to NSU students and staff, and to students (with ID) from other universities. NSU students and faculty as well as students from other universities must still register to attend. All others, including presenters, are expected to register for and pay to attend the conference ($40). Presenters or panelists representing non-profit agencies will not be charged for the presentation, but attendees from these agencies will be required to pay. All proceeds from the conference will be given to No More Tears, a non-profit organization devoted to assisting victims of domestic violence. Submitting a Proposal: All proposals must be sent electronically to BOTH Dr. Laura Finley (liveandteachpeace@gmail.com) and Somy Ali (somyinc@aol.com) by 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2009. Presenters will receive electronic notification of acceptance by 5:00 p.m. on February 6, 2009. Presentations: Interested persons should submit a brief (75 words or less) abstract describing their presentation, including AV needs. All abstracts should be accompanied by a brief biography of the presenter. Panels: Panelists should submit the topic of the panel, a brief (75 words or less) description of what will be discussed during the panel, and a list of all the panelists. A biography must be submitted about each panelist as well. Posters: Students submitting posters should follow the guidelines for presentation proposals. The journal Social Justice invites contributions for the December 2009 issue, which will be devoted to the theme of Criminalization and Sexuality. Over the past three decades, the U.S. has increasingly relied on criminalization as a strategy for managing social problems. As a result, over 2.3 million people are presently incarcerated, or 1 in every 100 adults, excluding those held in immigration detention, juvenile justice, or military facilities. Additionally, in the post-9/11 political context, new technologies of surveillance and detention have emerged, resulting in the criminalization and deportation of thousands of immigrants from the U.S., and the indefinite detention and abuse of prisoners of war around the globe. For this issue, we define criminalization to include de jure and de facto processes, so as to address law as it exists "on the books" and as it manifests in everyday life. We approach sexuality with a particular focus on non-normative identities and communities, and with particular interest in its intersections with gender, race, class and citizenship. We invite articles that examine how legal institutions criminalize and punish marginalized communities for non-normative, non-conforming sexualities and genders as well as articles that explore how the criminal justice system manages sexuality, particularly within detention facilities. We encourage submissions from social scientists and humanities scholars, and we welcome articles that use a wide-range of methodologies, including qualitative, quantitative, historical, cultural, and transnational analyses. We are interested in selecting papers that address at least one of the following themes: 1. Intimate and State Sexual Violence Against Women. 2. Sexuality and Gender in the Racialized Carceral Landscape. 3. Law, Sexuality and the Post-Colonial State. 4. Queer Politics, Heteronormativity and Criminalization. 5. Sexual and Gender Violence in Prisons and Jails. 6. Sexual Politics of the Prison Industrial Complex. 7. Sexuality, Citizenship and Immigration Control. 8. State Regulation and the Global Sex Trade. 9. Surveillance and Harassment of Marginalized Communities. 10. Disciplining of Black Masculinity and Heterosexuality. Please submit a proposal that briefly outlines the scope of the paper (1- 2 pages) and a current C.V. Notification of invitation to submit a full paper will be made by February 13th, 2009. Send proposals in electronic format to Clare Sears and Alexis Martinez: clares@sfsu.edu, alexisnm@sfsu.edu. Each manuscript should include the following contact information: author(s) name(s), institutions, telephone number(s), and email address(es) for all authors, and work address for the corresponding author. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPER PROPOSAL: January 15th, 2009 Authors of accepted paper proposals will be invited to submit a full paper by April 3rd, 2009 Stephen J. Morewitz, Stephen J. Morewitz, Ph.D., & Associates, IL & CA, and San Jose State University, is the author of Death Threats and Violence-New Research and Clinical Perspectives (New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008). In September of this year, the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma gave Walter DeKeseredy (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) the Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award. Walter also received the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology. We welcome members to submit editorials, book reviews and other content to the CJDD newsletter! If you would like to submit something, please contact Sarah Shannon, newsletter editor at ster0171@umn.edu. CJDD Winter 2009 1