Society for the Study of Social Problems

The Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division announces its 2008 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 To be eligible, a paper must have been written during 2007, and it may not be published, accepted for publication, or under review for publication.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: Anthony A. Peguero, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056-1879, . Include a letter from your advisor certifying your graduate student status and incorporating some comments about the paper. The winner(s) will be announced in Spring 2008, will receive a $300 stipend, and is eligible to present the paper at the 2008 SSSP Annual Meeting.