Meeting Notes from the Crime and Justice Business Meeting
August 08, 2025

Attending: Stephani Williams, Miltonette Craig, Peper E Rivers, Shawn Daugherty, Olaitan M. Faysol, and Rafia Mallick

1. Newsletter Plan
The newsletter will now feature awards, promotions, publications, job market candidate in the spotlight, and job postings, based on member feedback. Additionally, members can submit their artwork. 
2. Division Webinars
Members expressed interest in virtual webinars to be hosted by the division over the year. 
3. Potential 2026 SSSP Meeting Sessions 
Potential 2026 sessions for the annual meeting as proposed by the members are:
Title
Organizer
Type of session
Potential Division Sponsor
Mass incarceration and perpetual punishment
Kristen Budd
Non-Thematic
Race and Ethnic Study AND Law and Society
Interrupting Harm: Alternatives to traditional criminal and legal responses
Stephani Williams
Non-Thematic
Race and Ethnic Study AND Law and Society AND Community, Research and Practice
Meaning of Treatment: Intersection of Medicine, and Criminal Legal Responses
Peper Rivers
Thematic
Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice AND Health, Health Policy, and Health Services AND Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare
Algorithmic injustices: Effect of AI on vulnerable communities
Miltonette Craig
Non-Thematic
Environment and Technology AND Global AND Critical Race and Ethnic Study
State of Policing
Charles Bell
Non-Thematic
Global AND Critical Race and Ethnic Study AND Law and Society
Inventing Criminality
Shawn Daugherty AND Rafia Mallick
Non-Thematic
Law and Society AND Social Problems Theory AND Global
The Border Crossed Me: Shifting Lifeworlds of Immigration
Miltonette Craig AND Rafia Mallick
Thematic
Global AND Critical Race and Ethnic Study AND Law and Society