CRIME AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DIVISION NEWS SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS FALL 2009 Chair: Stacy Burns, Department of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University, One LMU Drive, Suite 4341, Los Angeles, California 90045-2659. Email: sburns@lmu.edu, Phone: (310) 338-2712, Fax: (310) 338-1786 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 Business Meeting Report 2 Lifetime Achievement Award 2 Calls for Submissions 2-4 Members’ Notes and Accomplishments 4-5 NOTES FROM THE CHAIR Greetings from Stacy Burns, the Division’s new Chair! I hope this newsletter finds you well. This is my first newsletter as Chair. I thank Glenn Muschert for all of his hard work and dedication as Chair these past two years. I look forward to working in the best way I can for our Division during the next two years. This issue of our Division’s Newsletter features a report of our Division’s participation at the SSSP meeting in San Francisco; a call for papers for next year’s meeting and details about our two Division Awards, the Student paper Award and the newly created Lifetime Achievement Award. Please let me know if you have any news or announcements to share with other division members, such as the publication of new books or articles, awards, new positions, tenure and promotions, publication and research opportunities, new programs, etc. I hope you will enjoy this newsletter. Best regards, Stacy The Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division of the SSSP held its division Business Meeting on Friday August 7, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Our business meeting was well attended. Next year, we will have even more division members in attendance because it is a very rewarding division activity and lots of fun too! Here is a brief overview of what we discussed: 1) Lifetime Achievement Award: We came up with the exciting idea of awarding a Lifetime Achievement Award in Crime & Juvenile Delinquency. The award will be given at the 2010 SSSP meeting in Atlanta during a special invited session. Several scholars will be present to honor the winner of this prestigious award and we encourage Division members to attend this session. Please see the announcement elsewhere in this newsletter. 2) Student Paper Competition: The Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division announces its 2010 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Details are described in this newsletter. The winner will receive a stipend and be eligible to present at the annual meeting in Atlanta. Please encourage your students to submit papers. 3) Meeting Sessions 2010: We are very pleased to have developed some intriguing topics for next year’s Division participation at the annual meeting. Please see the call for papers in this newsletter. 4) SSSP Nominations: We came up with a list of scholars that we felt were well qualified to run for various positions in the SSSP elections and submitted their names to the Nominating Committee. The SSSP Crime & Juvenile Delinquency Division initiated a new Lifetime Achievement Award in Crime and Juvenile Delinquency and the recipient of the first Lifetime Achievement Award is Valerie Jenness of UC Irvine. The award honors individuals for their distinguished scholarship in the field of crime and delinquency and for the positive impact of their actions/activism to address problems of crime and delinquency and achieve justice. The award will be presented to Val during a special divisional session in her honor at the 2010 SSSP meeting in Atlanta. The Lifetime Achievement Award Committee consisted of the current Division Chair, Glenn Muschert, Lloyd Klein, and Paul Steele. Congratulations to Val! The Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division announces its 2010 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 2009, 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 are eligible. Papers must be student-authored; they can be single-authored or co-authored by students, but may not be co-authored by a faculty member or other non-student. Please submit in MSWord 2007. There is a 25-page limit, including all notes, references, and tables. Submissions should use12-size font, one inch margins, and double spacing throughout. 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. Robert Garot, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, New York 10019. Submissions may also be submitted electronically to: rgarot@jjay.cuny.edu. The winner(s) will be announced in Spring 2010, will receive a $200 stipend, and is eligible to present at the 2010 annual meeting in Atlanta. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division Sponsored Sessions at 2010 Annual Meeting, Atlanta Submission Deadline: January 31, 2010 CJDD is sponsoring or co-sponsoring the following sessions at the 2010 Annual Meeting: Division Sessions Session #18--Crime, Delinquency, and Social Justice Work. THEMATIC, Tim Berard Organizer, tberard@alumni.reed.edu or tjberard@yahoo.com Invited Session, Lifetime Achievement Award. Stacy Burns Organizer, sburns@lmu.edu Session #20--Victims and Victimization, Karen Weiss Organizer, Karen.Weiss@wvu.edu Co-Sponsored Sessions Session #21—Disability and Criminal Justice, Liat Ben-Moshe Organizer, lbenmosh@maxwell.syr.edu (with Disbilities and Mental Health Divisions). Session #22--Intersections of Crime and Substance Abuse, Dina Perrone Organizer, dperrone@bridgew.edu (with Drinking and Drugs Division). Session #23--School Violence, Glenn Muschert Organizer, muschegw@muohio.edu (with Educational Problems Division). Session #24--Families and Criminal Justice, Ebonie Cunningham-Stringer Organizer, Ebonie.Cunningham@wilkes.edu (with Family Division). Session #25--Health, Mental Health and Crime, Mark Peyrot Organizer, mpeyrot@loyola.edu (with Mental Health Division and Health, Health Policy and Health Services Division). Session #26--Crime, Drugs and Social Policy, Stacy Burns Organizer, sburns@lmu.edu (with Law & Society Division). Session #27--Law and Sexuality, Lloyd Klein Organizer, lklein@stfranciscollege.edu (with Law & Society Division and Sexual Behavior Division). Session #28--Deviance, Law and Sport, Kathleen Asbury Organizer, asburykathy@comcast.net (with Sport, Leisure and the Body Division). Session #29—Aging and Life Course Transitions Behind Bars or Under Criminal Supervision, Chris Wellin Organizer, cwellin@ilstu.edu (with Youth, Aging & Life Course Division). The Editorial and Publications Committee of the Society for the Study of Social Problems is seeking applications for the position of Editor of the Society’s journal, Social Problems. The Editor’s three-year term will begin with the operation of the new editorial office at mid-year 2011. The new editor will be responsible for editing Volumes 59-61 (years 2012-14). Members of the SSSP are encouraged to apply for the position and/or nominate colleagues who are (or will become) members. The Editor is responsible for managing the peer review process for approximately 300-400 submitted manuscripts per year, and preparing four issues of the journal (approximately 650 printed pages) annually. The editorial office manages the review process using the on-line services of ScholarOne/Manuscript Central and also has responsibility for copy editing and proofreading in accordance with customary publishing standards. The committee seeks editorial candidates with distinguished scholarly records, previous editorial experience (e.g., service as journal editor or associate editor, editor of scholarly editions, etc.), strong organizational and management skills, and the ability to work and communicate well with others. A familiarity with, and commitment to, Social Problems and the SSSP are essential. The SSSP supports the operation of the editorial office with an annual budget and provides a modest stipend and travel expenses for the Editor. Support is also expected from the host institution. This may include office space, utilities, the use of computers and other office equipment, tuition waivers for office personnel (if appropriate), faculty release time, and other basic expenses. Each year the Editor will be expected to submit a budget to the SSSP to cover operating expenses that the host institution does not support. Individuals interested in applying for the editorship should submit their curriculum vitae with a cover letter detailing their relevant experience along with the support their institution is willing to provide. Letters from the applicant’s department chair, dean, or other authorized university administrator confirming specific institutional support should also be included. Guidance in the preparation of applications is available from the Editorial and Publications Committee Chair as well as the current Social Problems Editor, the Executive Officer, and the Administrative Officer, if necessary. Please direct all questions, inquiries, nominations, expressions of interest, and application materials to: Claire Renzetti, Chair, SSSP Editorial and Publications Committee, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1442. (937) 229-2428. Email: Claire.Renzetti@notes.udayton.edu. Deadline for applications is February 12, 2010. Michael Ryan now has a position as an Assistant Professor at Eastern New Mexico University teaching criminal justice. Charis Kubrin has published the following four articles: 2009. Graham C. Ousey and Charis E. Kubrin. "Exploring the Connection between Immigration and Violent Crime Rates in U.S. Cities, 1980-2000." Social Problems 56:447-473. 2009. Scott Desmond and Charis E. Kubrin. "The Power of Place: Immigrant Communities and Adolescent Violence." Sociological Quarterly 50:581-607. 2009. Kubrin, Charis E. and Tim Wadsworth. "Explaining Suicide among Blacks and Whites: How Socio-Economic Factors and Gun Availability Affect Race-Specific Suicide Rates." Social Science Quarterly 90:1203-1227. 2009. Ronald Weitzer and Charis E. Kubrin. "Misogyny in Rap Music: A Content Analysis of Prevalence and Meanings." Men and Masculinities 12:3-29. James Ptacek has edited a new volume with Oxford Press: Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women considers both the dangers and potential benefits of using restorative justice in these cases of violence against women. The contributors include antiviolence activists and scholars from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, where restorative justice is beginning to be practiced. Their chapters introduce a wide range of perspectives, offering rich descriptions of new programs that combine restorative justice with feminist antiviolence approaches. Advocates, community activists, and scholars will find the theoretical perspectives and vivid case descriptions presented here to be invaluable tools for creating new ways for abused women to find justice. Mark Pogrebin, Paul Stratesky and Prabha Unnithan had their book published: Guns, Violence and Criminal Behavior: The Offenders’ Perspective. Boulder,CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers,2009. We welcome members to submit editorials, book reviews, and other content to the CJDD newsletter! As always, please send us your news and accomplishments for inclusion in the next newsletter. If you would like to submit something, please contact Sarah Shannon, newsletter editor at ster0171@umn.edu. CJDD Fall 2009 5