News and Announcements

Hi Fellow DWCers,

Welcome to the Fall 2002 edition of the DWC DivisioNews, where you can catch up on what friends and colleagues have been doing over the past few months. There have been promotions, publications from new and up-and-coming scholars, job changes, and some great research projects being initiated! I hope to see you out and about at the upcoming ASC meetings in Chicago. Make sure to attend our breakfast business meetings on Thursday and Friday and our wonderful social with the DPCC on Wednesday evening.

Cheers,
Amy D'Unger
DivisioNews Associate Editor for Member News
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HELP WANTED!!!!! GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE DWC

The DWC Outreach Committee needs YOU! We are seeking friendly, outgoing volunteers to man and (wo)man the Outreach Table. All shifts are still available, but apply soon!

I hope some of you are willing and able to donate your time to talk to prospective new members. We will have two-hour shifts (9:30-11:30 a.m. and 2:00- 4:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during the ASC conference in Chicago next month.

If you have a little time to spare, please contact Susan Sharp, ssharp@ou.edu. Tell me when you are available, and I will happily put you on the schedule!

Remember, together we are the DWC!

CONFERENCES AND CALL FOR PAPERS:

Congratulations to Nancy Jurik, who is the new President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) for 2002-2003 and to Mona Danner and Nancy Wonders, who are Program Co-chairs for the SSSP's 2003 annual meeting, which will be held in Atlanta. The program theme, "Justice and the Sociological Imagination: Theory, Research, Teaching, Practice & Action" should be of interest to many criminologists, but particularly to members of the DWC. The call for papers follows:

The Society for the Study of Social Problems invites proposals for its 53rd Annual Meeting, to be held August 15-17, 2003 at the Wyndham Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Theme: "JUSTICE AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: THEORY, RESEARCH, TEACHING, PRACTICE & ACTION." Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2003.

Complete papers, abstracts, or 2-3 page outlines should be sent to the Program Co-Chairs: Mona Danner, Old Dominion University, BAL 900, Norfolk VA 23529-0076; W: 757-683-4338; F: 757-683-5746; SSSP2003@odu.edu and Nancy Wonders, Criminal Justice, PO Box 15005, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5005; W: 928-523-6336; F: 928-523-8011; sssp-p@jan.ucc.nau.edu.
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Sue Cote wanted to inform everyone of the 30th Annual Conference of the Western Society of Criminology which will be held in Vancouver, BC on February 20-23, 2003. For further information about the conference, including a call for papers, please see:

www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/wscmain.html
www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/callfpap2003.htm

In addition, those interested in presenting a paper at the WSC Conference on Family or Domestic Violence, please contact: Sue Cote, Assistant Professor, Division of Criminal Justice, California State University, Sacramento, Ph.: (916) 278-6437, Fax: (916) 278-7692, email: scote@csus.edu.
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The Division of International Criminology (DIC) welcomes DWC members to its Business Meeting and Luncheon on Thursday, November 14th at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. DIC officers Rosemary Barberet, Nancy Grosselfinger and Bonnie Fisher - all DWC supporters - are keen to link women's interests to the DIC agenda. At our business meeting we will be discussing such things as our contribution to ASC's international policymaking since the ASC has been approved special consultative status as an NGO by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The DIC is spearheading this new role for the ASC. Jay Albanese, the new director of the NIJ International Center, will also be attending the business meeting and discussing his plans. The luncheon - a typical Chicago food sampler - will feature not only the announcement of DIC awards but also the promotion of the four conferences with international themes slated for the Spring and Summer of 2003 - ACJS in Boston, British Society of Criminology in Bangor, European Society of Criminology in Helsinki and International Society for Criminology in Rio de Janeiro. This is the year to go international! Please come, we welcome all of you.

PUBLICATIONS:

Charis E. Kubrin has a forthcoming publication in the Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency entitled "Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: Does Type of Homicide Matter."

Gendered Justice: Addressing Female Offenders by Barbara Bloom (Editor) is now in press and should be available from Carolina Academic Press in early 2003.

Natalie Sokoloff and Barbara Raffel Price are pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of the Criminal Justice System and Women will be published July 2003 by McGraw-Hill. Many DWC members have chapters in the book. Among them are Jeanne Flavin, Jody Miller, Joanne Belknap (2 chs.), Karlene Faith, Meda Chesney-Lind, Angela Browne, Lois Presser, Emily Gaarder, Susan Martin, Nanci Koser Wilson, Imogene Moyer and Nancy Jurik. The new edition will contain material on intersectionalities, lesbians and globalization.

PROMOTIONS AND OTHER BIG CHANGES!

Betsy Stanko has changed jobs and unfortunately will not be attending the ASC annual meetings for the foreseeable future. She is now working at the Office of Public Services Reform, Cabinet Office, 53 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2NG, as the Director of the ESRC Violence Research Programme, for those who wish to stay in touch. Her new e-mail is: betsy.stanko@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk.

Congratulations to Jody Miller, who has received promotion/tenure effective fall 2002. Way to go!

Please join us in extending our congratulations to Roz Muraskin as she was named "Woman of the Year" by the organization Women of Substance for Outstanding Academician. The organization deals with issues of domestic violence including helping women find shelter, clothing, employment, etc. With more than 800 people in the audience for the awards, all honorees were recognized and should be complemented.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:

Joanna Phoenix has started a new project that surveys provision, policies and protocols for dealing with juveniles involved in prostitution in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and is expected to run for the next academic year. One of the objectives on the project is to compile a national database that will enable researchers, academics, policy makers and practitioners in this area to search for anything such as a contact in a particular location in Britain, the results of recent research, types of projects running, statutory protocols and so on. If you would like further information, you can contact Joanna at:

Dr. Joanna Phoenix
Department of Social and Policy Sciences
University of Bath
BATH
BA2 7AY
tel: 01225-383219

CALL FOR AUTHORS ~ FINAL ENTRIES STILL SOUGHT FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. PRISONS

We're entering the final stages of assembling the "Encyclopedia of US Prisons and Correctional Facilities." (Sage) Though we are very grateful to the many people who have already submitted entries, we would appreciate your help as we try to identify authors for the few dozen remaining topics. Basic information about the project is available on the encyclopedia website at http://www.referenceworld.com/sage/prisons/. A list of some of the remaining topics for which authors were needed in mid-October is included below. To view the current list of topics for which entries are sought, click on Access TOBIN (under Project Management Tool) and type in "guest" as both the user name and the password.

Criminal justice professionals, academics, and graduate students are all encouraged to sign up to write entries. Persons contributing fewer than 5000 words will receive a copy of the two-volume encyclopedia. Those who contribute a total of 5000+ words will receive $100 in book credits from Sage, in addition to a copy of the encyclopedia. If you are interested in contributing, please contact Mary Bosworth, Editor, at your earliest convenience (bosworthencyclo@yahoo.com) and indicate the entr(ies) you wish to author.

Editor: Mary Bosworth (Wesleyan)
Editorial Board: Stephanie Bush-Baskette (Nat. Council on Crime & Delinquency); Jeanne Flavin (Fordham); Esther Heffernan (Edgewood College); and Jim Thomas (Northern Illinois University)

Here are the remaining topics: