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International Section 2010 Annual Report, p.

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

International Section- Annual Report

January, 2010

SECTION EXECUTIVE BOARD (2009-2011)

Chair

Hedi Nasheri

Kent State University

Department of Justice Studies
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242
Direct dial: (330) 672-0317
Fax: (330) 672-5394
e-mail:

Term ends at business meeting March 2011. Succeeded by Vice Chair.

Vice Chair

Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich

Michigan State University

School of Criminal Justice

506 Baker Hall

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 355-2194

E-mail:

Term ends at March 2011 business meeting. Slate of nominees prepared by Nominations Committee and due to Section Executive Board by December 31, 2010..

Secretary

Angela D. Crews

Criminal Justice Department

Marshall University

One John Marshall Drive

Huntington, WV 25755-2662

Office: Smith Hall 736

Phone: (304) 696-3082

FAX: (304) 696-3085

Email:

Appointed by Section Executive Board (Section Constitution Article 4, §3)

Term ends at March 2011 business meeting. Slate of nominees prepared by Nominations Committee and due to Section Executive Board by December 31, 2010.

Immediate Past President

John Winterdyk

Mount Royal University

Justice Studies

4825 Mount Royal Gate, SW

Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6

(403) 240-6992 [voice]

(403) 240-6201 [fax]

Email:

Term ends at business meeting February 2010. Succeeded by the Chair.

Executive Counselor

Nick Jones,

Assistant Professor & Police Studies Coordinator

Department of Justice Studies

University of Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

S4S 0A2

Phone: (306) 585-4862

Fax: (306) 585 - 4815

E-mail:

Term ends in March 2011. Slate of nominees prepared by Nominations Committee and due to Section Executive Board by December 31, 2010.

Executive Counselor

Philip Reichel

University of Northern Colorado

Department of Criminal Justice

501 20th Street

Greeley, CO 80639

(970) 351-2107 [voice]

(970) 351-1255 [fax]

Email:

Term ends in March 2011. Slate of nominees prepared by Nominations Committee and due to Section Executive Board by December 31, 2010.

Executive Counselor

Harry M. Rhea

Assistant Professor

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

PO Box 195

Jimmie Leeds Road

Pomona, New Jersey 08240-0195

Office: +1 609 626 6877

Fax: +1 609 626 5559

Email:

Term ends in March 2011. Slate of nominees prepared by Nominations Committee and due to Section Executive Board by December 31, 2010.

Ex-Officio ACJS Board liaison

Janice Joseph (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey—USA)

Criminal Justice Program

Post Office Box 195

Pomona, NJ 08240-9920

(609) 625-4312 [voice]

(609) 748-5559 [fax]

Appointed by ACJS President.

SECTION EXECUTIVE BOARD (2009-2010)

NOTE: The International Section will conduct its next election during February 2011 to fill the Vice Chair position for 2011-2013 and the three executive counselor positions for 2011-2013. As well a new Secretary will be voted for 2011-2013.

Accomplishments and Information

Since the March 2009 meeting in Boston, the International Section has been engaged in the following:

  • Last year's meeting in Boston was very productive for the International Section, we were pleased with the "sold out" G.O.W. Mueller Award Luncheon at which Jim Finckenauer was honored.
  • The annual G.O.W. Award Luncheon in Boston attracted both members and non-members to the luncheon. We were able to obtain an excellent arrangement for the luncheon that did not require the IS to subsidize the luncheon for the IS members.
  • James Finckenauer (Rutgers University, USA), School of Criminal Justice received the 2009 G.O.W. Mueller Award in Boston. As a recipient of this award he has been appointed by the IS Chair to Chair the Muller Award Committee for 2010. Also a new Committee has been set up to assist James Finckenauer with this task.
  • For the 2009 ACJS meetings, there were over 30 sessions (up from 23 panels in Cincinnati in‘08) that have an international orientation/theme to them.
  • For the 2010 G.O.W. Award Luncheon all arrangements have been made by IS Chair and excellent rates have been obtained for the Luncheon. There was no need for the Section to subsidize the luncheon.
  • For the past year, the section has been engaged with a number of new initiatives to facilitate and promote more interactions between U.S. and overseas scholars and practitioners in order to expand the IS viability nationally and internationally.
  • A separate group listserv has been created by the IS Chair for all IS members only. This listserv allows all members to interact with other IS members. Members are free to use this list for any criminal justice related questions or information that they would like to discuss with other members of the IS Section.
  • A set of policies and guidelines for the newly interactive listserv was created and emailed to all sections’ membership. The following statement is a summary of policies and procedures that were distributed for this listserv: In order to provide a responsible service, IS requires that each person who wishes to avail himself or herself of this service agree to be bound by the terms of the attached agreement. Your continued access to this listserv is conditioned on your continuing to abide by these policies and procedures, by the terms and rules of membership of IS, and by the ACJS Code of Professional Conduct.
  • A mass email was sent out to all ACJS members in order to encourage the general membership to join the IS Section. The message addressed the fact that international research collaboration is a rapidly growing component of core research activity for criminal justice educators and practitioners alike around the world. The outlined benefit was that The International Section of ACJS enables its members to participate in networks of cutting-edge and innovative research activities. Collaboration is encouraged at an international level because it provides us with access to a wider range of facilities and resources. Currently the IS has 132 regular and 33 student members, a total of 165 members.
  • AT our last year's business meeting held in Boston, the members of the IS Section voiced their concerns in connection with how ACJS selects the United Nations NGO Representative. At the conclusion of the business meeting the members charged me with the task of presenting their concerns to the ACJS Executive Board at their Board Meeting held in September, 2009 in San Diego. I presented the Section's concerns to the board at its board meeting in San Diego. An email from Board members was forwarded to the IS members. The Chair of the IS has also made arrangements for the board members to attend the IS luncheon and have set a side the last 15 minutes of our luncheon for a discussion on this topic as well as addressing any questions that our members may have for the board regarding this issue.
  • INFORMATION ITEM

The IS came to an agreement with the International Criminal Justice Review journal (SAGE). Relevant paperwork and agreements have been approved by the ACJS Board and signed by the ACJS President.

Subsequently, a mass email was sent out to all the members of the ACJS. The purpose of the email was twofold. 1) To attract more members to IS by informing them that the Section members will be getting a copy of the Journal as a benefit. 2) The Section Chair, also assisted the ICJR with securing scholars who would be available to review manuscripts for jurisdictions that the Journal needed volunteers to assist with its manuscript review process. The following email was sent to all ACJS members:

The International Criminal Justice Review is looking for scholars with international expertise in the Middle East, Africa and Far East to serve as manuscript reviewers for the journal, if you have expertise in these area please contact me directly at .

International Criminal Justice Review (ICJR) is a scholarly journal dedicated to presenting system-wide trends and problems on crime and justice throughout the world. ICJR provides a forum for social scientists to report research findings for policy making with respect to crime and justice through innovative and advanced methodologies. Members of the International Section of ACJS receive a copy of the International Criminal Justice Review as part of their membership benefit. The journal provides a comparative and international overview of law and crime and justice from a cross- cultural perspective.

As a peer-reviewed journal, ICJR encourages the submission of articles, research notes, and commentaries that focus on crime and broadly defined justice-related topics in an international and/or comparative context. Articles may focus on a single country or compare issues affecting two or more countries. Both qualitative and quantitative pieces are encouraged, providing they adhere to standards of quality scholarship. Manuscripts may emphasize either contemporary or historical topics.

ICJR seeks communication among disciplines in an effort to disclose valuable scholarly materials for the purpose of knowledge enhancement. ICJR welcomes criminal justice and criminology scholars to submit their research from all over the world who are interested in the development and improvement of public policy on crime and the justice system, along with various other related practices.

Elections

All positions have been filled until March 2011. A complete list of all officers is listed above.

Awards

The G.O.W. Mueller Award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to international/comparative criminal justice. The 2010 Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in San Diego, California. There is a cash prize associated with this award to help defray the travel costs to the Annual Meeting. The recipient also makes a presentation to the International Section. The deadline for nominations was December 1, 2009. The new committee and the Awards’ Chair were responsible for selecting this years’ recipient C. Ronald Huff, Professor in the Departments of Criminology, Law and Society, and in Sociology, University of California, Irvine. This year’s recipient will be honored at the IS luncheon in San Diego.

Plans for the Coming Year

ACJS Policies (No. 500.02 / I.C) requires that at Section meetings held during the Annual Meeting, the Section shall establish priorities for the coming year. A list of those priorities is to be submitted to the ACJS Executive Board for approval prior to taking action on those priorities. Although subject to modification by the IS Executive Board at it annual meeting on February 2010, the following are likely to included among IS priorities. Prior to taking any action, the final list will be submitted to the ACJS Executive Board in an amended annual report.

  • Select 2011 recipient for the G.O.W. Mueller Award.
  • Assure that an award luncheon is planned for and scheduled at the 2011 annual meeting.
  • Consider finding sponsors (e.g., publishers or graduate programs) for the annual luncheon.
  • Increase membership in the International Section with an emphasis on attracting more students. In addition, interest was expressed in trying to expand our membership outside of North America.
  • Identify a theme and finalize plans for a 2011 section sponsored panel/roundtable.
  • Prepare, and distribute to members, a report on the history of the International Section.
  • Consider ways to provide pedagogical content to the Section's website and/or newsletter in order to assist instructors seeking information about effective teaching techniques and topics for comparative/international justice courses.
  • Create a new website for the section.
  • Explore the interest in creating an electronic newsletter for the section.
  • Have a table at the 2010American Society of Criminology meeting and consider distributing IS membership flyers and general information.

Items for ACJS Executive Board Action:

NONE