CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Western Society of Criminology 37th Annual Conference
February 4-6, 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii
Please note that the deadline to send abstracts to topic chairs is October 5, 2009
POLICING AND FORENSIC SCIENCES Matthew Hickman Seattle University Department of Criminal Justice 901 12th Ave. PO Box 222000 Seattle, WA 98122
hickmanm@seattleu.edu
LAW, COURTS, AND SENTENCING Cassia Spohn School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Arizona State University 411 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 cassia.spohn@asu.edu
CORRECTIONS Charles Katz School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Arizona State University 411 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 charles.katz@asu.edu
ECOLOGY OF CRIME John Hipp 2367 Social Ecology 2 University of California – Irvine Irvine, CA 92697
hippj@uci.edu
RACE, CLASS, GENDER & CRIME Dimitri Bogazianos Division of Criminal Justice California State University – Sacramento 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6085
dbogazia@csus.edu
JUVENILE JUSTICE Dena Carson University of Missouri-St. Louis 324 Lucas Hall One University Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63121
Dcc6pd@umsl.edu
ORGANIZED AND WHITE-COLLAR CRIME Andrea Schoepfer 5500 University Parkway Criminal Justice Department, CSU-SB San Bernardino, CA 92407
aschoepf@csusb.edu
TEACHING IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Laurie Kubicek Division of Criminal Justice California State University, Sacramento 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6085
lkubicek@csus.edu
THEORY
Mary Maguire Division of Criminal Justice California State University, Sacramento 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6085 maguirem@csus.edu
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION!
All conference participants need to make reservations by January 3, 2010. Information about the Ala Moana Hotel can be found on the hotel website (www.alamoanahotel.com) or by calling 800-367-6025. To receive the conference rate of $169+tax/night, please indicate that you are with the Western Society of Criminology Annual Conference and provide discount rate code DWESTCRI. This code cannot be utilized to make on-line reservations. This rate will be available three nights prior and three nights after the conference, subject to availability.
STUDENTS
The Western Society of Criminology provides several opportunities for students in conjunction with the annual conference, including travel money and a paper competition. Please see the following for requirements and application information.
June Morrison Scholarship Fund: The June Morrison Scholarship provides supplemental funds ($100) to support student member participation at the annual conference. A maximum of five awards will be made to students attending the annual meeting of the WSC. In the event that there are more than five eligible applications, the awards committee will randomly select five recipients. To be eligible for the June Morrison Award, students must present a paper at the annual conference. Conference registration and membership dues must be paid prior to the scholarship being awarded. Please submit your application by October 5, 2009, to Finn Esbensen at esbensen@umsl.edu. Application information can be obtained by consulting Student Information, which is in the Conference section of the WSC website (www.sonoma.edu/ccjs/wsc/conference.htm)
Miki Vohryzek-Bolden (MVB) Student Paper Competition: Students are eligible to compete in a Student Paper Competition sponsored by WSC. Papers co-authored by faculty will not be considered. Appropriate types of papers include but are not limited to policy analyses, original research, literature reviews, position papers, theoretical papers, and commentaries. Students selected for this award will be recognized at the conference and will receive a cash award ($125 for first place and $75 for second place) and registration reimbursement. Additionally, if the award recipient desires, the best paper will be submitted for review to the Western Criminological Review. Abstracts should be submitted to the appropriate topical chair by October 5, 2009 and a final paper should be emailed to Finn Esbensen (esbensen@umsl.edu) by January 4, 2010. Award winners will be notified in writing by February 1, 2010. Submission information can be obtained by consulting Student Information, which is in the Conference section of the WSC website (www.sonoma.edu/ccjs/wsc/conference.htm).