CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY AWARDS, 1995


MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Signifying singular contributions to the
development of critical criminology scholarship or pedagogy over time;
or, contributions of an exceptional recent accomplishment (major
scholarship or something exceptionally innovative).

TO:   Bill Chambliss (for lifetime achievement)

CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGIST OF THE YEAR AWARD: Recognizing a scholar who 
has symbolized the spirit of the Division in some combination of 
scholarship, teaching, and/or service with the past year:

TO:   Walter DeKeseredy, Carleton University.


The members of the awards committee:

   Charisse Coston
   Mathieu DeFlem
   Mariam DeLone
   Zoann Snyder-Joy
   Jim Thomas

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WILLIAM CHAMBLISS  |
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>From the publication of the "Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy" 
in 1964 to his current analysis of the policing of the "drug crisis" in
Washington, D.C. Bill has been in the forefront of critical inquiry in
criminology.  If the "Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy" is part
of the foundation of the structural analysis of law and law-making in U.S.
criminology, his book Law, Order and Power (with Robert Seidman) is
certainly the first floor of that edifice.  This theme of the differential
construction and application of law later bore powerful ethnographic fruit
in two influential works "Saints and Roughnecks" (1973 Society) and On the
Take (Indiana U. Press, 1978).  The former revealed the power of labeling at
the street level, while the other showed the ability of upper world
offenders to avoid the consequences of their lawbreaking - including the
nexus between international drug trading and the U.S. military/goverment
establishment.  In 1979 Bill published "On Lawmaking" (British Journal of
Law and Society) which set forth the framework for a general structural
contradictions theory of law-making, which in turn led to the recent
anthology Making Law (with Marjorie Zatz).  These works represent only a
fraction of what Bill Chambliss has accomplished.  In addition he has
published several sociology texts, a major criminology text book and
numerous other articles.  Throughout all of these works Bill's commitment to
revealing the hidden power in law-making and law-enforcing institutions has
never wavered.  And in doing so has served as a model and a beacon for
countless critical criminologists.

        Perhaps the most significant contribution made by Bill's work has
been how it has shaped the thinking of several generations of critical
scholars.   

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WALTER DEKESEREDY   |
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For three years, Walter has worked on The Critical Criminologist,
maintaining the momentum that Brian MacLean, Bernard Headley and
Dragan Milovanovic initiated. His issues reflected much of the
cutting edge critical criminology. His service was unwaivering,
with a total commitment to the goals and aspirations of the
Division. Academically, in a short time, he has contributed much
in the field of publishing on violence against women. He has more
than 30 articles, refereed, and four books. In Canada he did a
nationwide survey on violence against women. His work received
wide coverage. He is a dedicated teacher, with many of his
students continuing on into critical criminology. Walter is a
person who is very unique as most of us who have met him would
say. His enthusiasm at the annual meetings, his meeting with
students and encouraging them in their work, his continued
support for the Division, and his whole hearted commitment as a
critical/radical criminologists places him as one who is truly
deserving of the award.