1996 Critical Criminology ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS


The Critical Criminology Division of the American Society of
Criminology is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's
honorees for the following awards:

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:  PROFESSOR CINDY STRUCKMAN-JOHNSON (Psychology,
     University of South Dakota) for her research on sexual
     assault in the Nebraska prison system. Professor
     Struckman-Johnson's work has been described as "the most
     important and most comprehensive research ever published in
     the area of sexual victimization of state prisoners." Sadly,
     Stephen Donaldson, who nominated Professor Struckman-Johnson
     and who was himself both a scholar and an activist in the
     area of prison assaults, died shortly after submitting her
     name. We will miss Stephen and his reform efforts.

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 within the past year:

     To: PROFESSOR MARK S. HAMM (Criminology, Indiana State
     University): Professor Hamm's 1995 book, "The Abandoned
     ONes: The Imprisonment and Uprising of the Mariel Boat
     People" is an exceptionally rich political and
     historical analysis of the 1987 riots of Cuban
     prisoners in Louisiana and Georgia federal
     penitentiaries. Unlike conventional studies of prison
     disturbances that focus on characteristics of prisoners
     or conditions, Professor Hamm traces the sources of the
     riots to US foreign policy, indifference to human
     rights, immigration policies, and questionable prison
     policies. Professor Hamm has also contributed to the
     Division in recent years with his skill as a musician
     at the annual meetings.

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