The following are the ASC's Critical Criminology Division
award winners for 1997 by the five member awards committee.

The plaques will be given at the Critical Criminology
social session on Thursday, November 20, about 9:15.

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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).

CLAIRE RENZETTI
Department of Sociology
St. Joseph's University
Philadelphia (19131)

Professor Renzetti, a 1996 Fulbright Scholar, has been active in
addressing the problem of hate crimes and violence against women
for the past two decades. Her books and articles reflect nearly
two decades of scholarship intended guide policy and social
action. She is editor of the journal VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, and
author of the path-breaking book VIOLENT BETRAYAL:  PARTNER
ABUSE IN LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS.  She has also been active in the
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women.

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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:

MICHAEL RADELET
Department of Sociology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL  32611

Professor Radelet has been an aggressive opponent of capital
punishment for several decades. His four major articles on
deterrence and wrongful deaths in the past year, combined with
his work in the trenches in opposing the death penalty in Florida
and working with families of the condemned, have established him
as one of the premier experts on (and opponents of) capital
punishment in the U.S. Professor Radelet also has given the
Division considerable visibility by making selected papers
available on the Critical Criminology homepage.  In October of
this year alone, his works will be downloaded nearly 3,000 times.



The following are the results of the Critical Criminology Student
Paper Competition:

FIRST:
E. Andreas Tomaszewski, Carleton University, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
   "AlterNative" Approaches to Criminal Justice: John Braithwaite's Theory
   of Integrative Shaming Revisited"

SECOND:
Chris Atchinson, Simon Fraser University
   "Emerging Styles of Social Control in the Internet: Justice Denied"

THIRD:
Timothy Johnston, University of North Carolina
"   The Theoretical Componenets of Political Crime"

HONORABLE MENTION:
Melissa McDonald, (Arizona State University)
   "American Drug Policy: Racialized and Gendered Legislation"

Bruce Hoffman, Indiana University
   "Cultural Tradition, Historical Experience, and Active Resistance"