Dear Friends and Colleagues:

The Integration Committee's Report is done and is available for all to read and share. As I stated in a previous announcement, recall that our last DCC business meeting there was a discussion and debate about the relationship between the ACJS Section on Critical Criminology and the DCC. Note, too, as stated in the minutes of the last business meeting, "After much discussion, the membership decided to continue the work of the committee investigating the integration of the 2 divisions. Bob Bohm, Jeff Walker and Bruce Arrigo with the addition of 1 or 2 members will distribute the proposal the committee has already prepared and will follow up with information on varied levels of integration and the pros and cons of such. This will be brought to the membership."

Again, the DCC Executive has decided that a committee would be appointed to investigate the strengths and limitations of integration, write a formal report, and then submit the written report to the Executive and to the entire DCC membership at least 30 days prior to the 2008 DCC business meeting. At this meeting, the membership will then vote on the type of relationship it wants with the ACJS Section.

A committee was recently struck and it consisted of: Bob Bohm (Chair), Chris Mullins, Meda Chesney-Lind, Rick Matthews, Susan Caringella, and Peter Kraska. On behalf of the DCC, I would like to thank these folks for taking time away from their busy schedules, friends, and loved ones to do this important work. Below is their Final Report and Recommendations, which all the members will vote on at the next Business meeting. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE MEMBERS HAVE THE FINAL DECISION. THE DCC EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT RECEIVES THE MEMBERS' VOTES. YOU MAY VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE REPORT.

Best,

Walter DeKeseredy

Final Report and Recommendations:

Committee on ASC/ACJS Critical Criminology Division and Section Integration

The Integration Task Force has concluded its deliberations. The results of these conversations are detailed below.In summary, we have concluded that while philosophical, academic and advocacy links between the Section on Critical Criminology of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Division of Critical Criminology of American Society of Criminology are to be encouraged, the past efforts to merge the administrative structures of the two organizations did not adequately serve the members of either organization and indeed produced problems. As a result, going forward, the best resolution is to seek ways to maximize the conceptual and intellectual connections (including frequent collegial communication between the Chair of the Division and the Chair of the Section to identify such synergies) while as the same time seeking to maintain and strengthen two separate bureaucracies to address membership and budget issues within their larger, separate organizations.

1. The ASC Division on Critical Criminology (the “Division”) strongly supports the ACJS Section on Critical Criminology (the “Section”) and actively seeks both intellectual and political synergies, where possible. For this reason, all ASC Division members are encouraged to support the ACJS Section (and be members if they can afford it), to attend the Section meeting at ACJS, and to encourage the organization of Section sponsored sessions at the ACJS annual meeting.

2. The ASC Division on Critical Criminology supports a separate officer structure for the ACJS Section. Close communication and coordination between the two organizations is encouraged.

3. To enhance communication and coordination between the two organizations, the Chair of the ACJS Section shall be an ex-officio member of the Division's executive committee.

4. The Chair of the Division will work with the Section Chair to assure that Section members receive electronic access to the journal

5. Financial matters between the Division and Section shall be kept separate. There will be no co-mingling of funds. However, this does not preclude the co-sponsoring of events and services.

6. For all events and services co-sponsored by the Division and the Section, the Section shall be identified as an equal partner. We further encourage the Division and the Section to explore the possibility of strengthening the co-sponsorship of the journal Critical Criminology, the newsletter, and the listserv. However, the Division and the publisher shall retain exclusive rights to all editorial matters concerning the journal Critical Criminology, including the selection of the editor and editorial board.