The ASC Division on Critical Criminology invites nominations for this year’s awards. The Division sponsors four awards:

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual's sustained and distinguished scholarship, teaching, and/or service in the field of critical criminology.

The Critical Criminologist of the Year Award honors a person for distinguished accomplishments which have symbolized the spirit of the Division in some form of scholarship, teaching, and/or service in a recent year or years.

The Undergraduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by undergraduate students.

The Graduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by graduate students.

Nominations for the Critical Criminologist of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award must be submitted electronically and include letter(s) of nomination/support as well as the nominee’s vita.

Nominations for the student paper awards must be submitted electronically and include the student paper as well as a cover letter from a faculty member sponsor who should verify the student’s level of study.

All nomination materials must be sent to Professor David Kauzlarich at dkauzla@siue.edu by September 8, 2008.