ACJS Sections
Community College
The Community College Section seeks to further the interests of community colleges, junior colleges, vocational/technical schools, two-year programs, and law enforcement and correctional academies.
Dues: $10 per year.
Corrections
The Corrections Section encourages research and theory development relating to community and institutional corrections, as well as the development of relationships between practitioners, scholars and researchers.
Dues: $35 per year; $15 per year for Student members.
Critical Criminal Justice
The Critical Criminal Justice section promotes empirical and theoretical work on the ways in which ethnic/racial, class, and gender inequality contribute to crime and social control.
Dues: $20 per year.
Drugs and Alcohol Research
The purpose of the Drugs and Alcohol Research Section is to bring together academy members with a particular interest in drugs and alcohol research; to facilitate and encourage research and theory development related to drugs and alcohol research; to encourage appropriate and effective teaching techniques and practices for drugs and alcohol research related courses; to serve as a resource network for and encourage interaction among academic, research, practitioner and policy-making sectors in order to further knowledge about drugs and alcohol research; and to encourage organization of conference sessions related to drugs and alcohol research.
Dues: $20 per year; $5 per year for Student members.
International
The International Section promotes international information exchange, criminal justice research, curriculum development, international networking, and an annual reception. Members receive a subscription to the quarterly journal, International Criminal Justice Review. Members are kept current with Section activities via our own International Section listserv. The Section selects the recipient for the G.O.W. Mueller Award, which is given annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of international/comparative criminal justice. The International Section also sponsors an annual Outstanding Book Award and Graduate Student Paper Award.
Dues: $35 per year; $15 per year for Student members.
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Section promotes communication between academics and practitioners as well as research and theory in the area.
Dues: $20 per year; $10 per year for Student members.
Law and Public Policy
The Law and Public Policy Section seeks to raise the awareness of ACJS members to law and policy concerns relevant to criminal justice issues. The objective of the section is to support members of ACJS with research, curriculum development, and networking. Members are encouraged to offer their academic findings to all levels of governments for law and policy development.
Dues: $10 per year.
Minorities and Women
The Minorities and Women Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences is the section for people who are interested in issues within criminal justice that are pertinent to underrepresented minorities and women. Our goal is to further the development of research, theory and teaching practices on issues relevant to minorities and women in criminal justice. The Minorities and Women Section is one of the vehicles for bringing life to the Academy's policy of diversity and inclusion. Our section website and e-mail list-serve serves as a clearinghouse for information and an exchange of ideas among section members. We always welcome new members who share our interests, vision and passion for serving the academy!
Dues: $35 per year; $10 per year for Student members.
Police
The Police Section strives to build networks among police practitioners, researchers and educators.
Dues: $37 per year.
Restorative and Community Justice
The mission of the section is to: provide a professional arena for academics, educators, justice agency practitioners, and victim advocates interested in developing restorative and community justice theory; conduct policy-relevant research on restorative and community justice practices; and educate individuals, organizations, institutions, and governmental entities about restorative and community justice principles and practices.
Dues: $20 per year; Free for Student members.
Security and Crime Prevention
The primary mission of the Security and Crime Prevention Section is to promote the professional growth and development of its members through service and education to the academic and practical field of security. By providing the necessary resources, organizational programs, workshops and activities, the Section strives to ensure that its members remain on the cutting edge of technology, their discipline, and pedagogical advances.
Dues: $30 per year; $15 per year for Student members.
Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
The purpose of this section is to bring together Academy members to serve as a multifaceted resource to assist faculty, practitioners, students, administrators, and concerned citizens in their integration of innovative and effective teaching and learning techniques, and the scholarship of teaching within the field of criminal justice education and training.
Dues: $20 per year; Free for Student members.
Victimology
The mission of the Victimology Section is to facilitate and encourage research and theory development related to victimology; encourage appropriate and effective teaching techniques and practices for victimology-related courses; encourage organization of and participation in conference sessions related to victimology; and serve as a resource network for and encourage interaction among academic, research, practitioner, and policy-making sectors in order to further knowledge of victimology.
Dues: $20 per year; $10 per year for Student members.