Annual Meeting
Join us for the ACJS 62nd Annual Meeting, March 11 - 15, 2025, at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, CO. ACJS President Dr. Bitna Kim is excited to bring you a content rich program with featured speakers, over 300 educational sessions, special events, and workshops, featuring the theme: “The Future of Criminal Justice and Criminology: The Case for Inclusion, Interaction, and Internationalization.”
Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2024, preferred; October 14, 2024, final deadline *NOTE: The abstract submission system is now closed.
The following Schedule-at-a-Glance is preliminary and meant only to provide attendees with a general overview of the Annual Meeting. No updates to this outline will be made.
A detailed Program Agenda via the ACJS mobile app will be made available a few weeks prior to the event date. Because of the abundant number of sessions and meetings provided during the Annual Meeting, the full agenda will not be provided in this format on the ACJS website or in hard copy at the meeting. Attendees should refer to the ACJS mobile app for specific sessions, meeting titles, dates/times, presenters, and descriptions and/or a PDF document, which will be posted to the website just prior to the meeting.
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President’s Address
Dr. Bitna Kim
ACJS President
Sam Houston State University
Keynote Speech
“Translational Criminology: Its Origins, Current Developments, and Future”
Dr. John Laub
Former Director of NIJ
University of Maryland
Plenary Speakers
“Inclusion in Academia & Government”
Dr. Alex Piquero
University of Miami
“Interaction Between Researchers & Practitioners”
Mr. Doug Dretke
Sam Houston State University
“Inclusion in the Criminal Legal System”
Dr. Cassia Spohn
Arizona State University
“Internationalization in
Criminal Justice & Criminology”
Dr. Jianhong Liu
University of Macau
“Community Re-entry and Inclusion: Let's Talk About Who We're Leaving Out”
Carol Peeples
Remerg