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Previous ASC Annual Meeting Program Chairs, Themes,
Meeting Locations, Abstracts and Index of Participants

2007 - Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Nov. 14 - 17; Candace Kruttschnitt and Ross MacMillan
Crime and Justice:  In the Global and in the Local


2006 - Los Angeles Convention Center, Nov. 1 - 4; Doris MacKenzie and Alex Piquero
Democracy, Crime and Justice


2005 - Toronto Royal York Hotel, Nov. 15 - 19; Frankie Bailey and Colin Loftin
The Interdisciplinary Roots and Branches of Criminology


2004 - Nashville Convention Center and Renaissance Hotel, Nov. 17 - 20; Bonnie Fisher and Melissa Moon 
Taking Stock: The Science of Criminology and the Pursuit of Justice
(Note: When the ASC web page crashed in March 2006, we lost probably 60 percent of the 2004 abstracts.  Fortunately, we were able to recover all session and paper titles, as well as all author names and contact information.  If you wish to obtain an abstract that we do not have, you will need to contact the authors directly.)


2003 - Denver Adams Mark Hotel, Nov. 19 - 22; Denise Gottfredson and Sally Simpson 
The Challenge of Practice, The Benefits of Theory


2002 - Chicago Palmer House Hotel, Nov. 20 - 23; William Laufer 
Re-Inventing Justice: Theories, Innovations and Research


2001 - Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Nov. 7 -10; Valerie Jenness and Richard Leo
Criminology, Justice, and Public Policy in the 21st Century


2000 - San Francisco Westin St.Francis Hotel, Nov. 15 - 18; Deborah Baskin and Ira Sommers
Crime and Criminology in the Year 2000


1999 - Toronto Royal York Hotel, Nov. 17 - 20; Simon I. Singer
Explaining and Preventing Crime: The Globalization of Knowledge


1998 - Washington, D.C. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Nov. 11 - 14; Matthew T. Zingraff
Crime, Justice and Public Policy: Examining our Past and Envisioning our Future


1997 - San Diego Sheraton Hotel, Nov. 19 - 22; Debra Curran
Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges: The Discipline and the Profession of Criminology


1996 - Chicago Marriott Hotel, Nov. 20 - 23; Raymond Paternoster
Controlling Crime and Achieving Justice


1995 - Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Nov. 15 - 18; James Austin and Todd R. Clear
Crime and Justice: National and International


1994 - Miami Hyatt Regency Hotel, Nov. 9 - 12; Thomas Blomberg
Challenges of Crime and Social Control


1993 - Phoenix Hyatt Regency Hotel, Oct. 27 - 30; Marcia R. Chaiken
Violent Crime and its Victims


1992 - New Orleans Fairmont Hotel, Nov. 4 - 7; Timothy Flanagan
Relevance and Rationality


1991 - San Francisco Westin St.Francis Hotel, Nov. 20 - 23; Ruth Peterson
Crime and Inequality


1990 - Baltimore Omni Inner Harbor Hotel, Nov. 7 - 10; John Dombrink and James Meeker
Integrating Theory, Research, and Policy


1989 - John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel (Reno), Nov. 8 - 12; Susan O. White
Crime in Social and Moral Contexts


1988 - Chicago Marriott Hotel, Nov. 9 - 12; Raymond J. Michalowski
State and Crime


1987 - Montreal Le Grant Hotel, Nov. 11 - 14; John S. Goldkamp
Criminology Today: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research and Practice


1986 - Atlanta Marriott Hotel, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1; Barbara Raffel Price
Integrating Theory, Research and Practice


1985 - San Diego Town and Country Hotel, Nov. 13 - 16; Marc Reidel
Taking Stock: Current Knowledge and Future Priorities


1984 - Cincinnati Clarion Hotel, Nov. 7 - 11; Marc Reidel
Research, Policy, and Practice in Criminology


1983 - Denver Marriott Hotel, Nov. 9 - 13; Joseph E. Scott
The Causes and Consequences of Crime: Multidisciplinary Contributions


1982 - Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel, Nov. 3 - 6; Israel L. Barak-Glantz
Crime and Criminology in the Americas


1981- Washington, D.C. Capital Hilton, Nov. 11 - 14; Roland Chilton
The Future of Criminology


1980 - San Francisco Sheraton Palace Hotel, Nov. 5 - 8; Malcolm W. Klein
Myths and Realities Guiding New Criminal Justice Trends


1979 - Philadelphia Sheraton Hotel, Nov. 7 - 10; Alvin W. Cohn
Criminology and Criminal Justice: Convergences and Divergences


1978 - Dallas Sheraton Hotel, Nov. 8 - 11; Paul J. Brantingham
Criminology: Interdisciplinary and International


1977 - Atlanta Fairmont Colony Square Hotel, Nov. 16 - 20; Charles Wellford
Organized around sub-topics rather than an overall theme


1976 - Tucson Marriott Hotel, Nov. 4 - 7; C. Ronald Huff and Robert Meier
Organized around sub-topics rather than an overall theme


1975 - Holiday Inn Toronto-Downtown, Oct. 30 - Nov. 2; Arnold S.Trebach
International Perspectives of Criminology


1974 Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, Nov. 1 - 4; Edith Flynn
Crime and the Moral Order


1973 - John Jay College, New York City, Nov. 2 - 6; Donal E. J. MacNamara
Criminology in an Era of Social Change


1972 - Caracas Hilton Hotel, Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 19 - 25; Edward Sagarin
Interdisciplinary Criminology:  An Inter-American Approach


1971 - Puerto Rico Sheraton Hotel, San Juan,Puerto Rico, Nov. 3 - 7; Freda Adler
No formal theme


1970 - Pennsylvania State University; Charles L. Newman
Justice in the 70s


1969 - The Ohio State University; Simon Dinitz


1968 - New York City


1967 - New York City, November 3 - 5
No formal theme


1966 - Washington, D.C.


1965 - Berkeley, California; Joseph D. Lohman


1964 - Montreal, Canada; Walter E. Reckless


1963 - Cleveland, Ohio


1962 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


1961 - Denver, Colorado


1960 - New York City


1959 - University of Arizona, Feb. 1 - 2; John Kenney
Education and Training:  A Look to the Future


1959 - Chicago, Hotel La Salle, Dec. 28; Donal E. J. MacNamara (note that two meetings were held in 1959)


1958 - University of Southern California, Jan. 31- Feb. 1
Public v Police


1957 - No meeting held


1956 - Fresno, Hotel Californian, Dec. 28; John P. Kenney and Richard Hankey
No formal theme


1955 - University of California-Berkeley, Alumni House, Dec. 27


1954 - University of California-Berkeley, Dec. 28; William Dienstein
Education in Criminology


1953 - University of California-Berkeley and the Berkeley Hotel Durant, April 4; Donal E. J. MacNamara
No formal theme (discussion focused on course content and curricula)


1952 - Los Angeles, Sept. 20; Willard E. Schmidt


1951 - University of California-Berkeley, Dec. 28; Douglas Kelley
No formal theme


1950 - University of California-Berkeley


1949 - University of California-Berkeley, Dec. 29; August Vollmer
No formal theme


1948 - Berkeley, Durant Hotel, Dec. 29


1947 - No meeting held


1946 - Berkeley, Durant Hotel


1945 - No meeting held


1944 - No meeting held


1943 - No meeting held


1942 - A meeting was apparently held, but dates and place are unclear. There are some references to the meeting possibly being held on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, but no firm documentation exists.


1941 - Home of August Vollmer, Berkeley, California, Dec. 30 - 31
Minutes from the first organizational meeting