The Division on People of Color and Crime (DPCC) is the youngest Division within the American Society of Criminology (ASC) . The idea to create the new Division was conceived during a meeting with Black criminologists at the November 1994 ASC conference held in Miami, Florida. During the conference a petition was circulated collecting original signatures and addresses of at least three percent of ASC members who supported the proposed establishment of a "Division on People of Color and Crime." On December 23, 1994, the petition was submitted to Sarah Hall at ASC headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. At the April 1995 midyearASC Executive Board meeting, it was determined that the petition conformed to ASC requirements. On August 18, 1995, a revision of the Division Constitution was submitted to the ASC Board.

On November 14, 1995, the DPCC was approved by the ASC Executive Board at the ASC conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The DPCC was established under the ASC presidential leadership and support of Freda Adler at Rutgers University. To support membership recruitment efforts, incoming ASC President Charles Wellford at University of Maryland wrote the ASC membership a letter encouraging them to join the DPCC. Prior to the first elections, Julius Debro at University of Washington and Ruth Peterson at Ohio State University served as Co-Chairs of the Division Steering Committee. The first Division Officers were elected in November 1998. The Officers were: Chinita A. Heard, Chair; Evelyn Gilbert,Vice Chair; Becky Tatum, Secretary; and Jeanette Covington, Charles Crawford, and Darnell Hawkins, Executive Counselors. In November 2005, the Division on People of Color and Crime celebrated its TENTH ANNIVERSARY at the American Society of Criminology conference in Toronto, Canada.

Names of individuals who signed the petition to support the establishment of the
Division on People of Color and Crime
American Society of Criminology Conference
Miami, Florida
November 1994

Freda Adler, Rutgers University

Roy L. Austin, Pennsylvania State University

Edem Avakame, Temple University

Melissa L. Bamba, University of Maryland

Joanne Belknap, University of Cincinnati

Thomas J. Bernard, Pennsylvania State University

Robert Bing, III, University of Texas-Arlington

Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University

Henry H. Brownstein, Bureau of Statistical Services

Steve Burkett, Washington State University

Fox Butterfield, New York Times

Roland Chilton, University of Massachusetts

Todd Clear, Rutgers University

Keith L. Coleman, Indiana University-Pennsylvania

John A. Conley, SUNY-Buffalo

Kimberly J. Cook, Mississippi State University

Mona Danner, Old Dominion University

L. Edward Day Prevention Research Center

Helen Eigenberg, Old Dominion University

Jeffery Fagan, Rutgers University

Laura T. Fishman, University of Vermont

Trinette D. Fletcher, University of Maryland

Randy R. Gainey, University of Washington

Kathleen Gale, Elmira College

Evelyn Gilbert, Westfield State College

Paul J. Goldstein, University of Illinois- Chicago

Nanette Graham, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Ruth-Ellen M. Grimes, University of California- Riverside

James C. Hackler, University of Alberta

John Hagan, University of Toronto

Christopher Hale, University of Kent

Chinita A.Heard, University of Texas-Arlington

Zelma Henriques, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Gary D. Hill, North Carolina State University

Drew Humphries, Rutgers University

Patricia Jenkins, Temple University

Bruce D. Johnson, N.D.R.I., Inc.

Delores D. Jones, John Jay College

Zoann K. Synder-Joy, Western Michigan University

Renee G. Kasinsky, University of Massachusetts

Dorie Klein, Western Consortium for Public Health

Peter B. Kraska, Kent State University

Susan T. Krumholz, University of Massachusetts- Dartmouth

Hamid R. Kusha, Texas Christian University

Sally J. Lawrence, S.J. Lawrence Consulting

Dennis R. Longmire, Sam Houston State University

Susan Caringella-MacDonald, Western Michigan University

Doris Layton Mackenzie, University of Maryland

Melissa Mackey, Albany, New York

Coramae Richey Mann, Indiana University

Christopher D. Maxwell, Williamston, MI

Shelia Royo Maxwell, N.D.R.I. Inc.

J. Kirk Miller, North Carolina State University

Susan L. Miller, Northern Illinois University

W. William Minor, Northern Illinois University

Merry Morash, Michigan State University

Reid H. Montgomery, University of South Carolina

Imogene L. Moyer, Indiana University-Pennsylvania

Janet L. Mullings, Sam Houston State University

Won-Kyu Park, Japan

Karen F. Parker, North Carolina State University

Everette B. Penn, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Hal Pepinsky, Indiana University

Christine E. Rasche, University of North Florida

Maria Sandys, Indiana University

Kathryn E. Scarborough, Sam Houston State University

Frank R. Scarpitti, University of Delaware

Jane Siegel, University of Pennsylvania

Edith R. Simpson, University of Washington

Jerome H. Skolnick, University of California- Berkeley

William R. Smith, North Carolina State University

Steven Stack, Wayne State University

Deborah J. Stephens, University of Michigan

Elizabeth A. Stanko, Brunel University

Gene Stephens, University of South Carolina

Dorothy L. Taylor, University of Miami

Carol Thompson, Texas Christian University

Austin T. Turk, University of California- Riverside

Robert Young, University of Texas-Arlington

Vernetta Young, Howard University

Bill Wakefield, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Elin Waring, Rutgers University

Elmar G.M. Weitekamp, University of Teubingen

Wayne E. Welsh, Temple University

Norman White, University of Albany

Marjorie S. Zatz, Arizona State University

Matthew T. Zingraff, North Carolina State University