Brief History

Division on People of Color and Crime

The Division on People of Color and Crime is the newest Division within the American Society of Criminology. The idea to create the new Division was conceived during a meeting with Black criminologists at the November 1994 American Society of Criminology Conference held in Miami, Florida. During the conference a petition was circulated collecting original signatures and addresses of at least three percent of American Society of Criminology members who supported the proposed establishment of a Division on People of Color and Crime. On December 23, 1994, a petition was submitted to Sarah Hall at the ASC headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. At the April 1995 midyear ASC 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 Division on People of Color and Crime was approved by the ASC Executive Board at the American Society of Criminology Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The Division 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 Division. Prior to the first elections, Julius Debro at University of Washington and Ruth Peterson at Ohio State University served at CoChairs of the Division Steering Committee. The first Division Officers were elected in November 1998. The Officers are Chair-Chinita A. Heard, Vice Chair-Evelyn Gilbert, Secretary-Becky Tatum, Executive Counselors-Jeanette Covington, Charles Crawford, and Darnell Hawkins. Next year people around the world will witness the turn of the century and millennium, YEAR 2000. In November of 2000, the Division on People of Color and Crime will celebrate its FIFTH ANNIVERSARY at the American Society of Criminology Conference in San Francisco, California.

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