Feminist Criminology Best Article of the Year Awards

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Andrea Gómez Cervantes, Cecilia Menjívar, and William G. Staples will receive the 2017 Feminist Criminology Best Article Award, for their article: “‘Humane’ Immigration Enforcement and Latina Immigrants in the Detention Complex.”

Given the deep pool of truly outstanding articles published in the journal in 2017, the DWC is also pleased to announce Samantha Clinkinbeard and Timothy C. Barnum will receive an Honorable Mention Award, for their article: “Gendered Self-Concepts and Drinking Behavior in a National Sample of Emerging Adults.”

Thank you to this year’s Best Article awards committee (Christina DeJong, Cortney Franklin, and Leslie Gordon Simons) for their important work assessing the 2017 Feminist Criminology articles.

Special thanks are also due to the impressive efforts of Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko, who served as Guest Co-Editors on the Special Issue “Bringing Latinas to the Forefront: Latina Girls, Women, and the Justice System” in which the 2017 Best Article was published.

The DWC is indebted to previous Feminist Criminology Editor Rosemary Barberet, who published an entire volume of high quality articles for the committee to select from.

The authors will be recognized at the DWC Breakfast Meeting and Awards Ceremony, to be held during this year’s ASC meeting on Thursday, November 15, from 7:30-9:20am in A601 (Atrium Level) of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel.

Apply Now for DWC Internal Awards

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The DWC Internal Awards Committee is requesting nominations for eight award categories:

  • Distinguished Scholar,
  • New Scholar, 
  • Lifetime Achievement,
  • CoraMae Richey Mann “Inconvenient Woman of the Year,”
  • The Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice,
  • Graduate Scholar,
  • The Sarah Hall Award, and
  • The Book Award. 

The deadline for nominations is September 14, 2018.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE AWARDS

Condolences to the Family of Dr. Christine Rasche

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Dr. Christine (Chris) Rasche, a founding member of the Division on Women and Crime, has passed away. Her department colleagues, Drs. Jennifer Wesely and Brenda Vose shared the following thoughts about Chris.

Dr. Christine E. Rasche was a founding faculty member of the University of North Florida. Dr. Rasche contributions to the university, local community and criminal justice discipline were extensive. In her more than forty years at UNF, Dr. Rasche founded the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, developed the undergraduate BACJ and graduate MSCJ programs, twice served as Department Chair, directed the Women’s Studies Program and served as a President of the UNF Faculty Association. She received Outstanding Teaching and Service Awards and the Susan B. Anthony Award. Dr. Rasche worked with the Duval County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team and with the international Homicide Research Working Group. She was appointed by the Governor of Florida as a Special Reviewer for clemency applications for women incarcerated for killing their abusers. Dr. Rasche helped found the American Society of Criminology Division on Women and Crime, served as Division Chair, and was a longtime Editorial Board member of the Division journal Feminist Criminology, remaining actively involved until her passing. According to David Forde, several of Dr. Rasche’s papers have been archived in the permanent collection of the UNF Library where students and researchers may access them for generations to come.

Known for her depth of knowledge, sense of humor and giving spirit, Dr. Rasche’s memory will live on through the echoes of her exuberant laugh, her legacy of mentorship and commitment to integrity, and the paths of thousands of students and colleagues she inspired over the course of her distinguished career.

We are fortunate to have captured some of Dr. Rasche’s thoughts and experiences in our Timeline series which celebrated the lives of many founding faculty members.

DWC Represented on New ASC Executive Board

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Two DWC members have been elected to the ASC Executive Board:

  • Sally Simpson has been elected ASC President (2019-2020)
  • Lynn Addington has been elected Executive Counselor (2018-2021)

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Simpson & Dr. Addington on this impressive accomplishment. You make all of us in the DWC ​so proud! ​

Congratulations to all others who won this round of elections as well! All ​results are here.