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1 November 2007 The Division on Corrections and Sentencing Member Newsletter Edited by Jody Sundt & Beth Huebner Thank You University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute for sponsoring our Awards Breakfast DCS committee chairs and members for their service to the Division Gaylene Armstrong for her service as Chair and Past Chair Cassia Spohn for her service as Vice Chair Jodi Lane for her service as Executive Counselor James Wilson for his service to as Executive Counselor Inside this issue: Don t Miss Panel 2 The Corrections Institute Meet our Award Winners Division Elections Congratulations 4 More Great Panels 4 Get Involved 5 Chair s Welcome By Jody Sundt Last year I reflected on the many accomplishments of the Division and encouraged members to engage in the process of setting new goals. We will continue to explore new initiatives for the DCS at this year s business meeting. Join us in this exciting work. We are approaching the ten year anniversary of the DCS (2009) and I want to encourage everyone to help plan how to recognize and celebrate this important milestone. We will also be electing a new chair, vice chair, and two executive counselors, celebrating the accomplishments of our award winners, and enjoying breakfast with friends and colleagues. For several years now, the University of Cincinnati s Corrections Institute (UCCI) has sponsored the DCS Awards Breakfast. I invited Dr. Patricia Van Voorhis, director of UCCI, to contribute to this edition of the newsletter and share with us information about the Corrections Institute and its work. There are many wonderful panels on corrections and sentencing that will be presented in Atlanta. I would like to draw your attention to a handful of these, including a panel on Rehabilitation and Intervention, featuring contributions to the Nov issue of Criminology and Public Policy, an Author meets Critic panel on Doris MacKenzie s new book, What Works in Corrections, and a panel on Data Use and Misuse, sponsored by the Working Group on Criminological Careers Outside of Academia. Annual Awards Breakfast and Business Meeting The Division s Annual Awards Breakfast and Business Meeting will be held Thursday, Nov. 15, 8:0 10: 0 am, International 10, Marriot Marquis. Awards will be presented for the Distinguished Scholar and the Warren and Palmer Differential Intervention Award. We will also recognize the winners of the outstanding student paper competition. Also of import, we will be electing a new chair, vice chair and two execu- On behalf of the DCS Executive Board, I would like to welcome you to Atlanta and wish you safe travels and a productive, rewarding meeting. Please Welcome to Atlanta stop by our hospitality table located near the book exhibit and say hello. I m looking forward to learning about all the exciting research taking place, meeting new colleagues, and catching up with friends. tive counselors. All members are invited to attend. A $5 donation at the door is appreciated to support the student paper award.

2 Page 2 Panel Criminology & Public Policy: Rehabilitation & Intervention Scheduled Time: Wed, Nov 14-9:00am - 10:20am Room: M202 Chairs: Todd Clear (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) & Natasha A. Frost (Northeastern University) Don t Miss! Participants: Francis T. Cullen (University of Cincinnati) Reaffirm Rehabilitation as Corrections' Guiding Principle Doris Layton MacKenzie (University of Maryland) What Works in Rehabilitation Peter Jones (Temple University) Challenging Delinquency by Targeting Juvenile Needs Dennis Rosenbaum (University of Illinois at Chicago) DARE: When Science and Advocacy Collide Abstract: Authors featured in Criminology & Public Policy's special issue devoted to criminal justice policy present and defend their policy propositions (Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2007). Sentencing Working Group Meeting Scheduled Time: Fri, Nov 16-2:0pm - :50pm Room: Skyline Bay 9 The Corrections Institute by Patricia Van Voorhis UCCI is committed to the dissemination of best practices to communities, facilities, and agencies seeking to change offender behavior. The University of Cincinnati s Corrections Institute (UCCI) was founded in 200 through a grant awarded by the Ohio Board of Regents to the University of Cincinnati s Division of Criminal Justice. UCCI is committed to the dissemination of best practices to communities, facilities, and agencies seeking to change offender behavior. Since its inception, UCCI has provided training, e-learning, research, and technical assistance to public and private correctional agencies in all 50 states. Services are provided by corrections faculty, three full time staff, graduate students, and Ph.D. graduates of the University of Cincinnati. The size and scope of the Institute s work continues to grow. UCCI now conducts programs addressing characteristics of effective correctional interventions, cognitive behavioral interventions, correctional risk/needs assessments, behavioral management skills, relapse prevention, quality control, women offenders, motivational interviewing, case management, and evaluation and performance measurement. Direct technical assistance to federal, state, and local correctional agencies offers assistance with correctional classification, evaluability assessments, systems analysis, evaluation designs, program assessment, and quality assurance. UCCI staff include Drs. Francis Cullen, Edward Latessa, Christopher Lowenkamp, Ojmarrh Mitchell, Paula Smith (Associate Director), Patricia Van Voorhis (Director), and John Wright. Drs. Paul Gendreau and Barry Glick serve as associate faculty to the UC Division of Criminal Justice and UCCI. The Institute also employs the services of experienced correctional counselors, Jodi Sleyo, M.A. and Myrinda Schweitzer, M.A. and business manager, John Schwartz, M.S., along with approximately 20 current and former graduate students. UCCI is pleased to sponsor this year s annual breakfast meeting of the Division of Corrections and Sentencing. Visit UCCI on the web at corrections/

3 Page Meet our 2007 Award Recipients Distinguished Scholar Award Presented to John Hepburn Arizona State University John Hepburn was awarded a PhD in Sociology from the University of Iowa in 197; since then, he has held faculty appointments at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Pennsylvania State University before joining Arizona State University in 1984, where he served as Director of the School of Justice Studies. Currently he is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Dean of the College of Human Services at ASU. John has authored three books and dozens of articles and book chapters over the years, as well as having served as Associate Editor for Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Justice Research and Policy. One focus of his research is offender re-entry into the community, in which he studies the effects of individual risk factors and criminal justice organizational structures and processes on the offender s future social and criminal outcomes. The other focus of his research is the sociology of the prison as a complex organization, with particular attention to the role of correctional officers as agents of control in this coercive environment. Warren & Palmer Differential Intervention Award Presented to Tim Brennan North Pointe Institute for Public Management Tim Brennan is probably best known for his book on The Social Psychology of Runaways (Co-authored with Del Elliott and Dave Huizinga) and his chapters on criminological classification in Criminal Justice Annual Reviews Edited by Don Gottfredson and Michael Tonry. His main research interests are in classification and risk assessment of youth and adult offenders and technical methods for pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. He has published widely in criminological assessment, delinquency, jail and prison classification, youth runaway, adolescent loneliness and suicide, information technology and implementation issues. His work has been supported by the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Corrections, and so on. He was elected to the Board of the North American Classification Society and has chaired several national conferences on classification and assessment. Dr. Brennan consults regularly for the National Institute of Corrections and many State and Local Departments of Corrections. He received a Ph.D from Lancaster University, England in His work has been reported in the BBC, National Public Radio, ABC-TV s 20/20, Psychology Today, and other popular media. He is Vice President of Northpointe Institute for Public Management. Congratulations! Division Elections Elections for Chair, Vice Chair, and Executive Counselors will be held at the Annual Business Meeting. Members in good standing are eligible to vote. Position: Chair Candidates: Susan Turner (University of California Irvine) Position: Vice Chair Candidates: Shadd Maruna (Queen s University Belfast) & James Wilson (Fordham University) Position: Executive Counselor Candidates: Beth Huebner (University of Missouri Saint Louis), Aaron Kupchik (University of Delaware), & David Bierie (Bureau of Prisons) Vote for Chair, Vice Chair and Executive Counselor

4 Page 4 Congratulations Student Paper Competition Winners! Authors: Derrick Franke (University of Maryland) and David Bierie (Federal Bureau of Prisons) Title: Legitimacy in Corrections: A Randomized Experiment and Qualitative Assessment of a Boot Camp and Prison Paper Abstract: A growing body of research suggests that the way in which we perceive the criminal justice system affects how likely we are to support it, how likely we are to cooperate with its authorities and even how likely we are to obey its laws. When we perceive the system as illegitimate, we are less likely to do these things. Often, such perceptions are shaped by the quality of our experiences with the justice system. To date, however, examinations of these processes stem almost exclusively from experiences with two realms of the justice process, police and courts. Consistently ignored is the role corrections might also play in shaping attitudes. Advancing this line of research, we examine perceptions of legitimacy among an inmate sample randomly assigned to serve their sentence at either a traditional prison or a military-style correctional boot camp for adults. We examine whether the incarceration experience changes perceptions of global justice system legitimacy, whether the facility type matters, and if so, why. We find that the final stage of the justice system does in fact impact perceptions, that the prison (but not the boot camp) proved delegitimating, and that certain incarceration experiences, which varied across facilities, explained this attitudinal change. Implications for prison management, future research and theoretical development are discussed. Panel Author Meets Critic Doris Layton MacKenzie. (2006). What Works in Corrections: Reducing the Criminal Activities of Offenders and Delinquents. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chair: Leo Carroll Discussants: Rosemary Gartner, Francis T. Cullen, & Christopher Uggen Scheduled Time: Thu, Nov 15-4:00pm - 5:20pm Room: A706 Good Book! Panel Use, Misuse and Non-Use of Data Scheduled Time: Wed, Nov 14-4:00pm - 5:20pm Room: International A Participants: Gabrielle Lynn Chapman (Vanderbilt University) The Social Construction of Adult Corrections Data Stan Orchowsky (Justice Research and Statistics Association) When Good Data Go Bad: The Misuse and Abuse of Criminal Justice Data by State Decisionmakers Daniel Bibel (Massachusetts State Police) The Quality of Official Crime Data Margaret Shaw (International Centre for the Prevention of Crime) How Important Is Data for International Research? Some Tall Tales About Crime and Its Prevention Astract: Data use, misuse and non-use is a topic seldom researched in criminology. This seems to be the case in spite of the fact that crime and justice system data are in constant use to address many policy situations. This panel is sponsored by the Working Group on Criminological Careers Outside of Academia and dedicated to the memory of Linda Saltzman

5 Member Newsletter Executive Board Chair: Jody Sundt Vice Chair: Cassia Spohn Past Chair: Gaylene Armstrong Secretary/Treasurer: Marie Griffin Executive Counselors: Brian Johnson Jodi Lane James Wilson Facilitating and encouraging research on corrections and sentencing. The Division on Corrections & Sentencing (DCS) was established in November 1999 as a constituent unit of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) to provide support to academicians, criminologists and researchers interested in corrections and the sentencing of adults and juveniles. Our mission: To facilitate and encourage research on corrections and sentencing for adults and juveniles and maximize dissemination of research results among ASC members, practitioners, funding agencies, policy-making bodies, corrections and sentencing organizations, and other relevant groups. Get Involved in the DCS Are you interested in getting more involved in the DCS? Volunteer to serve on a committee! A sign-up sheet will be distributed at the Awards Breakfast and Business Meeting. Or, you may your request to Jody Sundt at jsundt@indiana.edu. Division Committees Awards Newsletter Nominations Outreach Volunteer Program Student Affairs