Update on ASC

As I posted last month, the ASC has an Outstanding Article Award. It has been on the books for two years, and there have been some difficulties in selecting one article. Everything is ironed out and the award will be given out in St. Louis. Here is the info on the award -

2008 OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD FOR RESEARCH IN CRIMINOLOGY (Application Deadline: March 1 )
The American Society of Criminology Outstanding Article Award honors exceptional contributions made by scholars in article form. The award is given annually for the peer-reviewed article that makes the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. The 2008 Committee will consider articles published during the 2006 calendar year.

To nominate articles, please send full citation information for the article and a brief discussion of your reasons for the recommendation to the Article Award Committee Chair, noted below. The Award will be presented during the annual meeting of the Society.

All nominations materials should be sent to -
Lee Ann Slocum slocuml@umsl.edu

I often hear that certain types of research aren't appreciated at ASC. Here is an opportunity to nominate an article that you found most helpful to your research.

Here is a link to Dr. Cranky's recommended hotel for ASC 2008. The hotel is across the street from the Adam's Mark (the conference hotel) and diagonal from the Arch. The cost of a room comes with free HOT breakfast and afternoon snacks. BTW, the word on the street is the ASC is going to be locking in 4 cities for future conferences to keep costs down - Atlanta, Chicago, D.C., and San Fran. At least I will get to make regular visits to Alcatraz.