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Responding to the 'Call for Papers' - Participation at ASC (American Society of Criminology) Annual Meetings

NCJ Number
81866
Journal
Criminology Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Dated: (February 1982) Pages: 650-658
Author(s)
W G Doerner; M R DeZee; S P Lab
Date Published
1982
Length
9 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this study is to examine the participation of criminology and criminal justice graduate departments at the 1977-1979 American Society of Criminology meetings.
Abstract
Results show that institutional prestige, not productivity, is the leading predictor of meeting participation. In addition, meeting participation does not appear to be influenced by meeting site. Finally, it is suggested that criminologists focus more attention upon professional activities in order to facilitate our understanding of criminology as a science. (Publisher abstract)