Here you can see a presentation about the ORG Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

1. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

2. What is it?
 It's an international association to foster
professional and scholary activities in the field of
criminal justice.
 ACJS is comprised of members from a variety of
diversified backgrounds including:
-Scholars who are international in scope and
multidisciplinary in orientation.
- Professionals from all sectors of the criminal justice
system.
-Students seeking to explore the criminal justice field
as future scholars or practitioners

3. Where is it located?

4. Main objectives
 ACJS promotes criminal justice education,
research, policy analysis within the discipline of
criminal justice for both educators and
practitioners.
 They try to teach people to respect the rights,
dignity and worth of everyone.
 They also teach not to discriminate on the basis
of age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin,
religion, sexual orientation, health condition or
domestic status.

5. Timeline
Fundation
1963 2005
Certification
Standar for
Academic
Programs
1976
1st
Award

6. Numbers or statistics
 2,800 members
 A regular member earned $75 for a year
 A senior member is any individual who has 65
years of age or older and the dues is $50/year.
 A student member is an undergraduate or
graduate student who earned $30/year.
 2 journals.

7. Membership
 The members of the academy are individual
teachers, administrators, researchers, students
and practitioners.
 It has approximately 2,800 members,
representing every state in the United States
and many countries.

8. Membership's sections
 Community College
 Corrections
 Critical Criminal
Justice
 International
 Juvenile Justice
 Law and Public Policy
 Minorities and women
 Police
 Restorative and
Community Justice
 Security and Crime
Prevention
 Teaching, Learning, and
Scholarship
 Victimology

9. AWARDS
 Bruce Smith Sr. Award
 Academy Fellow Award
 Academy Founder's Award
 Outstanding Book Award
 ACJS Minority Mentorship Grant Award
 Donal MacNamara Award
 Academy New Scholar Award
 Outstanding Mentor Awards
 SAGE Junior Faculty Professional Development
Teaching Award

10. Links for more information
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
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