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
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.
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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