Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

09/15/2026

09/09/2026

Are you a student working on/interested in Corrections Research?!

The American Correctional Association is sponsoring an award for outstanding student research at our upcoming Annual Meeting!

You MUST submit a paper, poster or roundtable by our October 9th deadline and turn in an application by December 18th.

Please contact Dr. Peter Wood or Dr. Lisa Carter for more details.

08/28/2026

ACJS Awards are due in just a few days! (September 1st!)
Did your program do anything for National Criminal Justice Month this year?
Consider applying for one of our National Criminal Justice Month Awards!

For more details visit: https://www.acjs.org/acjs-academy-awards-2027/

08/20/2026

Are you a junior faculty member looking to grow your teaching skills?

Sage offers a Junior Faculty Professional Development Teaching Award to help cover travel and registration expenses for participation in the Teaching Workshop during out 2027 annual meeting!

Applications are due by September 1st!

More details can be found here:

https://www.acjs.org/acjs-academy-awards-2027/

08/18/2026

As we prepare for our annual meeting: ACJS has several awards ready!

Over the next few days we will be posting all available awards for the 2027 Meeting so STAY TUNED!

The full list of awards can be found at: https://www.acjs.org/acjs-academy-awards-2027/

Please turn in nominations by September 1st!

07/14/2026

We would like to thank Florida Atlantic University for being a Silver Sponsor for our 2027 Annnual Meeting!

Learn more about their college of Criminal Justice here: https://www.fau.edu/sw-cj/sccj/

See you all and FAU in Orlando!

03/19/2026

It is and The Chicago School has something really cool in the works!

The Crime Waves: NextGen Xchange is a premier, four-day no-cost virtual summit designed to bridge the gap between academic theory, professional practice, and community engagement. In a rapidlyevolving justice landscape, the Xchange brings together national experts, high-level executives, and pioneering scholars, with students, practitioners, and community members uniting to advance the next generation of criminology.

Attend each session to earn a “NextGen Advocate” badge. Complete the series by attending all sessions and earn the “NextGen Justice Practitioner” master credential and digital badge. Participants will receive a digital badge alongside a certificate of attendance.

The Crime Waves NextGen Xchange Conference is free to everyone, and we hope people from all over the country will attend this virtual opportunity to connect!

03/11/2026

It is and ACJS would like to spotlight any programming!

Please send us your photos and flyers!

03/07/2026

Officially logging off for

It has been an amazing conference!

Today Ryanne Mireles, Dr. Fawn Ngo, Dr. Elizabeth Adams, Jonathan Morgan, and Dr. Aimée Delaney all found our social media manager!

That's it for this year's meeting!

See us next year in Orlando March 30-April 3!!

03/07/2026

And it's a WRAP on

Earlier today Dr. Stephanie Mizrahi officially passed the gavel to Dr. David Meyers.

Excited to see what he and his team bring to the next year of ACJS and to our 2027 meeting in Orlando!

Congratulations to Dr. Sanja Ivkovic for rising to the rank of 1st Vice President and to Dr. Delores Jones-Brown for joining the executive board as 2nd Vice President!

We have a great 3 years ahead as an organization!