The American Society Of Criminology

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The American Society Of Criminology

“AHHHHhhhhh!” I let out a girlish scream and squirmed as shivers went strait up my spine. I was glued to the latest episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a show that I have watched religiously since its debut. Criminology is something that has always fascinated me, and is a career that I hope to pursue in the future as an FBI agent. I frequently surf the web looking for short stories to read about different criminal cases and to find information about job opportunities and internships. One day I found a website of an organization that studied crime independently of the government. I was immediately intrigued by the organization, and began reading about the American Society of Criminology.

“The American Society of Criminology is an international organization dedicated to the study of criminology” (ASC homepage). The societies purpose is to educate, research, and study the various aspects of the science, and to transmit ideas and information of criminological development and theories into governmental practices. There are five divisions of the organization, the Division on Corrections and Sentencing, the Division of Critical Criminology, the Division of International Criminology, the Division of People of Color and Crime, and the Division of Women and Crime. Each division has its own individual focus and purpose, as well as an independent website. The Organization as a whole, the American Society of Criminology or ASC, was founded on December 30, 1941, when seven College professors of Political Science and Public Administration joined together “for the purpose of furthering college police training and standardizing police training curricula.” (American Society of Crimino...

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...website should be checked out by anyone interested in the various studies of criminology.

Works Cited

The American Society of Criminology homepage

<http://www.asc41.com/> The American Society of Criminology:

The Division of Corrections and Sentencing 02 July. 2003

<http://home.ubalt.edu/ntygsmit/>

The American Society of Criminology: The Division of Color and Crime 28 Sept. 1999

<http://www.asc41.com/dir2/divipeocol.htm>

The American Society of Criminology: The Division of International Criminology 07 Feb. 2003

<http://www.asc41.com/dir1/divintcrime.htm>

The American Society of Criminology: The Division of Women and Crime August 2000

<http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/dwc/> The American Society of Criminology:

The Divisions of Critical Criminology September 2003

<http://critcrim.org/>

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