2019 ASC Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA
Please consider joining our Division and attending our Division Meeting and Social!
Our official organizational meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 3:30-4:50pm in the Golden Gate Salon A, B2 Level. The division social will follow from 5 – 7pm at the Tabletop Tap House, 175 Fourth St., San Francisco, CA 94103. Click HERE for more information on our division social.
Panels Organized by the Division of Communities and Place
The Division of Communities and Place has organized 18 panels for the 2019 ASC annual meeting. Two are special “state of the field” panels with invited speakers. The other 16 were organized by the Division based on papers submitted by Division members. Please find information on each of these panels below.
Theories of Communities, Place and Crime: Rivals or Complementary?
Thursday, Nov 13, 3:30 to 4:50pm, Marriott Marquis, Salon 6, Lower B2 Level
Panelists:
Robert J. Sampson (Harvard University)
Ralph B. Taylor (Temple University)
David Weisburd (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Per-Olof H. Wikström (University of Cambridge)
Pamela Wilcox (Pennsylvania State University)
Moderators: Sue-Ming Yang (George Mason University); Joshua Hinkle (Georgia State University)
This discussion panel focuses on addressing the ways community-level and micro-place theories can be integrated to better explain the distribution of crime across various geographies. While there are large bodies of work on both community-level and micro-place theories of crime, the two perspectives have rarely been combined. Panelists will discuss ideas on the compatibility of the two perspectives. Panelists are also invited to share their thoughts on how concepts from both levels can be meaningfully integrated or considered simultaneously to offer better explanations of the distribution of crime. Topics will include the benefits that could be gained by more integrative work in this area and the challenges that will need to be overcome to advance such work when building the next generation of criminological theories of community and place. The panel is sponsored by the Division of Communities and Place.
Units of Analysis in the Study of Communities, Place and Crime: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges and Future Innovation
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2:00 to 3:20pm, Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill D, Lower B2 Level
Panelists:
Christopher R. Browning (Ohio State University)
John Hipp (University of California, Irvine)
Charis Kubrin (University of California, Irvine)
Elizabeth R. Groff (Temple University)
Moderators: Joshua Hinkle (Georgia State University); Sue-Ming Yang (George Mason University)
This discussion panel is centered on conceptual and measurement issues in the study of communities, place and crime. Across this large body of work, various spatial units of analysis have been used to study crime at both the community and place level. Panelists will discuss subjects such as the various ways neighborhood has been defined and measured in past research and the various units of analysis that have been used in crime and place studies (e.g. street segments and other microplaces units). In particular, the strengths, weakness and challenges of data collection and examination across the various units will be debated. The panel is sponsored by the Division of Communities and Place.
Panels Organized from Division-Member Papers
| Session Title | Start Time | End Time | Day | Location |
| Communities and Place: Policing the Suburbs | 8:00am | 9:20am | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Sierra B, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: Advances in Understanding the Spatial Dynamics of Crime | 9:30am | 10:50am | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Sierra C, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: Novel Applications in Neighborhood Context and Crime Research | 11:00am | 12:20pm | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill D, Lower B2 Level |
| Communities and Place: The Association between Marijuana Decriminalization, Crime, Policing and Spatial Dynamics | 11:00am | 12:20pm | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Salon 3, Lower B2 Level |
| Communities and Place: How Housing Matters | 12:30pm | 1:50pm | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Foothill J, 2nd Level |
| Communities and Place: Reconsidering the Political Economy of Places | 2:00pm | 3:20pm | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Foothill E, 2nd Level |
| Communities and Place: What the Criminology of Communities and Place Can Tell Us about Health | 2:00pm | 3:20pm | Wed | Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill A, Lower B2 Level |
| Communities and Place: Crime Concentrations | 8:00am | 9:20am | Thu | Marriott Marquis, Sierra C, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: The Consequences of Community Inequality | 9:30am | 10:50am | Thu | Marriott Marquis, Sierra C, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: Re-entering Communities and Places from Prison | 11:00am | 12:20pm | Thu | Marriott Marquis, Sierra C, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: Police Patrols and Tools | 2:00pm | 3:20pm | Thu | Marriott Marquis, Sierra C, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: People Moving Across Spaces | 8:00am | 9:20am | Fri | Marriott Marquis, Sierra C, 5th Level |
| Communities and Place: Crime in Specific Places | 9:30am | 10:50am | Fri | Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill C, Lower B2 Level |
| Communities and Place: Environmental Criminology | 2:00pm | 3:20pm | Fri | Marriott Marquis, Pacific C, 4th Level |
| Communities and Place: Perceptions of Communities | 3:30pm | 4:50pm | Fri | Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill A, Lower B2 Level |
| Communities and Place: How Context Matters to Seemingly Individual or Family Dynamics | 11:00am | 12:20pm | Sat | Marriott Marquis, Foothill J, 2nd Level |
Click HERE for a full list of all sessions of interest!
Program activities were organized by the Program Chair, Kevin Drakulich (Northeastern University) and the Program Committee: Lyndsay Boggess (University of South Florida) and Josh Hinkle (Georgia State University).
View last year’s meeting information HERE.