Which conference is better? Are they the same? Which do you go to and why?
Criminologists: ASC or ACJS?
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The quality of presentations at ACJS is significantly lower than the ones at ASC. Also, I had a colleague tell me a story about how last year at ACJS some dude went to a dark web panel and passed out in the middle of it because he ate a high dosage weed gummy. Paramedics had to come.
If you can only choose one you should probably pick ASC unless ACJS is in a city that you really want to visit.
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The quality of presentations at ACJS is significantly lower than the ones at ASC. Also, I had a colleague tell me a story about how last year at ACJS some dude went to a dark web panel and passed out in the middle of it because he ate a high dosage weed gummy. Paramedics had to come.
If you can only choose one you should probably pick ASC unless ACJS is in a city that you really want to visit.What a lightweight
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It's like Piquero vs BrameACJS is beyond low brow. The presentations are unsophisticated drivel. ASC is better but you have to hunt for quality. Basically, ASC is criminology and ACJS is CJ and we all know Criminology is way ahead of CJ as a discipline. It�s like medicine vs podiatry.
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ACJS is beyond low brow. The presentations are unsophisticated drivel. ASC is better but you have to hunt for quality. Basically, ASC is criminology and ACJS is CJ and we all know Criminology is way ahead of CJ as a discipline. It�s like medicine vs podiatry.
Trajectory of the conferences could not be more different.
ASC: Increasingly populated by sociologists. CJ PHDs still dominant but it's about a 60/40 split and getting smaller every year. Less than 5% practitioner attendance. Decent quality theory if you look for it and getting better every year.
ACJS: 85% CJ PHDs + 15% Actual police/prison wardens. Atheoretical schlock for the most part, tons of evaluation research, basically a p/i$$ p00r excuse for b00tlickers to get drunk with each other in a fancy location and for CJ PHD's to not feel so intellectually inferior.
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The quality of presentations at ACJS is significantly lower than the ones at ASC. Also, I had a colleague tell me a story about how last year at ACJS some dude went to a dark web panel and passed out in the middle of it because he ate a high dosage weed gummy. Paramedics had to come.
If you can only choose one you should probably pick ASC unless ACJS is in a city that you really want to visit.Why did you tell a story about how awesome ACJS is and then recommend the other one?