Call for Abstracts, DCS Handbook on Corrections and Sentencing, Volume 11.
Call for Contributions
Abstracts due March 15, 2025 – Submit to: ebony.ruhland@rutgers.edu
Full Chapters due July 15, 2025
In this book, we seek to publish chapters that explore a range of research collaborations within the field of
sentencing and corrections, focusing on both process and results. Specifically, we seek chapters that describe
or result from partnerships between people and organizations with different trainings, backgrounds, and/or
purposes. For example, these co-authorships could include: (1) academics in different fields (e.g., social and
STEM/medical sciences, criminology and social work); (2) academics, practitioners, and/or policymakers; and
(3) those with and without lived experience in the justice system, with mental health issues, and/or with
substance use disorders. The range of sentencing and corrections agencies may include courts, diversion
programs or alternatives to incarceration, community supervision departments, and correctional institutions.
Stakeholder partners within agencies may include researchers, policymakers, lawyers, judges, treatment
providers, and other practitioners, as well as individuals with lived experience and people from impacted
communities, including witnesses and/or those victimized. The goal is both to 1) contribute to the literature
on how to develop such partnerships, what works in these collaborations, describe challenges faced and
solutions for overcoming them, and 2) report results and impact from these important collaborations. We
seek to highlight the importance and impact of such partnerships and advance best practices for achieving
successful interdisciplinary collaborations.
Anticipated Timeline
Abstracts due by March 15, 2025
Notification regarding abstracts by April 15, 2025
Full papers due no later than July 15, 2025 (25 text pages maximum)
Review of paper submissions August-September 2025
Notification of revisions to authors by October 10, 2025
Revisions due by December 1, 2025
Publication date of November 2026 (with 2027 Imprint)