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criminal justice, the NC Violent Death Reporting System, water recovery, soil variation and

human decomposition, dental remains, human remains detection canines, forensics tools,

victimology, technology and crime control, the social justice implications of low-wage workers,

the role of morality in criminal justice, evaluating criminal justice policies using justice theory,

the impact of race on sex offender registration, African American Criminology and Criminal

Justice, the proper role of criminologists in society, and even a comparison of South African

Apartheid and Israeli treatment of Palestinians. Perhaps more than any other category of papers,

these best demonstrate the major research interests of those attending our conferences.

Conclusion

This paper likely contains much useful information for board members and officers

serving the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association (NCCJA). NCCJA leaders can utilize

the information contained within this paper to assess what we are doing well and what needs to

be improved. Specifically, there is information contained within this paper to suggest reforms for

how to attract researchers and presenters who will better represent all the state’s educational and

professional institutions in the state and to identify areas of interest that are not yet being pursued

by our members. Efforts should be made to continue to grow the membership, encourage

participation in the conference, and gain a better representation of academic and professional

organizations across the state. Logical recommendations from this research include

1. Continue to make efforts to grow the size of the conference

2. Make more outreach efforts to community colleges with criminal justice and related

programs

3. Make more outreach efforts to universities with criminal justice and related programs

4. Make more outreach efforts to professional organizations (e.g., police departments)

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