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5. Encourage papers on underrepresented topics, including but not limited to elite deviance,

problems with

criminal justice practice, courts, juvenile justice, etc.

Specifically, officers and board members of the NCCJA should make sure that call for

conference papers are sent to every academic institution in the state that has a criminal justice or

related program. The call for papers should also target institutions that have, as of now, never

sent a participant to the conference. Finally, efforts should be made to reach out to professional

criminal justice organizations, especially in the city of Raleigh where the conference is held

every year. When the first conference utilizing the new format was held, the expectation was that

the organization would eventually outgrow the hotel facilities that hosted the NCCJA. This has

not happened, and whereas the conference remains highly popular, well-attended, and

professionally satisfying, the size of the conference could grow significantly, forcing the

organization to locate a new hotel facility to host the conference.

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