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Text Box: CALL FOR PAPERS Partners in health, partners in crime: Explorations of the relationship between criminology and sociology of health and health care. We invite outline proposals for contributions to the eighth monograph in the series to be published by Sociology of Health & Illness, in conjunction with Blackwell Publishers, in the year 2002. The monograph will explore the borderland between the realm of crime, violence and law enforcement, and the world of medicine and health care. Possible contributions include: The medicalisation of crime in courts and law enforcement Shifting medical conceptualisations of criminal acts, violence and criminal offenders Changes in the criminalisation of contested medical interventions Social patterning of crime and its relationship to addiction, violence, mental health and health care in general We expect the majority of papers to report original empirical research but innovative theoretical and conceptual work will also be considered. We particularly welcome contributions from international researchers. The monograph will appear both as a regular issue of the journal and in book form. Potential contributors from North, Central and South America should send an outline proposal of up to 800 words by November 30, 2000 to: Stefan Timmermans, Sociology Department MS 071, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02154-9110, USA; fax (+1) 781-736-2653; e-mail: Timmermans@brandeis.edu. Authors from Europe and elsewhere should send their outline by the same date to: Jonathan Gabe, Department of Social and Political Science, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX; Fax (+44) (0) 1784 434375; email j.gabe@rhbnc.ac.uk. Outlines should take a structured form and for empirical papers should include (a) the major thesis or hypothesis (b) methods (c) data sources (d) a summary of findings and (e) conclusions. We will review all proposals and give notification of the outcome by January 14, 2001. We ask those invited to contribute to the monograph to submit articles of 6000-7000 words by July 1, 2001. All contributions will be refereed in the usual way and should follow the journal's stylistic guidelines. The monograph’s planned publication date is September 2002.

Text Box: Employment Opportunities The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University invites applications for two tenure-track assistant professor positions available beginning Fall 2001. Primary consideration for each position will be given to applicants with a completed Ph.D., good teaching skills, and an active research agenda. Applicants should expect to teach courses in the advertised specialty area as well as general service courses. The first position is for a criminologist whose work reflects an understanding of race/ethnicity, class, and gender- - preferably in the area of law enforcement or corrections. An interest in public policy and violence is also desirable. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or be ABD from a program in Sociology, Criminology, or Criminal Justice at the time of appointment. The second position is for a sociologist in the area of family, preferably with research/teaching interests in family policy or other areas that support the program's interest in applied sociology. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or be ABD from a program in Sociology at the time of appointment. Send a letter of application, curriculum vita,

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