The JSA sponsors the quarterly journal Contemporary Justice Review . The journal focuses on issues in criminal, social and restorative justice in a way that allows for scholarship and theory-building mixed with lively exchanges among scholars and activists, interviews with those living lives of restorative justice, and narrative histories on crime and punishment. The Association encourages faculty, students, practitioners, and friends to become members. The JSA organizes an annual conference which is a forum for members, friends, and associates to come together to share their latest work and to discuss issues of justice at every level. Presentations are brief so as to maximize opportunities for discussion and the free exchange of ideas.
All sessions are plenary, which fosters a great sense of community among participants.
The third annual JSA conference is scheduled for Wednesday, May 30 to Friday, June 1, 2001. Noam Chomsky of MIT will be the opening keynoter, speaking on issues of social justice and needs-based economies as restorative. The conference will be held at Wheaton College, Norton MA, which is located 30 miles south of Boston or 15 miles north of Providence.