Bruce Smith Sr. Award
2023 - Henry Pontell
2022- Daniel Mears
2021- Christopher J. Schreck
2020 - Michael L. Benson
2019 - Alex Piquero
2018 - J. Mitchell Miller
2017 - Bonnie Fisher
2016 - Cassia Spohn
2015 - Steven Chermak
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Academy Fellow
2023 - Nicole Piquero
2022- George Higgins
2021- Richard R. Bennett
2020 - Wesley G. Jennings
2019 - Shaun Gabbidon
2018 - Mary K. Stohr
2017 - Cassia Spohn
2016 - Michael S. Vaughn
2015 - Joycelyn M. Pollock
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Founders Award
2023 - Wesley Jennings
2022 - Holly Ventura Miller
2021- Faith E. Lutze
2020 - J. Mitchell Miller
2019 - Lorenzo M. Boyd
2018 - George Higgins
2017 - Angela Gover
2016 - Craig Hemmens
2015 - Ronald Hunter
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Outstanding Book Award
2023 - Danielle Rudes
Surviving solitary: Living and working in restricted housing units
2022 - Shaun Gabbidon, George Higgins
Shopping While Black: Consumer Racial Profiling in America
2021 - David Pyrooz, Scott Decker
Competing for Control: Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons
2020 - Barry C. Feld
Evolution of the Juvenile Court
2019 - Daniel Mears
Out-Of-Control Criminal Justice: The Systems Improvement Solution for More Safety, Justice, Accountability, and Efficiency
2018 - Dean Dabney, Richard Tewksbury
Speaking Truth to Power: Confidential Informants and Police Investigations
2017 - Robert Vargas
Wounded City: Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio
2016 - Jamie Fader
Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood Among Urban Youth
2015 - Barry C. Feld
Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room
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The William L. Simon/Routledge Outstanding Paper Award (formerly The William L. Simon/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Paper Award)
2023 -Jamie J. Fader, Abigail Henson, Jesse Brey
I don’t want to be a statistic: Racial-criminal stigma, redemption bids, and redemptive generativity.
2022 - Not awarded in 2022.
2021 - Not awarded in 2021.
2020 - Christopher M. Campbell, Ryan M. Labrecque,Ken Sanchagrin,Michael Weinerman
Assessing the Impact of Pretrial Detention on Sentencing Outcomes using Propensity Score Modeling
2019 - Sylvia J. Piatkowska, Andreas Hovermann
A Culture of Hostility and Crime Motivated by Bias: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of Structural Influences
2018 - Brittany Hayes, Eryn O'Neal
The Effects of Individual- and National-Level Factors on Attitudes toward Child Maltreatment
2017 - Joshua C. Cochran, Elisa L. Toman, Daniel P. Mears, William D. Bales
Solitary Confinement as Punishment: Applying a Focal Concerns Perspective to In-Prison Sentencing
2016 - John K. Cochran, Jon Maskaly, Shayne Jones, Christine S. Sellers
Using Structural Equations to Model Akers’ Social Learning Theory with Data on Intimate Partner Violence
2015 - Michael Leiber, Jennifer Peck, Maude Beaudry-Cyr
When Does Race and Gender Matter? The Interrelationships Between the Gender of Probation Officers and Juvenile Court Detention and Intake Outcomes
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The Michael C. Braswell/Routledge Outstanding Dissertation Award (formerly The Michael C. Braswell/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Student Paper Award)
2023 - Suzanne Coble
Intersections of Racism and Sexism in Rape Myth Research: Exploring how Race Conditions the Effects of Rape Myths on Rape Perceptions and Criminal Justice Responses
2022 - Nathan Connealy
Exploring the Overlap, Saliency, and Consistency of Environmental Predictors in Crime Hot Spots:
A Remote Systematic Social Observation and Case Control Examination
2021- Courtney Bagdon-Cox
Seeking Humanity and Freedom: An Examination of Prison Work Environments &Mature Coping in Incarcerated Workers
2020 - Nathan E. Kruis
Stigma and Perceptions of Opioid Users Among Criminal Justice Professionals and Students
2019 - Robert P. Peacock
Applying Tyler's Process-Based Model of Legitimacy in a Developing Country
2018 - Adam Matz
Enhancing Community Supervision: A Unified Voice for Community Corrections Concerning Police-Probation/Parole Partnerships
2017 - Ming-Li Hsieh
Rational Discretionary Risk: The Judicial Risk x Sentence Model (JRS) for Sex Offenders
2016 - Not awarded in 2016
2015 - Scott Walfield
When a Cleared Rape Isn’t Really Cleared: A Multilevel Study of Exceptional Clearance and Arrest
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Donal MacNamara Award
2023 - Heith Copes, Jacob H. Erickson & Andy Hochstetler
Meth cooking as a job: Identity and dirty work
2022 - Paul E. Bellair, Thomas L. McNulty, Vincent J. Roscigno & Man Kit (Karlo) Lei
Childhood Material Hardship and Externalizing Behavior. Justice Quarterly, 38(3), 454-478
2021 - Rachel Lautenschlager, Marisa Omori
Racial threat, Social (dis) organization, and the Ecology of Police: Towards a Macro-level Understanding of
Police Use-of-Force in Communities of Color
2020- Ricardo Martínez-Schuldt, Daniel Martínez
Sanctuary Policies and City-Level Incidents of Violence, 1990 to 2010
2019 - Lori A. Burrington
Neighborhood Advantage, Relative Status, and Violence Among Foreign-Born Adolescents
2018 - Nathan Link, Francis Cullen, Robert Agnew, Bruce G. Link
Can General Strain Theory Help Us Understand Violent Behaviors Among People With Mental Illnesses?
2017 - Kevin A. Wright, Jillian J. Turanovic, Nancy Rodriguez
Racial Inequality, Ethnic Inequality, and the System Involvement of At-Risk Youth: Implications for the Racial Invariance and Latino Paradox Theses
2016 - Cody W. Telep, Renee J. Mitchell, David Weisburd
How Much Time Should the Police Spend in Crime Hot Spots?
2015 - Danielle Boisvert, John Paul Wright, Valerie Knopik, Jamie Vaske
A Twin Study of Sex Differences in Self-Control
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Minority Mentorship Grant Award
2023 - Jennifer Edwards, Mentor; Gemini Creason-Parker, Mentee
2022 - Not awarded in 2022.
2021 - Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich - Mentor, Yongjae (David) Nam - Mentee
2020 - Not awarded in 2020
2019 - Not awarded in 2019
2018 - Not awarded in 2018
2017 - Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, Mentor; Joe Ham, Mentee
2016 - David May, Mentor; Kecia Johnson, Mentee
2015 - Not awarded in 2015
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Academy New Scholar Award
2023 - Peter Lehmann
2022 - Caitlin Cavanagh
2021 - Brandan Lantz
2020 - Julie Marie Baldwin
2019 - Cody Telep
2018 - Joshua Cochran
2017 - Scott Wolfe
2016 - Ryan Meldrum
2015 - David Pyrooz

ACJS Outstanding Mentors
2023 - Gaylene Armstrong, Shelly Clevenger, Jason Ingram, Gillian Pinchevsky, Rachael Powers, Frank Wilson
2022 - Olena Antonaccio, Salih Hakan Can, Leah E. Daigle, James Frank, Bryan Lee Miller, Jesenia M. Pizarro, Jason Williams
2021- Leana Bouffard, Steven Chermak, Cortney Franklin, Angela Gover, Kristy Holtfreter,
Janet Mullings, Danielle Rudes, Michael F. TenEyck
2020 - William R. King, Brandon Applegate, Eugene A. Paoline III, George Wilson, Heith Copes, Nicole Leeper Piquero
2019 - J. Harrison Watts, Martin D. Schwartz, Ling Ren
2018 - Carol Archbold, Melissa Barlow, Maria Garase, Dee Wood Harper, Catherine Kaukinen, Linda Keena, Bitna Kim, Joseph Linskey, Tonisha Pinckney, Joy Pollock, Ryan Randa, Jill Rosenbaum, Lisa Sample, Jeff Walker, Doris Yates
2017 - Georgios Antonopoulous, Ed McGarrell, David Orrick, Philip Reichel
2016 - Jay S. Albanese, Jill A. Gordon, David Jenks, Marvin D. Krohn, Jack McDevitt
2015 - Rosemary Barberet, Charles Katz, Karen Miner-Romanoff, Merry Morash, Heather L. Pfeifer
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Academy Leadership and Innovation Award
2023 - Celeste Clark, Raymond Coalition for Youth
2022 - Bryan Wright, Founder and Owner - Dynamic Family Solutions, LLC
2021 - Sheriff, Karl Leonard - Chesterfield County, Virginia
2020 - Christian A. Gossett, Winnebago County District Attorney
2019 - Amy Bach, Measures for Justice

ACJS Agency or Nonprofit Organization Leadership and Innovation Award (2023 inaugural year)
2023 - Raymond Coalition for Youth

Ken Peak Innovations in Teaching Award
2023 - Jennifer Murphy, Pennsylvania State University
2022 - Danielle Rudes, George Mason University
Breanna Boppre, Sam Houston State University
2021 - Jason Ostrowe
2020 - Jared R. Dmello, Texas A&M International

Sage Junior Faculty Professional Development Teaching Award
2023 - Mark Magidson, Chloe Robinson, Kenny Loui, Min Zhang
2022- Not Awarded.
2021 - Sherah Basham, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Sara Bryson, Elizabeth Gloyd, Marijana Kotlaja, Ming-Li Hsieh, Michael Laughlin, Luye Li, Insun Park, Richard Ruck
2020 -Adam Vaughan, Elias Nader, Hannarae Lee, Kate Burmon, Kimberley Meyer, Lauren Wright, Omeed S. Ilchi, Patricia Griffin, Rebecca Cudmore Kendall, Rylan Simpson
2018- Erika Brooke, Ashley Hewitt, EmmaLeigh Kirchner, Brandy Henderson, Kayla Kachimowski, Julie Siddique, Molly Smith, Angela Jones, Bryanna Fox, Patrick Lowery
2017 - Frances Boateng, Timbre Wulf-Ludden, Tamara Lynn, Meghan Hollis, Phillip Kopp, William Moreto, Brittany Hayes, John Andrew Hanse, Michael Rocque, Shelly Waters, Eric Orrick
2016 - Anita Lavorgna, Lisa Carter, Eric Connolly, Forrest Rodgers, Cody Telep, Rebecca Pfeffer, Carla Isabel Lewandowski, Michele Bratina, Jeff Roth, Lauren Copley, Joseph Schwartz, Veronyka James, Julie Hibdon, John Stogner, Michael Cavanaugh, Ashley Arnio
2015 - Christopher Donner, Connie Koski, Jen Peck, Chad Posick, Jaclyn Schildkraut, Yuliya Zabyelina, Veronyka James, Ursula Ann Lande, Riane M. Bolin
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ACJS President's Award for Contributions to Criminal Justice
2015 - Piper Kerman

ACJS Extraordinary Contributor Award
2006 - Dr. Henry Lee, Teresa Gooch, David Simon

Historical Mini-Grant Award
2019 - Robert M. Worley
Video Presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dztw2Zj40rM
Presentation Team:
Robert M. Worley, Ph.D.
Vidisha Worley, Ph.D.
Noel Perez