AEC/DEC Awards

 

AEC Awards

 

See the call for awards for 2023 here!

 

Joan McCord Award

The Joan McCord Award recognizes a scholar who has made distinguished experimental contributions to criminology and criminal justice over the course of their career.  Award recipients must have conducted significant experimental research that is in the tradition of Joan McCord and has important implications for policy and practice.

 

Outstanding Early Career Experimental Criminologist Award

The Outstanding Early Career Experimental Criminologist Award (formerly the Outstanding Young Experimental Scholar Award) recognizes exceptional early career scholarship. The nominee must be early in their career (up to 5 years removed from their doctoral program) and have a strong track record of performing high-quality experimental criminological research. Peer-reviewed publication record and/or grantsmanship work may be considered.

 

DEC Awards

 

Jerry Lee Lifetime Achievement Award

The Jerry Lee Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to a scholar who has demonstrated a lifetime of achievement in the field of experimental methods. This award is dedicated to a scholar’s body of research and accomplishments throughout their career. Nominations should demonstrate a lifetime commitment to high quality scholarly activity and the production of exceptional contributions to the field of criminology.

 

Award for Outstanding Experimental Field Trial

The Outstanding Experimental Field Trial award is given to a researcher, or team of researchers, in recognition of a rigorous and impactful experimental field trial. The field trial must demonstrate a rigorous experimental methodology implemented in partnership with criminal justice practitioners. A peer-reviewed publication derived from the field trial must be under review, accepted, or completed by the time of the nomination.

  • 2011 – John Roman, Shannon Reid, Jay Reid, Aaron Chalfin, William Adams, and Carly Knight, Urban Institute
  • 2012 – Karen Amendola et al., Police Foundation (see Karen Amendola discussing the Police Foundation shift work experiment here)
  • 2013 – Jerry Ratcliffe, Travis Taniguchi, Elizabeth Groff, and Jennifer Wood for their Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment.
  • 2014 – Lawrence Sherman and Heather Harris for their Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment 23-Year Follow-Up
  • 2015 – Sara Heller, University of Pennsylvania, for the Chicago Summer Jobs Trial
  • 2016- Robert J. Kane, Drexel University,  Michael D. White, Arizona State University & Justin Ready, Griffith University for the TASER® Exposure and Cognitive Impairment trials.
  • 2017- Lorraine Mazzerolle, Sarah Bennett, Emma Antrobus & Elizabeth Eggins for the Ability School Engagement Program (ASEP) Field Trial
  • 2018- Amanda Agan, Rutgers University-New Brunswick & Sonja Starr, University of Michigan, for Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment
  • 2019- Anthony A. Braga, PhD, Northeastern University, William H. Sousa, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, James R. “Chip” Coldren, Jr., CNA, & Denise Rodriguez , CNA for The Effects of Body-Worn Cameras on Police Activity and Police-Citizen Encounters: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • 2020- Branas, C. C., South, E., Kondo, M. C., Hohl, B. C., Bourgois, P., Wiebe, D. J., & MacDonald, J. M. (2018). Citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime, and fear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(12), 2946-2951.
  • 2021- Clare, J., Henstock, D., McComb, C., Newland, R., & Barnes, G. C. (2021). The results of a randomized controlled trial of police body-worn video in Australia. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 17(1), 43-54.
  • 2022- Capellan, J. A., Koppel, S., & Sung, H.-E. (2022).  The effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on recidivism among parolees in Central America: evidence from a Honduran experiment. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 18(1), 115-128.
  • 2023- Rothwell, S., McFadzien, K., Strang, H., Hooper, G., & Pughsley, A. (2022). Rapid video responses (RVR) vs. face-to-face responses by police officers to domestic abuse victims: A randomised controlled trial. Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, 6, 1-24.

 

Student Paper Award

The Student Paper Award is given for a single outstanding paper utilizing experimental methods to analyze criminology/criminal justice related topics/issues. The paper must be written by a graduate student enrolled in an internationally recognized Ph.D. program. It is required that the paper has been published or accepted for publication in an academic journal.