Awards
2024 Awards
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Executive Board and Awards Committee members are not eligible for award consideration and are prohibited from submitting or signing a nomination letter for a nominee.
Awards
The Division of Policing will present our awards at the Annual meeting in San Francisco, CA
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes lifetime scholarly achievement in the field of policing. The award is not given for any single research project or study, but for a body of research developed over one’s career.
Distinguished Scholar Award
The Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes an established academic/researcher who has held a Ph.D. degree for at least ten years and is considered to be mid-career. The outstanding contributions to the field of policing may consist of a single outstanding book or work, a series of theoretical or research contributions, or the recipient’s accumulated scholarly contributions.
Early Career Award
The Early Career Award recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of policing by someone who has received his or her Ph.D. degree within the last five years.
Teaching and Mentorship Award
This award honors outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring among the Division’s membership.
Innovation in Policing Award
This award recognizes a law enforcement practitioner or an individual working in a professional, non-academic position who has made outstanding contributions to evidence-based policing or who as played an integral role in advancing the field of law enforcement and public safety in innovative ways.
Outstanding Book Award
This award recognizes a monograph (not a textbook, anthology or edited volume) published in the three calendar years preceding this year.
Outstanding Student Article Award
The Outstanding Student Article Award is given for a single outstanding paper on the topic of policing that was written by a student enrolled in a recognized Ph.D. program.
Outstanding Dissertation Award
This award acknowledges especially high-quality dissertations with a strong potential impact in the policing field.
Student Travel Award
The Division is dedicated to assisting students with the cost of attending the ASC Annual Meeting, permitting the availability of funds. Awardees of the Student Travel Award will be chosen from the students who have submitted abstracts for presentation at ASC.
Past Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes lifetime scholarly achievement in the field of policing. The award is not given for any single research project or study, but for a body of research developed over one’s career.
2015 Winner: Stephen Mastrofski, George Mason University
2016 Winner: Lawrence Sherman, University of Cambridge and University of Maryland
2017 Winner: David Bayley, State University of New York at Albany (Emeritus)
2018 Winner: Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2019 Winner: David Weisburd, George Mason University
2020 Winner: Gary Cordner, Academic Director for the Baltimore Police Department
2021 Winner: No award given
2022 Winner: Peter Manning, Northeastern University (retired)
2023 Winner: Robert Worden, State University of New York at Albany
2024 Winner: Geoffrey Alpert, University of South Carolina
Distinguished Scholar Award
The Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes an established academic/researcher who has held a Ph.D. degree for at least ten years and is considered to be mid-career. The outstanding contributions to the field of policing may consist of a single outstanding book or work, a series of theoretical or research contributions, or the recipient’s accumulated scholarly contributions.
2015 Winner: Edmund McGarrell, Michigan State University
2016 Winner: Lorraine Mazerolle, University of Queensland
2017 Winner: Richard Leo, University of San Francisco
2018 Winner: Eugene Paoline, III, University of Central Florida
2019 Winner: Anthony Braga, Northeastern University
2020 Winner: Michael White, Arizona State University
2021 Winner: William Terrill, Arizona State University
2022 Winner: Christopher Koper, George Mason University
2023 Winner: Cynthia Lum, George Mason University
2024 Winner: Jeremy Wilson, Michigan State University
Early Career
The Early Career Award recognizes outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of policing by someone who has received his or her Ph.D. degree within the last five years.
2015 Winner: Tal-Jonathan-Zamir, Hebrew University
2016 Winner: Scott Wolfe, University of South Carolina
2017 Winner: Eric Piza, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2018 Winner: Cody Telep, Arizona State Univeristy
2019 Winner: Cory Haberman, University of Cincinnati
2020 Winner: Justin Nix, University of Nebraska, Omaha
2021 Winner: John Shjarback, Rowan University
2022 Winner: Natalie Todak, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2023 Winner: Kyle McLean, Clemson University
2024 Winner: Ian Adams, University of South Carolina
Innovation in Policing Award
*Formerly the Outstanding Law Enforcement Practitioner Award*
This award recognizes a law enforcement practitioner or an individual working in a professional, non-academic position who has made outstanding contributions to evidence-based policing or who as played an integral role in advancing the field of law enforcement and public safety in innovative ways. This may have been accomplished through a number of methods including but not limited to the following:
- A sustained period of leadership
- Evidence of producing organizational change
- Evidence of leading initiatives that have produced reductions in crime
- Development of partnerships to enhance public safety
- Increasing community participation in public safety
- Collaborative roles with research that have led to significant changes in law
- Implementing major new programs or policies
2016 Winner: James Bueermann, Police Foundation & Redlands Police Department (ret.)
2017 Winner: No award given
2018 Winner: Rene Mitchell
2019 Winner: No award given
2020 Winner: Ivonne Roman
2021 Winner: Michael Newman
2022 Winner: Stephen Bishopp
2023 Winner: Marc Buslik, Chicago Police Department (retired)
2024 Winner: Ryan Perlongo
Teaching & Mentorship Award
This award honors outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring among the Division’s membership.
2023 Winners:
- Sherah Basham, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Cory Haberman, University of Cincinnati
2024 Winners:
- Jennifer C. Gibbs, Penn State Harrisburg
- Jessica Huff, University of Cincinnati
Outstanding Book in Policing Award
This award recognizes a monograph (not a textbook, anthology or edited volume) published in the three calendar years preceding this year.
2016 Winner: No award given
2017 Winner: No award given
2018 Winner: Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Line
2019 Winner: Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic
2020 Winner: Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice
2021 Winner: Police-Community Relations in Times of Crisis: Decay and Reform in the Post-Ferguson Era
2022 Winner: Implementing Evidence-Based Research: A How-to Guide for Police Organizations
2023 Winner: Policing Unrest: On the Front Lines of the Ferguson Protests
2023 Winner: The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing
Outstanding Dissertation Award
This award acknowledges especially high-quality dissertations with a strong potential impact in the policing field.
2023 Winner: Melanie F.P. Soderstrom
2024 Winner: Katharine Brown
Outstanding Student Paper Award
The Outstanding student Paper Award is given for a single outstanding paper on the topic of policing that was written by a student enrolled in a recognized Ph.D. program.
2016 Winner: No award given
2017 Winner: Paul Taylor
2018 Winner: Stephen Wuff
2019 Winner: Rachel Lautenschlager
2020 Winner: Brandon Turchan
2021 Winner: No award given
2022 Winner: Scott Mourtgos
2023 Winner: Kiseong Kuen
2024 Winner: Jed Knode