Awards

2024 Awards

Avoiding Conflicts of Interest

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 WinnerStephen Mastrofski, George Mason University

2016 WinnerLawrence 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

 

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 WinnerEdmund McGarrell, Michigan State University

2016 WinnerLorraine 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

 

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 WinnerTal-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

 

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)

 

Teaching & Mentorship Award

This award honors outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring among the Division’s membership.

2023 Winners:

 

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

 

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

 

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