Stockholm Prize in Criminology
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The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is an international prize awarded annually for achievements in research in the field of criminology
. The annual prize ceremonies, which began in June 2006, are held in conjunction with the Stockholm Criminology Symposium. Winners are selected by an independent international jury, based on submitted nominations. The 2012 winner was announced at the American Society of Criminology meeting on November 16, 2011, and will receive the Prize in Stockholm on June 14, 2012. The winner for 2012 is Professor Jan van Dijk of the University of Tilberg for his leadership of the International Crime Victims' Survey (ICVS).
| 2010 || David Weisburd, Hebrew University and George Mason University || Challenging the 'displacement' theory that increased police patrol in an area just 'pushes crime around the corner
2009 John Hagan, Northwestern University and Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni, Supreme Court of Argentina, for their research and theory on genocide.
2008 David Olds, University of Colorado Medical Center, and Jonathan Shepherd, University of Cardiff, for their field experiments on the prevention of violent injuries.
2007 Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Terrie Moffitt, Duke University and the Institute of Psychiaty, University of London, for their research on patterns of criminal activity over the life course.
2006 John Braithwaite, Australian National University, and Freidrich Losel, Cambridge University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, for their research and theories on the rehabilitation and reintegration of criminal offfenders.
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
. The annual prize ceremonies, which began in June 2006, are held in conjunction with the Stockholm Criminology Symposium. Winners are selected by an independent international jury, based on submitted nominations. The 2012 winner was announced at the American Society of Criminology meeting on November 16, 2011, and will receive the Prize in Stockholm on June 14, 2012. The winner for 2012 is Professor Jan van Dijk of the University of Tilberg for his leadership of the International Crime Victims' Survey (ICVS).
Former winners
| Year | Recipient(s) | Research focus |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | John Laub (National Institute of Justice National Institute of Justice The National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice. NIJ, along with the Bureau of Justice Statistics , Bureau of Justice Assistance , Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , Office for Victims of Crime ,... ) Robert Sampson (Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... ) |
Why criminals stop offending |
| 2010 || David Weisburd, Hebrew University and George Mason University || Challenging the 'displacement' theory that increased police patrol in an area just 'pushes crime around the corner
2009 John Hagan, Northwestern University and Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni, Supreme Court of Argentina, for their research and theory on genocide.
2008 David Olds, University of Colorado Medical Center, and Jonathan Shepherd, University of Cardiff, for their field experiments on the prevention of violent injuries.
2007 Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Terrie Moffitt, Duke University and the Institute of Psychiaty, University of London, for their research on patterns of criminal activity over the life course.
2006 John Braithwaite, Australian National University, and Freidrich Losel, Cambridge University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, for their research and theories on the rehabilitation and reintegration of criminal offfenders.