DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY

The Division of International Criminology conducts a student paper competition each year.  This year we are accepting submissions from students enrolled in Master's or doctoral programs, studying subjects related to international crime and justice.  The paper topics must be related to international or comparative criminology or criminal justice.

What Are We Looking For?

Submissions must be authored by the submitting student (only).  Co-authorships with professors are not accepted.

Papers must be previously unpublished and cannot be submitted to any other competition or made public in any other way until the committee reaches its decision.

What Should You Submit?

Manuscripts should include a 100-word abstract, be double-spaced (12-point Times New Roman or Courier font), written in English, and should be no more than 7500 words in length. Submissions should conform to APA format for the organization of text, citations and references. Eligible students worldwide are strongly encouraged to submit papers in English.

Manuscripts must be submitted as an e-mail attachment in Mircosoft Word or as a .pdf or .rtf file only.

What Else Do You Need to Submit with Your Manuscript?

Submissions should be accompanied by a cover sheet which includes the author’s name, department, university and  location, contact information (including e-mail address) and whether the author is a master’s or doctoral student, and the precise name of the degree program in which the student is enrolled.

 
What Do the Winning Papers Receive?

Winning submissions in each category will receive a monetary award and be recognized at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology in November.

Papers will also be considered for publication in the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (although winning the competition is not a guarantee of publication as the manuscript will have to go through the journal’s regular peer-review process).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

June 1, 2012

 Where do you send your submission?

Laura L. Hansen, Ph.D.,
Chair
DIC Student Paper Award Committee
lauralynn.hansen@wne.edu

Paper Student Paper Award Winners

2011

 PhD. Amy Nivette, University of Cambridge. “Spatial Patterns of Homicide and Political Legitimacy in Europe”

Master’s. Jessica Kruger, Eastern Michigan University. “A Comparative Analysis of Genocidal Rape in Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia” 

 and Kimberlee Waggoner, Northern Arizona University. “Migration and Sex Work:  Social Service Agency Responses in the United States and Norway” 

Undergraduate: Diana Rodriguez, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “Recruitment to Radicalization:  How Becoming a Terrorist Has Changed Over Time”

2009

Ph.D:  Philip J. Levchak (U of Iowa); Second Place: Yuning Wu (U of DE);

Master's:  Luke Bonkiewicz, (Pennsylvania State University)

2006

Graduate Winner:  Rebecca Wickes, Griffith University
Undergraduate Winner:  James Ogg, University of New South Wales