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Michael J. Hindelang Michael J. Hindelang (born 1945 in Detroit, died March 27, 1982, in Schenectady, New York) was an American criminologist. Early life and education Hindelang was born in Detroit. He received his B.A. in psychology in 1966 and his master's degree ...

Award is an award, established in 1992, that is awarded annually by the

American Society of Criminology The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of Ohio State University whose members focus on the study of crime and delinquency. It aims to grow and disseminate scholarly research, with members wo ...

to books published in the three previous years that are deemed to make "the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology." A book is only eligible to win the award if it is nominated by a member of the Society.

Recipients

*2015 ''America’s Safest City: Delinquency and Modernity in Suburbia'' by Simon Singer *2014 '' Great American City'' by

Robert J. Sampson Robert J. Sampson (born July 9, 1956, in Utica, New York) is the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Director of the Social Sciences Program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. From 2005 through 2010 ...

*2013 ''The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice'' by Geoff Ward *2012 ''Peculiar institution'' by David Garland *2011 ''American Homicide'' by Randolph Roth *2010 ''Governing Through Crime'' by

Jonathan Simon Jonathan Simon is an American academic, the Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law, and the former Associate Dean of the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Simon’s scholarship concerns the role ...

*2009 ''Darfur and the Crime of Genocide'' by

John L. Hagan John L. Hagan is an American sociologist focusing on criminology. He is currently the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University and University Professor Emeritus of Law and Sociology at University of Toronto and al ...

and Wenona Rymond-Richmond *2008 ''Punishment and Inequality in America'' by

Bruce Western Bruce Prichart Western (born July 1, 1964) is an Australian-born American sociologist and a professor of sociology at Columbia University. Early life and education Western was born in Australia, to a white native Australian father who taught at ...

*2007 ''Judging Juveniles'' by Aaron Kupchik *2006 ''Confessions of a Dying Thief'' by

Darrell Steffensmeier Darrell John Steffensmeier (born 1942) is an American criminologist and Liberal Arts Research Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Pennsylvania State University. Education After receiving his bachelor's degrees in philosophy and history fro ...

and

Jeffery Ulmer Jeffery Todd Ulmer (born March 2, 1966) is a professor of sociology and criminology at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). He served as the associate head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology from 2013 to 2019. Education Ulmer ...

*2005 ''Companions in Crime'' by Mark Warr *2004 ''Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives'' by

John Laub John H. Laub (born 1953) is an American criminologist and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park. Education Laub received his B.A. from University of Ill ...

& Robert Sampson *2003 ''Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective'' by Terence Thornberry, Marvin Krohn,

Alan Lizotte Alan Jeffrey Lizotte is an American criminologist and Distinguished Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. Early life and education Lizotte grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he later recalled almost eve ...

, Carolyn Smith, and Kimberly Tobin *2002 ''Bad Kids'' by Barry Feld *2001 ''Making Good'' by Shadd Maruna *2000 ''Crime in Context'' by Ian Taylor *1999 ''Political Policing'' by Martha K. Huggins *1998 ''Mean Streets'' by Bill McCarthy and John Hagan *1997 ''Control Balance'' by Charles R. Tittle *1996 No award given *1995 ''Gender, Crime, and Punishment'' by Kathleen Daly *1994 ''Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life'' by Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub *1993 '' Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America'' by Gary Kleck *1992 ''Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice'' by

Meda Chesney-Lind Meda Chesney-Lind is a US feminist, criminologist, and an advocate for girls and women who come in contact with the criminal justice system in Hawaii. Overview Chesney-Lind works to find alternatives to women's incarceration and is an advocate ...

and Randall G. Shelden *1991 ''Crime, Shame, and Reintegration'' by John Braithwaite

References

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