Awards

2017 Award Recipients

Outstanding Educator

Bruce Arrigo, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The Tom Barker Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award

Caralin Branscum, Florida Atlantic University

Outstanding Graduate Student

Masters: Whitney Tchoula University of Alabama at Birmingham
Doctoral: Lindsay Leban, University of Florida

Outstanding Professional

James Stewart, Hammond Police Department

Springer Outstanding American Journal of Criminal Justice Article

Police Body-Worn Cameras: Perceptions of Law Enforcement Leadership
American Journal of Criminal Justice, September 2016, Volume 41, Issue 3, pp 424–443

John Smykla, Florida Atlantic University
Matthew S. Crow, University of West Florida
Vaughn J. Crichlow, Florida Atlantic University
Jamie A. Snyder, University of West Florida

Student Poster Competition

"Motives and Trends in Mass and School Shooting Incidents"
Lillian Gray, Georgia Southern University

"The Geospatial and Temporal Components of Terrorist Target Selection"
Taylor Dauer, George Mason University
Max Hsu, The State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany)

Past Award Recipients

Outstanding Educator

2016	Wesley G. Jennings
2015	Cathy Marcum
2014	J. Heith Copes
2013	J. Mitchell Miller
2012	George Higgins
2011	Elizabeth Mustaine
2010	Margaret Vandiver
2009	David May
2008	Brian Payne
2007	Peter Wood
2006	Mark Lanier
2005	Richard Tewksbury
2004	John Whitehead
2003	Elizabeth Grossi
2002	Ronald Hunter
2001	William Doerner
2000	Terry Edwards
1999	-- no information --
1998	-- no information --
1997	-- no information --
1996	John Smykla

Outstanding Graduate Student

2016	Jane Christie Daquin
2015	Anthony Vito
2014	Brandy Henderson
2013	Shila Hawk
2012	Julie Baldwin
2011	Nathan Lowe
2010	John Stogner
2009	Matthew DeMichele
2008	J. C. Barnes
2007	Wesley Jennings
2006	Deeanna M. Button
2005	Alison Brumley
2004	Holly E. Ventura
2003	Jeffrey Allen Tipton
2002	Trent Eric Ikerd
2001	Deanna McGaughey
2000	Julie Kunselman
1999	-- no information --
1998	-- no information --
1997	-- no information --
1996	-- no information --
1995	J. Mitchell Miller

The Tom Barker Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award

2016	Samantha Donavan
2015	Kati Andrews and Roland Turner
2014	Samantha Zaleski and Hoai Robinette
2013	Lindsay Leban
2012	Tonya Harris
2011	Emily Nelson
2010	Donald Hunt
2009	Nianni Ramos
2008	Jessica Ekhomu
2007	Ted Gibson
2006	Demica Montoye Burks
2005	Matthew Lees
2004	Shelly Higdon
2003	William Michael Doerner
2002	Richard Keith Leatherwood, Jr.
2001	Valerie Dorsey
2000	no award given

Outstanding Professional

2015	James Wheeler
2014	Adrienne Stroble
2013	Monty Burks
2012	Judge Casey Rodgers
2011	Molly Secours
2010	Stephen Haas
2009	Vernon M. Keenan
2008	Chris Summers
2007	Yolanda Cornish
2006	David Toomer & Elizabeth O. Adams
2005	David Thompson
2004	Roy Cooper
2003	Deborah Y. Faulkner
2002	Bob Kennedy
2001	Eddie J. Jordan, Jr.
2000	Robert L. Johnson

Springer Outstanding American Journal of Criminal Justice Article

2016	C. Colin Bolger Just Follow Orders: A Meta-Analysis of the Correlates of American Police Officer Use of Force Decisions
2015	Joshua C. Hinkle "Emotional Fear of Crime vs. Perceived Safety and Risk: Implications for Measuring 'Fear' and Testing the Broken Windows Thesis"
2014	J. Mitchell Miller Identifying Collateral Effects of Offender Reentry Programming Through Evaluative Fieldwork
2013	Heili Pals and Howard B. Kaplan Long-Term Effects of Adolescent Negative Self-Feelings on Adult Deviance: Moderated by Neighborhood Disadvantage, Mediated by Expectations
2012	Jeremy R. Porter, Nicole E. Rader & Jeralynn S. Cossman Social Disorganization and Neighborhood Fear: Examining the Intersection of Individual, Community, and County Characteristics
2011	Holly Ventura Miller Acculturation, Social Context, and Drug Use: Findings from a Sample of Hispanic Adolescents
2010	Tina L. Freiburger, Catherine D. Marcum, & Mari Pierce The Impact of Race on the Pretrial Decision
2009	Angela R. Gover, Wesley G. Jennings, & Richard Tewksbury Adolescent Male and Female Gang Members' Experiences with Violent Victimization, Dating Violence, and Sexual Assault

Richter H. Moore, Jr. Founder's Award

2010	Damon Camp
2005	Mittie Southerland
2001	Charles "Chuck" Fields
1995	Tom Barker
date missing	Richter H. Moore, Jr.

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