2020 Award Recipients
Outstanding Educator
Marvin D. Krohn
The Tom Barker Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Samantha Scott
Outstanding Graduate Student
Leanna Ireland (Doctoral)
Stephanie Koskinen (Masters)
Outstanding Professional
None selected this year
Springer Outstanding American Journal of Criminal Justice Article
Assessing the Impact of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Post-Release Criminal Behavior
Kristen M. Zgoba
Jesenia M. Pizarro
Laura M. Salerno
2020 Research Showcase Award Recipients
In addition to the usual slate of awards, SCJA also recognized the most exceptional posters and lightning talks presented at the 2020 Research Showcase. Below are the winners in each of the following categories.
Undergraduate Student Poster Award
First Place | The Interactive Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury and Exposure to Violent Offending on Justice-Involved Youth Curtis Smith IV & Patrick Harrison |
Second Place | Review of Criminal Profiling Addison Meeks |
Masters Student Poster Award
First Place | Three criminological theories as predictors of adolescent marijuana abuse Sydney Hahlbeck & Anthony Vito |
Second Place | Police perceptions of overdose outreach program effectiveness Laurie Becker & Sean Varano |
Third Place (tie) | Stigma, substance use disorders, and treatment seeking: An examination of stigma and treatment utilization by drug dependence type Aubrey Johnson & Bryan Miller |
Third Place (tie) | Examining perceptions and use of media among criminal justice students Hannah Sims & Matthew Crow |
Doctoral Student Poster Award
First Place (tie) | College student response to the release of incarcerated populations during COVID-19: A qualitative pilot study Joshua Ruffin & Ayana Conway |
First Place (tie) | Pedophile hunting: A qualitative assessment of public support for judicial changes Leanna Ireland |
Second Place | Hate at the scene of the crime: Interrogating place in anti-religious hate crime analysis Jonathan Lloyd |
Third Place | Intimate partner violence: Barriers to help-seeking experienced by women in the UK Amrana Latif |
Faculty Poster Winner
First Place (tie) | Exploring the spatial distribution of crime by victim characteristics Danielle Fenimore, Wes Jennings, Nicholas Perez & Stephen Bishopp |
First Place (tie) | Do negative emotions matter? Paths from victimization to cyber and traditional bullying from General Strain Theory perspective Yeungjeom Lee, Jihoon Kim, & Hyojong Song |
Second Place (tie) | Immigration, policy and justice Holly Ventura Miller, Melissa Ripepi, Amy Ernstes, & Anthony Peguero |
Second Place (tie) | Situational ethics: Lessons learned from the Community Action Poverty Simulation Chrystina Hoffman, Dana Dillard, & Angela Blackburn |
Third Place | School culture, racial composition, and preventing violence: Evaluating punitive and supportive responses to improving school safety Charles Crawford & Ronald Burns |
Undergraduate Lightning Talk
First Place | Adolescent Attitudes and sexual behavior associated with teen dating violence victimization Kristen Hunt |
Second Place | Virtual trials: An examination of virtual trial efficiency Kaleigh Mulligan, Melissa Dipano & Annabelle Frazier |
Third Place | - Bail and the criminal justice form in MA Melissa Dipano, Isabella Callahan, & Annabelle Fraizer |
Masters Student Lightning Talk
First Place | Police officers’ perceptions regarding application of Miranda’s public safety perception Alexandria Goldstein, Christopher Totten, Gang Lee & Richard Stringer |
Second Place | Race and ethnicity in criminal justice publications Heather Storey & Courtney Crittenden |
Third Place | Prisons and suicide Sadie Creel |
Doctoral Student Lightning Talk
First Place | Incarcerated youths perception of justice Elizabeth Hartsell, Jodi Lane, & Lonn Lanza-Kaduce |
Second Place | Addressing official misconduct: Increasing accountability to reduce wrongful convictions Clayton Drummond & Mia Mills |
Third Place | Understanding community members’ perception of opioid abuse treatment programs for women in Westchester County Erika Pichardo |
Faculty Lightning Talk
First Place | Secondary sanctioning and secondary device effects of arrest-comparing childhood and adolescence Abby Novak |
Second Place | Reading rights and respecting decisions Rhys Hester |
Third Place | Who feels guilty of a sex crime? Insights from a choose-your-own-adventure paradigm Annabelle Frazier & Joseph Gonzales |
Past Award Recipients
Outstanding Educator
2019 | Brandon Applegate |
2018 | Holly Ventura Miller |
2017 | Bruce Arrigio |
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
2019 | Rachel Severson |
2018 | Taylor Claxton |
2017 | Lindsay Leban |
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
2019 | Victoria Rapp |
2018 | Anna Ford |
2017 | Caralin Branscum |
2016 | Samantha Donovan |
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
2019 | William Sorrells |
2018 | Arthur L. Hunter, Jr. |
2017 | James Stewart |
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
2019 | Rhys Hester Prior Record and Recidivism Risk |
2018 | Albert M. Kopak & Gregory A. Frost Correlations of Program Success and Recidivism among Participants in Adult Pre-Arrest Diversion Program |
2017 | John Smykla, Matthew S. Crow, Vaughn J. Crichlow, & Jamie A. Snyder Police Body-Worn Cameras: Perceptions of Law Enforcement Leadership |
2016 | C. Colin Bolger |
2015 | Joshua C. Hinkle |
2014 | J. Mitchell Miller
Identifying Collateral Effects of Offender Reentry Programming Through Evaluative Fieldwork |
2013 | Heili Pals and Howard B. Kaplan |
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, |
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. |
The SCJA is continuing to reconstruct lists of earlier award winners. Please forward any information to the webmaster.