Stockholm Prize in Criminology

The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is an international award for outstanding achievements in the field of criminological research or the practical application of research results for crime prevention and the protection of human rights . Under the auspices of the Justitiedepartementet ( Ministry of Justice of Sweden), a criminological conference has been held at Stockholm University since 2006 at the same time as the annual award ceremony, at which the winners' work areas are presented and discussed.

The previous winners are

2006: Friedrich Lösel ( Cambridge University , Great Britain) and John Braithwaite ( Australian National University )
2007: Alfred Blumstein ( University of Pittsburgh , USA ) and Terrie E. Moffitt ( University of London )
2008: David Olds ( University of Colorado , United States) and Jonathan Shepard ( Cardiff University , Wales)
2009: John Hagan ( Northwestern University in Evanston ( Illinois ), United States) and Raul Eugenio Zaffaroni (Supreme Court of Argentina )
2010: David Weisburd ( Hebrew University of Jerusalem and George Mason University , United States)
2011: John H. Laub ( University of Maryland ) and Robert J. Sampson ( Harvard University , Cambridge)
2012: Jan van Dijk ( Tilburg University , The Netherlands ).
2013: David P. Farrington ( Cambridge University , Great Britain).
2014: Daniel Nagin ( Carnegie Mellon University ) and Joan Petersilia ( Stanford University )
2015: Ronald V. Clarke & Patricia Mayhew
2016: Travis W. Hirschi , Cathy Spatz Widom & Per-Olof Wikström
2017: Richard E. Tremblay
2018: Herman Goldstein
2019: Ruth Dreifuss , Peter Reuter

The prize for is endowed with one million Swedish kronor. This corresponds to an amount of around 86,000 euros.

criticism

Critical criminologists like Nils Christie ( University of Oslo ) criticize the Stockholm Prize in Criminology for being too close to the state.

Web link

su.se/stockholm-prize-in-criminology - Award website (part of the Stockholm University website )