We are pleased to announce the 2024 ANZSOC Award Winners, presented at this year’s ANZSOC Conference at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa. There are range of awards from undergraduate to recognising leading corrections research and innovation in teaching and we present the winners of each below.
In 2024, we were pleased to include the inaugural lectures associated with the Distinguished Criminologist award presented by Professor Leanne Weber from the University of Canberra, and the Indigenous Justice Award on ‘Aboriginal Community Justice Reports: enlivening Indigenous narratives in sentencing through research praxis’, presented by Djallarna Hamilton from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Thalia Anthony (with Larissa Behrendt).
We congratulate all winners and encourage all ANZSOC members to consider nominating for these awards in 2025. Award information can be found on our website here and applications for these will be announced and open mid-2025.
AWARD | Winner | |
Distinguished Criminologist Award | Leanne Weber, University of Canberra | ![]() |
Indigenous Justice Award | Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), Thalia Anthony, University of Technology Sydney Larissa Behrendt, University of Technology Sydney | PROJECT: Aboriginal Community Justice Reports: enlivening Indigenous narratives in sentencing through research praxis. |
David Biles Award for an outstanding research report in the field of corrections. | Jenna Mizzi Caitlin Hughes Mark Halsey Jo Cleary Simone Deegan Ian Goodwin-Smith all from Flinders University | REPORT: ‘Beyond Bars: Exploring Challenges and Solutions to the Problem of Short Custodial Stays in Regional South Australia’ Centre for Social Impact, Flinders University and CentaCare SA. |
Adam Sutton Award for best publication or report in the area of crime prevention. | Jacqueline Allen Ross Homel Kate Freiberg Daniela Vasco all from Griffith University | REPORT: ‘The Impact of a Preschool Communication Program and Comprehensive Family Support on Serious Youth Offending: New Findings from the Pathways to Prevention Project’ AIC |
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Rick Sarre, University of South Australia | BOOK: Preventing crime: What we know and what we need to do (Palgrave) | |
Allan Bartholomew Award supported by Sage Publications, is presented every year for the best article published in the Journal of Criminology | Megan Parker and Kelly Richards, Queensland University of Technology | ‘A ‘central paradox’: Judicial decision-making in cases of sexual offending by young people.’ Vol 56, Issue 1 Journal of Criminology, 2023. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Naomi Pfitzner, Emma McNicol all from Monash University, Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre | ‘Domestic and family violence leave across Australian workplaces: Examining victim-survivor experiences of workplace supports and the importance of cultural change’ Journal of Criminology, 2023. Vol. 56, Issue. 2-3 | |
Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award | Krystal Lockwood (Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr) (team lead), Griffith University Madeleine Bennet (Biripi) Debbie Woodbridge (Wiradjuri) Alanah Cronin Stephen Corporal (Eastern Arrernte) | THIRD YEAR COURSE: First Nations & Justice: Embedding Indigenous pedagogies, worldviews, and perspectives into criminological teaching – Griffith University. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Emily Hurren Paterson, Griffith University | THIRD YEAR COURSE: ‘Crime Prevention’ Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University | |
ECR Award | Megan McElhone, Birbeck University of London | JOURNAL ARTICLE: ‘Gangland and Task Force Gain: An Alternative Account of Middle Eastern Crime in Sydney, Australia’. Critical Criminology, Vol. 3 Issue 3. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Stefani Vasil, Australian Catholic University | JOURNAL ARTICLE:‘”I came here, and it got worse day by day”: examining the intersections between migrant precarity and family violence among women with insecure migration status in Australia’ Violence Against Women , Vol .30, Issue 10, (2023) | |
PhD Award | Jess Woolley, Deakin University | JOURNAL ARTICLE: ‘Policing perpetrator suicide threats in family violence cases: competing priorities and contemporary challenges’ Policing and Society, Vol. 34, Issue 10, 2024. |
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Charlie Winter, Flinders University | JOURNAL ARTICLE: ‘Correctional policies for the management of trans people in Australian prisons’ International Journal of Transgender Health, Vol. 25, Issue 2, 2024. | |
Honours/Masters Award | Daisy Nugent, University of Newcastle | HONS THESIS: The Operation, Function, and Role of Australian Innocence Initiatives. |
Undergraduate Award | Sharleigh Crittenden, UNSW | RESEARCH PAPER: ‘Understanding Criminal Justice Responses to Frontier Violence between Colonists and Aboriginals in Early Colonial Criminal Trials: The Impact of the Myall Creek Massacre Prosecutions on R v Merridio’ for the Unit, Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective CRIM2041. |