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ANZSOC Awards

APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026 ANZSOC AWARDS ARE NOW OPEN
Nominations close Monday 24th August 2026

Each year, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Inc (ANZSOC) confers a number of awards to recognise achievements by individuals from diverse backgrounds in scholarship, publication, teaching, study and policy development of criminology in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.  

ANZSOC 2026 Bursaries

ANZSOC will be providing a bursary program this year to support attendance at the 2026 conference.

Distinguished Criminologist Award

Indigenous Justice Award

ANZSOC Fellowship

Adam Sutton Crime Prevention Award

Allan van Zyl Memorial Award

Allen Austin Bartholomew Award, supported by Sage Publications

Christine M Alder Book Award

David Biles Correctional Research Award

Helen Farley Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching

Early Career Award

Undergraduate Student Paper Award

Best Honours or Masters Thesis in Criminology Award

PhD Candidate Award – Journal article publication

General rules and procedures

Apart from the Distinguished Criminologist Award and the Allen Austin Bartholomew Award, nominations for Awards should be made in writing to info@anzsoc.org accompanied by documentation supporting all aspects of eligibility for the award in question.

The opening and closing dates for nominations will be announced each year on the ANZSOC website.

Unless otherwise specified, all nominations must be emailed to the ANZSOC manager info@anzsoc.org.

Nominees for Awards may nominate themselves, or they may be nominated by another person. Nominations may be received from individuals or teams, according to the rules of the specific Award.

All nominations other than self-nominations must include a statement from all nominees (including all members of teams or co-authors/editors of publications) that they accept the nomination. If a Team, or multi-author publication is nominated, then the nomination should state which person will be the corresponding nominee.

All nominations should ideally be for one award category only in any given year.

For those Award categories that require nominees to be financial members of ANZSOC, membership must be current at the time of nomination.

Current ANZSOC Officers and Committee members are eligible for nomination for all Awards, other than the Distinguished Criminologist Award. All Selection Panel members will provide Conflict of Interest Statements once nominations are received and any Conflicts of Interest will be transparently managed prior to judging any Award. No person may sit on a Selection Panel for any Award for which they are a nominee.

Past individual winners are not eligible for an ANZSOC award in the same category for three years following receipt of an award in that category.

No posthumous nominations will be received.

Unless Award winners otherwise agree, the decision of selection panels will not be announced publicly until the Award is presented at the Annual Conference, although the winner shall be notified at least two months prior to the annual conference at which the award will be presented, in confidence, once the decision has been made. The names of all unsuccessful candidates shall remain confidential.

 

Selection Panels may recommend that any Award be given to more than one nominee where they are ranked equally in the selection process.

 

Each selection panel reserves the right not to give an Award in any given year.

 

If the Selection Panel for any Award determines that it cannot recommend an Award to any of the current year’s nominees, it may, at its discretion and with the approval of the President, consider the unsuccessful nominees for the same Award from the immediately preceding year, on condition that such nominee or nominees agree to be considered for the current year’s Award. 

Recipients of Awards are encouraged to attend the annual ANZSOC conference at which the Award will be presented in person.

If attendance is not possible at the conference in the year the Award is given, winners may attend at a future conference held during the next three years. Alternatively, winners may have another person attend and receive the Award on their behalf, or they may receive the Award via live streaming (if available), or they may submit a pre-recorded video recording of an acceptance speech to be shown during the live conference presentation.

Where an Award carries with it a monetary amount, this represents a maximum amount that can be used by the winner in connection with attendance at an annual ANZSOC conference held during the year the Award is made or during the next three years.

If an Award winner chooses to attend a conference other than in the year in which it was awarded, any reimbursement of the costs of attendance may be used in connection with the conference that was actually attended.

Where another person attends to receive an Award on behalf of the winner, any monetary benefit may be used by that person for their attendance expenses.

In cases where the Selection Panel recommends that more than one Award shall be given in a category due to tied rankings, each of the tied winners shall be provided with the full amount of any monetary amount or benefit.

In the case of Awards given to teams or for multi-author publications, the monetary amount is to be shared among all authors with the manner of its distribution to be determined by the team in question.

Monetary awards are for reimbursement of conference attendance expenses only and cannot be cashed out.

The Award winner must provide electronic copies of receipts for expenditure not exceeding the stated amount in respect of conference registration fees, ground travel, air fares, parking, highway tolls, hire car costs, car e-charging, accommodation or any other costs directly related to attendance at the conference.

Receipts must be sent by email to the ANZSOC Manager (info@anzsco.org) within 60 days of the close of the conference at which the award was presented.

Monetary awards are made in Australian currency, but can be converted into other currencies at the time of payment by request to the Manager prior to payment.

Distinguished Criminologist Award

The ANZSOC Distinguished Criminologist Award is presented each year to an individual who, in the opinion of the Selection Panel, has or have demonstrated an outstanding, significant and sustained contribution to criminology in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand criminology in one or more of the following areas:

  • teaching and scholarship;
  • advancing international appreciation of criminology through research and publications; and / or
  • involvement in criminology in public life, including in the work of the Society.


The award is thus made in recognition of the lifetime contribution to criminology of the recipient or recipients.

It is not necessary for candidates for the Distinguished Criminologist Award to be members of the Society.

Current ANZSOC Officers and Committee members are ineligible for the Distinguished Criminologist Award during the term of their office.

Candidates for this Award are not required to make any nomination.

Each year, a panel comprising the current President, immediate Past-President and the two current Vice-Presidents shall compile a short-list of suitable candidates for receipt of the Award. The names of these individuals and brief statements of the grounds for their selection shall be circulated among the Committee of Management, in confidence, for consideration and decision.

The Award is decided by a majority decision of the Committee of Management with the President having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote by the Committee members.

The winner of the Award will be presented with a plaque at the Society’s Annual Conference or otherwise as agreed. The winner will be invited to present the Distinguished Criminologist Lecture at the ANZSOC Annual Conference, which will be published in the Journal of Criminology.

The Distinguished Criminologist will also be awarded the honorary title of Fellow of ANZSOC in accordance with the rules governing Fellows of the Society (see below).

Appropriate financial arrangements that will facilitate the winner’s attendance (and the attendance of one guest, where requested) at the conference and the dinner, at which the presentation of the award will take place, will be at the discretion of the President.

 

Indigenous Justice Award

The Award is presented each year to an Indigenous person, or an Indigenous or Indigenous-led team or organisation, who in the opinion of the selection panel has made an outstanding, significant or sustained contribution to addressing Indigenous justice issues in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand, or both, in one or more of the following areas: teaching, advancing criminological knowledge through research and publications (particularly with Indigenous communities), or justice initiatives that aim to reduce contact with the criminal justice system or lessen the impact the criminal justice system has on Indigenous peoples.

Nominations can be made by any person, team or organisation, including self-nominations.

Nominators and nominees do not need to be members of the Society.

Nominations from Indigenous persons, teams or organisations are particularly encouraged.

Nominations must be sent by email to info@anzsoc.org and shall include:

  • The name of the nominee (individual or team or organisation)
  • A brief statement of the grounds for their nomination
  • A statement from the nominee/s that they accept the nomination.

The selection panel will comprise of between three to five Indigenous voting members and the ANZSOC President (non-voting member). One voting member of the panel will be elected as Chair.

Indigenous voting members will be sought by invitation, drawn from past award recipients, Indigenous community members and/or the ANZSOC Committee of Management First Nations representatives. The ANZSOC President will identify and invite suitable panel members in each of the above categories, ensuring that no award nominees are appointed as panel members.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision of voting members, with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The winner of the Award will be presented with a plaque at the Annual Conference or otherwise as agreed. The winner will be invited to present the Indigenous Justice Lecture at the ANZSOC Annual Conference, which will be published in the Journal of Criminology.

Up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

ANZSOC Fellowship

In 2015, the Rules of ANZSOC were amended by adding a new rule (now Rule 15) that allows for ANZSOC members who have made a substantial academic contribution to ANZSOC to apply for the title of ANZSOC Fellow. The post-nominal for an ANZSOC Fellow is FANZSOC.

The ANZSOC Fellowship is awarded for a substantial academic contribution to ANZSOC that may include, but is not limited to, leadership or conference coordination, ANZSOC publications either as writer or editor, or by way of librarianship or historical recording.

Previous Fellows are eligible to apply in subsequent years if their Fellowship has lapsed.

Nominees must have been financial members of ANZSOC for at least 10 years, which do not have to be consecutive years.

Committee members are eligible to be considered for Fellow status notwithstanding that they are members of the Committee, but they shall absent themselves from any part of any Committee meeting when their nominations are to be considered.

Nominations for the Award must be sent by email to secretary@anzsoc.org and enclose a statement explaining how they have made a substantial academic contribution to ANZSOC that may include, but is not be limited to, leadership or conference coordination, ANZSOC publications either as writer or editor, or by way of librarianship or historical recording.

Nominees must also supply evidence to satisfy all eligibility criteria and provide an electronic copy of their Curriculum Vitae.

The selection of ANZSOC Fellows will be made by a majority decision of the Committee of Management with the President as Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The successful candidate for Fellowship will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference.

Members shall keep their Fellow status while they remain financial members of ANZSOC.

All those who have been honoured with the Distinguished Criminologist Award are automatically designated Fellows.

Current ANZSOC Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal FANZSOC.

Adam Sutton Crime Prevention Award

Dr Adam Sutton (1950-2010)

The Award was established to honour the memory of Dr Adam Sutton BA(Hons)(Sydney), PhD (UNSW) who was appointed Director of the South Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research in 1982 and was also the South Australian representative on the Criminology Research Council and Australian Institute of Criminology Board between 1984 and 1995. In 1992 he became an academic at the University of Melbourne and remained in that role until 2008. In his obituary, Professor Fiona Haines observed that he was ‘a criminologist who bridged the gap between public sector policy-related work and the academic world, eschewing a critical criminology that resulted only in the denunciation of authority, and arguing that the criminologist must work with authorities to develop programs that could be effective in preventing crime’. Adam was editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology in 1988 and was a regular presenter at ANZSOC conferences and events.

Source: Haines, Fiona. 2010. Obituaries: Dr Adam Sutton, 15 June 1950–6 September 2015), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 43(3): 612-615.

This Award is presented for the best publication or report in the area of crime prevention. Nominations are judged according to the extent to which they demonstrate pragmatic and workable solutions to crime problems in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand, that reflect the values of a tolerant and inclusive society, and which are founded in theory and research on crime prevention.

Both sole-authored or edited and jointly authored or edited publications or reports are eligible for the Award. Nominated works may be academic or commercial publications, or reports submitted to (or published by) government agencies, non-governmental bodies or community groups.

Publications must have been published within 18 months of being nominated for the Award. Reports must have been submitted to the relevant agency within 18 months of being nominated for the Award.

Nominations must include a statement in no more than 250 words, that indicates how the publication or report meets the selection criteria.

The selection panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The author or authors of the winning Adam Sutton Crime Prevention Award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

In addition, the winner or winners who are not currently members of the Society will each be entitled to one year’s free membership of the Society.

Allan van Zyl Memorial Award

Dr Allan van Zyl (1954-2012)

The Award was established to honour the memory of Dr Allan van Zyl, MBA, PhD who was an Honorary Fellow at Charles Darwin University, and had been Principal Policy Advisor, Community and Justice Policy in the Department of Justice, Northern Territory, having lived in the Territory for almost 40 years until his death in 2012. He was heavily involved in Indigenous affairs, human rights and detention issues in Australia and one of his legacies is the Cross-Border Justice Scheme for policing in the Northern Territory, Western Australian and South Australian border region which he helped devise and implement. Allan was the Northern Territory representative on the Committee of Management of ANZSOC for over eight years and was instrumental in organising the first ever ANZSOC conference to be held in the Northern Territory, at Alice Springs in September 2010.

Source: Smith, Russell G. and Sarre, Rick. 2016. Obituaries: Dr Allan Van Zyl, PacifiCrim, 10(1): 5.

The Award is presented to an individual resident in the Northern Territory, who, in the opinion of the judges, is most likely to add to, and benefit from, attendance at the ANZSOC Annual Conference.

Nominees for the Allan van Zyl Memorial Award must be a resident of the Northern Territory, and either:

  • an enrolled student of criminology or criminal justice or a related discipline, or
  • employed by Northern Territory Police, Department of Correctional Services Northern Territory, or a Northern Territory Justice Department, or
  • working with a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) in a criminological field.

Nominations should be made by email to the ANZSOC Manager at info@anzsoc.org and must include a one-page Curriculum Vitae and a statement in no more than 250 words, explaining how the nominee could add to, and benefit from, attendance at the ANZSOC Annual Conference.

The selection panel of the Award are the ANZSOC President, the two Vice Presidents, and the current Northern Territory’s representative on the Committee.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the President as Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The winner of the Award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

A proportion of the funding for this Award is provided by agreement with the estate of the late Dr Allan van Zyl.

Allen Austin Bartholomew Award

supported by Sage Publications

Dr Allen Austin Bartholomew (1925-2004)

The Award was established to honour the memory of Dr Allen Bartholomew, MB, BS (London), DPM (London), FRANZCP, FRCPsych, MAPs who was formerly the Psychiatrist Superintendent, at HM Prison, Pentridge, Melbourne and prior to that Medical Officer of the English Prison Commission (HM Prison Brixton) between 1957 and 1959. Dr Bartholomew was a prolific scholar, as well as a respected practitioner, and was instrumental in establishing the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, becoming its Foundation Editor in 1968 and remaining in that role until 1980. He was ANZSOC President from 1978 to 1979.

Source: Bartholomew, Allen A. 1986. Psychiatry, the criminal law and corrections: An exercise in sciolism, Melbourne: Wileman Publications.

The Allen Austin Bartholomew Award, supported by Sage Publications, is presented every year for the best article published in the Journal of Criminology. The Award is made in respect of articles published in the previous year’s editions of the Journal.

It is not necessary for candidates for the Allen Austin Bartholomew Award to be members of the Society.

Candidates for receipt of this Award are not required to make any nomination.

The selection panel is made up of the President of ANZSOC, the New Zealand Vice-President, the Australian Vice-President, one editor of the Journal of Criminology and the winner of the previous year’s award (or one of them by agreement if there was more than one winner in the previous year).

The Award is decided by a majority decision with the President having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The winner will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

In addition, the winner is entitled to receive up to £100 worth of Sage books, shared equally between them if more than one.

Christine M Alder Book Award

Dr Christine M Alder (1950-2015)

The Award was established to honour the memory of Dr Christine Alder, BA in Philosophy (LaTrobe), MSc and PhD in Sociology (Oregon), who made a leading contribution to the development of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand criminology through her pioneering research on gender, crime and justice, drawing international recognition to Australian criminological research in the 1980s and 1990s, her collaboration with practitioners in criminal justice reform and through her work in mentoring future generations of criminologists. She was editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology between 1989 and 1992 and ANZSOC President from 1991 to 1993.

Source: Stewart, Anna and Stenning, Philip. 2016. Obituaries: Dr Christine Alder (1950-2015), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 49(1): 5.

The Christine M Alder Book Award is awarded biennially (odd-numbered years) for an outstanding book which, in the opinion of the selection panel, has made a valuable and outstanding contribution to criminology.

‘Books’ nominated for this Award may be sole or multi-authored, or edited works. They may be commercial publications or book-length monographs or reports.

Nominated books must have been published or released in the preceding two years prior to January 1 of the year of nomination.

At the time of nomination, at least one author or editor of the nominated book must be working or living in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand and must be a financial member of the Society.

All award nominations are to be sent to info@anzsoc.org and include three electronic copies of the work. Where possible, three additional hard copies should be mailed to ANZSOC and a postal address will be provided by the ANZSOC Manager at info@anzsoc.org

Nominations must include either (a) a published review of the book or (b) a supporting statement endorsing the book by an Australian or Aotearoa New Zealand criminologist (or person working in an associated field). If providing a supporting statement, the statement must be no greater than 300 words and include a declaration of any potential conflicts of interest with the book author(s).

The section panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

Each of the authors or editors of the winning Christine M Alder Book Award will be presented with a plaque at the Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Conference to accept the award.

David Biles Correctional Research Award

Professor David Biles OAM (1932-2017)

The Award was established to honour the memory of Professor David Biles OAM, BA, BEd (Melbourne), MA (LaTrobe), DUniv (Honorary)(Charles Sturt) who was foundation Secretary of ANZSOC and President of the Society from 1980 to 1983. He received the Society’s Distinguished Criminologist award in 2014 and died in April 2017 after an extensive career in criminology, particularly concerning correctional education and reform. David had also been a Professorial Associate in Corrections at Charles Sturt University, Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology and Head of Research with the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Source: Sarre, Rick. 2016. Distinguished Criminologist Award 2014: David Biles. PacifiCrim, 12(1): 6.

The David Biles Correctional Research Award is given biennially (even-numbered years) for an outstanding research report in the field of corrections. Nominations are judged according to (a) the quality of the research undertaken (as demonstrated by the appropriate use of theory, the suitability of the methods used and the quality of the analysis performed), and (b) the practical value  of the findings for correctional agencies.

Nominations should identify a sole or multi-authored research report that concerns correctional administration, policy or reform in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand, completed or published in the two years preceding nomination. Nominations can include books, monographs, articles or unpublished papers that present the results of research undertaken substantially in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand.

Nominations must include:

  • An electronic copy of the report or publication and
  • Evidence the report or publication’s date of completion or publication

The section panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The author or authors of the winning David Biles Correctional Research Award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

Helen Farley Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching

Professor Helen Farley (1968-2025)

Helen Farley was the Director of Criminal Justice in the Faculty of Law at the University of Canterbury. She was an extraordinary educator and scholar, who believed deeply in the potentially life-changing impact of education, and is best remembered by the ANZSOC community for her passionate work on higher education in prisons. Helen believed higher education offered unique benefits for people in prison, and she worked tirelessly to advance this, both from within government and within academia. At the University of Canterbury, Helen’s teaching innovation shone and she consistently challenged colleagues to improve the university experience for all. The ANZSOC Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching is named for Helen – herself a recipient of this Award – to honour her tireless work in creating meaningful and lasting change through education.

Source: Mehigan, J. (2026) A Tribute to Helen Farley – ANZSOC, PacifiCrim

The Helen Farley Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching is awarded each year to an individual or a team in a tertiary educational institution who has demonstrated outstanding and innovative teaching of criminology or a related discipline in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand and who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of teaching.

Nominations will be judged against each of the following three criteria:

  1. approaches to teaching and the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn;
  2. development of curricula, resources or services that reflect a command of the field; and
  3. innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience.

 

In judging the Award, the Selection Panel will take the following into consideration: the extent to which claims of excellence are supported by formal and informal evaluation; evidence of creativity, imagination or innovation in both face-to-face and online learning environments; and evidence in the form of the results of student evaluations, references, and teaching materials referred to in the nomination.

Nominees must have been actively teaching in the 12 months prior to their nomination – as verified by the coordinator/convenor of courses/units/subjects in that year.

Teams must be no larger than five.

Previously successful individual Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award winners are eligible to apply as a part of a teaching team and previously successful team Award winners are able to apply as individuals nominees or as part of a different team.

Nominations should include a written statement (of not more than 1,000 words) describing the nominee’s teaching activities and achievements and must address each of the three selection criteria, providing evidence to support their claims. They should also provide a synopsis (of not more than 400 words) that covers the nominee’s teaching area, teaching experience, the particular focus of their teaching, teaching methods and their research/teaching interests.

Where possible, nominations should also include evidence of the results of course and individual teaching evaluation or findings of the evaluation (of not more than two pages) that may include quantitative and qualitative data.

In addition, where appropriate, nominations may provide non-written evidence supporting claims against each of the selection criteria (of not more than three pages) such as photos, examples of teaching instruments and teaching aids, etc.

The selection panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC. The Chair of the panel should, if possible, be a previous award winner, and the two other panel members should be members of faculty/college of a tertiary educational institution

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The winners will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award

Early Career Award

The ANZSOC Early Career Award is given each year for the author or authors of the best publication in criminology (or a related area) written by a member or members of the Society (at the time of nomination) who qualifies as an early career researcher or practitioner.

Nominations will be judged against each of the following four criteria:

  • the relevance of the subject-matter to criminology;
  • the academic quality of the publication;
  • the extent of the author’s contribution to the publication; and
  • the publication’s contribution to scholarship.

Nominations for the Award must be for individuals within five years of the commencement of their career (taking into consideration casual/part-time appointments and career interruptions). The Selection Panel will determine whether this criterion has been met, and their decision will be final.

Nominees must be financial members of ANZSOC at the time of nomination.  

Publications (either a peer reviewed journal article or book chapter) must have been published (appeared in print or electronically for online publications or ahead of print) in the immediately preceding or current calendar year of nomination.

Nominations must include a statement of not more than 400 words that provides a short career overview, relevant to the publication submitted for consideration.

Nominations must indicate the grounds upon which the nominee satisfies the requirement of being an early career researcher or practitioner within five years of the commencement of their career (taking into consideration casual/part-time appointments and career interruptions).

Sole or multi-authored publications may be submitted for the Award. In the case of multi-authored publications, the nomination must indicate the extent of the nominee’s contribution to the publication.

Two eligible authors who have contributed to the same publication to a similar extent may be nominated separately, and if successful, may jointly receive the award.

The selection panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

The winner of the award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, and up to $1,500 will be made available to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

Undergraduate Student Paper Award

The Undergraduate Student Paper Award is awarded each year to one Australian and one Aotearoa New Zealand undergraduate student for the best papers in criminology (or a related area).

Papers will be judged on the clarity and structure of the paper, use of empirical literature, coherence of argument and quality of writing.

Papers submitted for the Undergraduate Student Paper Award are to be written by the nominee as sole author who was an undergraduate student at the time the paper was written.

Papers must be under 3,000 words (excluding references). Papers must have been submitted for examination between 1 January and 31 December of the previous year, as part of an undergraduate coursework program.

Nominees must be financial members of ANZSOC at the time of their nomination.

Nominations must enclose:

  • An electronic copy of the nominated paper.
  • Nominations must also be supported by the nominee’s course convenor/coordinator who shall write no more than 100 words in support of the nomination, including a statement of AI compliance policies relevant to their university to provide evidence that artificial intelligence has not been used substantially to write the paper.

 

Only one nomination may be submitted in respect of a paper written by a student enrolled in a course at any one University Faculty or Department in each country.

The section panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair.

The same panel will judge both nominations from Australia and from Aotearoa New Zealand but at least one panel member must be working or living in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

Each winner of the Undergraduate Student Paper Award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, a one-year student membership to ANZSOC and up to $1,500 will be made available for each winner to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

Best Honours or Masters Thesis in Criminology Award

The Best Honours or Masters Thesis Award is awarded each year to one Australian and one Aotearoa New Zealand Honours or Masters student.

The Award will be given for the thesis judged by the selection panel as making the most significant contribution to criminological knowledge.

To be eligible for nomination of this Award, each nominee must:

  1. be enrolled in a criminology program leading to the award of a degree of Bachelor with Honours or a Masters Degree in Criminology and/or Criminal Justice (with a thesis component);
  2. achieve the highest mark for the thesis within that program; and
  3. have their results ratified by the appropriate higher education Board of Examiners.

 

Theses must have been submitted for examination between 1 January and 31 December of the previous year.

Nominees must be financial members of ANZSOC at the time of being nominated.

Nominations must enclose an electronic copy of the nominated thesis.

Each nominee for the Best Honours or Masters Thesis in Criminology Award must also be supported by the Honours or Masters convenor of their program, who shall write no more than 100 words in support of the application.

Only one nomination may be submitted from any one University Faculty or Department in each country.

The section panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair. At least one panel member must be working or living in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an  additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

Each winner of the Best Honours or Masters Thesis in Criminology Award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, a one-year membership to ANZSOC and up to $1,500 will be made available for each winner to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

PhD Candidate Award - Journal article publication

The PhD Candidate Award is given each year to one Australian and one Aotearoa New Zealand PhD candidate for the best sole or lead-authored paper (published or unpublished) in criminology written by an enrolled PhD candidate (either full-time or part-time) in each country.

Criteria to be taken into account by the selection panel are:

  • the relevance of the subject-matter to criminology;
  • the academic quality of the paper; and,
  • the paper’s contribution to the nominee’s field of scholarship and criminology more broadly.

Papers can be theoretical, methodological, empirical or applied, and must be:

  • written during the nominee’s PhD candidature (nominees who have since graduated will still be eligible as long as the paper was written prior to conferral); and
  • written between 1 January and 31 December of the previous calendar year; and
  • no longer than 8,000 words (excluding references).

 

Nominees must be financial members of ANZSOC at the time of their nomination.

Nominations for the Award must enclose the following:

  • An electronic copy of the nominated journal article; and
  • In the case of a multi-authored paper, a statement of the candidate’s contribution including their contribution to the development of the article; and
  • A statement of the article’s contribution to their field of scholarship and criminology more broadly (max 300 words); and
  • A statement of AI compliance policies relevant to their university to provide evidence that artificial intelligence has not been used substantially to write the nominated journal article.

The section panel will comprise three individuals chosen by the President of ANZSOC, one of whom will be elected as Chair. At least one panel member must be working or living in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Award will be decided by a majority decision with the Chair having an additional deciding vote in the event of an equal vote.

 

Each winner of the PhD Candidate Award will be presented with a plaque at the next Annual Conference, a one-year student membership to ANZSOC and up to $1,500 will be made available for each winner to support attendance at the Annual Conference to accept the award.

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