Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology

Policing Thematic Group – Outstanding Research Paper Award / Outstanding Collective Body of Research Award

On behalf of the Policing Thematic Group ‘Executive’ and The Policing Thematic Group ‘Awards Judging Panel’ it gives us great pleasure to announce the following winners for 2023:

Outstanding Policing Research – Paper Award

Matthew M. Morgan – Contradictions Between Community-Oriented Police Training and Paramilitary Police Training: Implications for Police Recruit Mental Health Response Training

Outstanding Policing Research – Collective Body of Research Award

Rylan Simpson and Elise Sargeant – Contextualising Officer Appearance: Examining Perceptions of Police Uniforms and Accoutrements among Citizens and Police Officers in Queensland, Australia

We would like to thank all the nominees. All the nominations were excellent and of outstanding quality – each being a testament to the hard work and high-quality research that our members produce.

PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS!