Awards are not active for the 2025 cycle. DHDC members will be notified once awards are formally established and are applicable for submissions and/or nominations.
Best Paper Award
This award recognizes a paper that has made a significant, interdisciplinary contribution to scholarly knowledge on health and/or disability criminology. The paper under consideration must have been published within the last 2 years.
Early Career Award
This award recognizes an individual–practitioner or academic–who has made a significant contribution to scholarly knowledge on health and/or disability criminology in their early career. Early career is defined as no greater than 6 years after receiving the Ph.D. degree or similar graduate degree, or who has not yet been tenured.
Distinguished Scholar Award
This award recognizes an individual–practitioner or academic–who has made a significant contribution to scholarly knowledge on health and/or disability criminology across their career (defined as 10+ years after receiving their Ph.D. degree or similar graduate degree).
Student Paper Award
This award recognizes an exceptional paper by a current graduate student in the fi eld of health and disability criminology. The student must be the lead or solo author on the paper. A completed dissertation chapter is also an acceptable submission. This award comes with a cash prize to offset travel costs to accept their award.