Michael J. Hindelang Award

Michael J. Hindelang Award
DescriptionAwarded to books published in the three previous years that make the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Society of Criminology

The Michael J. Hindelang Award is an award, established in 1992, that is awarded annually by the American Society of Criminology to books published in the three previous years, that are deemed to make "the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology." A book is only eligible to win the award if a member of the Society nominates it.[1]

Recipients

YearBook TitleAuthor(s)
2025Fester: Carceral Permeability and California’s COVID-19 Correctional DisasterHadar Aviram and Chad Goerzen[2]
2024In This Place Called Prison: Women's Religious Life in the Shadow of PunishmentRachel Ellis[3]
2023Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass IncarcerationReuben Jonathan Miller
2022Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of PolicingSarah Brayne
2021Digital Punishment: Privacy, Stigma, and the Harms of Data-Driven Criminal JusticeSarah E. Lageson
2020The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of RedemptionNikki Jones[4]
2019Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid RowForrest Stuart
2018Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American PoliticsMarie Gottschalk
2017Hard Bargains: The Coercive Power of Drug Laws in Federal CourtsMona Lynch[5]
2016Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban YouthJamie Fader
2015America’s Safest City: Delinquency and Modernity in SuburbiaSimon Singer
2014Great American CityRobert J. Sampson
2013The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy and Juvenile JusticeGeoff Ward[6]
2012Peculiar institutionDavid Garland[7]
2011American HomicideRandolph Roth
2010Governing Through CrimeJonathan Simon[8]
2009Darfur and the Crime of GenocideJohn L. Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond
2008Punishment and Inequality in AmericaBruce Western
2007Judging JuvenilesAaron Kupchik
2006Confessions of a Dying ThiefDarrell Steffensmeier and Jeffery Ulmer
2005Companions in CrimeMark Warr
2004Shared Beginnings, Divergent LivesJohn Laub & Robert Sampson
2003Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental PerspectiveTerence Thornberry, Marvin Krohn, Alan Lizotte, Carolyn Smith, and Kimberly Tobin
2002Bad KidsBarry Feld
2001Making GoodShadd Maruna
2000Crime in ContextIan Taylor
1999Political PolicingMartha K. Huggins
1998Mean StreetsBill McCarthy and John Hagan
1997Control BalanceCharles R. Tittle
1996No award given
1995Gender, Crime, and PunishmentKathleen Daly
1994Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through LifeRobert J. Sampson and John H. Laub
1993Point Blank: Guns and Violence in AmericaGary Kleck
1992Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile JusticeMeda Chesney-Lind and Randall G. Shelden
1991Crime, Shame, and ReintegrationJohn Braithwaite

References

  1. ↑ "Nominations Sought for 2016 Michael J. Hindelang Award". American Society of Criminology. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Lucas-Frith, Amanda (2025-10-07). "UC Law SF Prof. Hadar Aviram Honored with National Criminology Book Award". UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings). Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Rachel Ellis wins 2024 ASC Hindelang Outstanding Book award | CCJS l Criminology and Criminal Justice Department l University of Maryland". ccjs.umd.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  4. ↑ "African American Studies Professor Wins National Award for Criminology Research". Letters & Science. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  5. ↑ "Two faculty win criminology awards | Online Master of Advanced Study in Criminology, Law and Society". clsmas.soceco.uci.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Book Award for Geoff Ward | Criminology, Law and Society". cls.soceco.uci.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  7. ↑ "David Garland to be honored twice by American Society of Criminology | NYU School of Law". www.law.nyu.edu. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Simon '87 Wins National Award for Criminology Research". UC Berkeley Law. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2026-05-23.