Tom Castellano Award 

Melissa Winston Burek, Ph.D.  
​Bowling Green State University 
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Student Paper Competition 

Graduate Student Paper Award Recipient 

Alicia Jurek
​Sam Houston State University ​
Police Agency Response to Human Trafficking

Undergraduate Paper Award Recipient 

Michaela Otto
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 
Women in Law Enforcement: An Examination of Female Interest in Policing  

Student Paper Participation  

Katherine Baggaley
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
‘I was there’ and ‘It happened to me’: An Archival Exploration of the Social Organization
​of  Killing by Military Police Officers and Combat Soldiers, 1976-1987

Roger J. Chin
Claremont Graduate University
Policing for a New Generation: Racial Inequalities, Crime Prevention, and Community Relations

 Clayton T. Cottle
Illinois State University
  The Influence of Employment Status and Education on Recidivism:
​A Case Study of the Piatt County Probation Department

 Joanna L. Thompson
University of Illinois at Chicago
  MIXEDconceptions: A Theoretical Expansion of Mixed-Race College Students and Interpersonal Violence

 Huda Zaidi
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
 A Case Study on the Koschman Homicide Investigation: Examining the Editorial
Powers of the Police in the Creation of Disingenuous Police Records

Student Paper Competition Judges 

Stephanie K. Boys, Ph.D.
Indiana University 

Benjamin R. Gibbs, Ph.D.
Ball State University 

David Jones, Ph.D. 
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 

Jason Spraitz. Ph.D. 
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire 

Kiesha Warren-Gordon, Ph.D. 
Ball State University