MCJA STUDENT PAPER AWARDS

Student paper awards recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research. Eligibility is limited to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at the time of the annual conference in September. Papers written with faculty are not eligible for this award. Students should submit their entries between July 15th and August 1st, 2020, and the winner in each division will be announced during the General Business Meeting at the annual conference.  To learn more about the Undergraduate and Graduate Student Paper Competition, please click here. ​

2019 Outstanding Paper Awards

Outstanding Graduate Student ​Paper
​Winner

​Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
​Honorable Mentions
​Judicial and Prosecutorial Decision Making: Assessing the Effects of Race, Gender, and Age on Federal Downward Sentencing Departures, 2013-2016
Bryan Holmes
School of Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati 

​The Effect of Underage Internal Possession Laws: A Matched Pair Examination
​David Abad
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan Statue University
Examining the Effect of Government Memoranda on the Signing of 
Organizational Agreement
Emily Homer
Department of Criminal Justice
University of Louisville

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​2013

Outstanding Graduate Paper

​Daniel Abad and Matthew G.  Almanza
Michigan State University
A Modified Approach to In-School Victimization, Authoritative School Climate, and Student Feelings of Safety
Yongjae Nam
Michigan State University
A Study of the Moderating Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between ​Domestic Violence, School Violence, and Dating Violence among College Students
Alicia Jurek
Sam Houston State University
Correctional Institutions as Organizations and Their Influence on Inmate Assaults​
Alicia Jurek
Sam Houston State University
Police Agency Response to Human Trafficking
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LeAnn Cabage
Iowa State University
Incarcerated Veterans, their Crimes, and Length of Sentence: A Comparison of State and Federal Inmates by Gender
Michael Deckard
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Reducing Violent Firearm Crime Through Targeted Police Patrol: Assessing the Efficacy of Specific Enforcement Mechanisms  
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Outstanding Undergraduate Paper


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​Kendra Zipperer
Lakeland University
Sexual Assaults on College Campuses: The Overlooked Problem


Rachael L. Falgout
Sam Houston State University
Police Chiefs' Tolerance of Officer Misconduct: An Empirical Inquiry
Michaela Otto
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Women in Law Enforcement: An Examination of Female Interest in Policing ​
Huda Zaidi
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
A Textual Analysis of Fratricide Cases in the Quran

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David Fountain
Iowa State University
The Extension of the Sixth Amendment and Proving
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
 
Derek Brown
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 
The Effects of Lineup Instructions on Eyewitness Accuracy 

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