ILSSC graduate student Christopher Contreras was awarded first prize in the the Society for the Study of Social Problems Student Paper Competition in the Drinking and Drugs Division I. This is an excellent accomplishment that recognizes the excellence of his paper, “Neighborhood and Health: Assessing ‘Neighborhood Effects’ on Accidental Drug Deaths.” Congrats Christopher!
Furthermore, Christopher received the Ruth D. Peterson and Lauren J. Krivo Graduate Student Scholar Award from the Division of Communities and Place (DCP) for the best student paper. He received this honor for yet another paper: the article he lead-authored “Drugs, Crime, Space, and Time: A Spatiotemporal Examination of Drug Activity and Crime Rates” that was published in the journal Justice Quarterly. Congrats AGAIN, Christopher!