Congratulations to Iris, Justin, and Rebecca for passing their comprehensive exams in Criminology, Law & Society!
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Graduate student Iris Luo wins awards!
ILSSC graduate student Xiaoshuang(Iris) Luob was awarded first prize in the 2021 Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award, Association of Chinese
Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States (ACCCJ). She received the award for her paper “An Empirical Test of Procedural Fairness, Legitimacy and Public Cooperation with the Police in China”. Congrats Iris!
Furthermore, Iris also received two more awards. She received the 2021 Spring Student Professional Development Award, Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice (ADPCCJ) for $1,000. And she received the 2021 Long US-China Institute Graduate Student Research Grant, UCI for $1,000. Congrats again, Iris!
Co-Director Charis Kubrin Elected Member of the Council on Criminal Justice
Co-Director Charis Kubrin was recently elected a member of the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), an independent, nonpartisan organization that works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all. CCJ is a catalyst for progress based on facts, evidence and fundamental principles of justice. Learn more at: https://counciloncj.org/
Graduate Student Christopher Contreras wins best student paper award, TWICE!
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!
Lab member Christopher Contreras joins University of Massachusetts, Boston
We’re all super proud of lab member Christopher Contreras, who is receiving his Ph.D. in 2021 from the Department of Criminology, Law & Society and will be an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Christopher studies neighborhood disorder, drugs and crime, public policy, and the community context of crime. In his time at ILSSC he has received numerous awards, including the 2020 Gene Carte Award for best student paper in the American Society of Criminology, the best student paper from Society for the Study of Social Problems Drinking and Drugs Division I, and 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. Congrats Christopher! See all of our lab alumni here: https://ilssc.soceco.uci.edu/lab-members/#gradalum1