Published
2022-06-21Updated
2023-04-11The 2021 prize was awarded to Professor Elijah Anderson for his long-standing study of ethnicity, class and the condition of the individual in urban environments. The 2022 prize was awarded to Professors Peggy Giordano (absent) and Francis Cullen for research on the role of rehabilitation in reducing recidivism. The winners are selected by an international jury.
At the award ceremony, the laureates briefly presented their research and Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson spoke about the relevance of research to the development of society.
About the winners
Elijah Anderson is Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University, where he teaches and directs the Urban Ethnography Project. Born in 1943 in Missouri, he received his B.A. from Indiana University Bloomington, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Francis T. Cullen is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati's School of Criminal Justice. Born in Boston in 1951, he received a B.A. from Bridgewater State College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati since 1982. He has served as president of both the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the American Society of Criminology. He received the ASC's Sutherland Award in 2010 and has served as editor of both the Justice Quarterly and the Journal of Crime and Justice.
Peggy C. Giordano is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Bowling Green State University, where she has taught since 1974. She holds her degrees in sociology, B.A. from the University of Missouri, M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Her research has focused on the problem behaviors of adolescents and young adults, particularly juvenile delinquency and domestic violence.
About the award
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is an international prize awarded annually. It is sponsored by the Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation, established by the Swedish government and the Torsten Söderberg Foundation. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2006. Some international organizations also make important contributions to the prize.
It is awarded for outstanding achievements in criminological research or for the practical application of research findings in the field of law enforcement and the promotion of human rights. The independent international jury is chaired by Professors Lawrence W. Sherman and Jerzy Sarnecki. The award ceremony is usually held at Stockholm City Hall in conjunction with the Stockholm Criminology Symposium organized by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå).
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation and the prize
