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ACCCJ Awards

ACCCJ recognizes superior academic and professional achievement and grants a number of awards to both full members and student members on an annual basis. Check out the full awards list below. 

2024 Awards List

ACCCJ Outstanding Paper Award

Education Fever and Adolescent Deviance in China

by Wan Huang (East China University of Science and Technology), Xiaojin Chen (Tulane University), and Yuning Wu (Wayne State University)


Wan Huang, PhD, an Assistant Professor at the School of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Science and Technology. She conducts research on crime/deviance, victimization, and mental health to understand the human condition in the process of migration, family formation, and mediatization.

Ivan Sun Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award

Dr. Kai Lin

University of Technology Sydney

Dr. Kai Lin received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware in 2018, and is currently Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Dr. Lin conducts research on multiple criminological areas, including the social and cultural etiology of interpersonal violence, policing policy and practice, and international and comparative criminology and criminal justice. More recently, his research has been focused on the cyber domain, examining issues such as cyber violence and image-based abuse facilitated by emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. His research focuses on offending and victimization (from homicide and intimate partner violence to juvenile delinquency) among the general population in Australia, the US as well as China, as well as in vulnerable populations such as young people, the LGBTIQ+ (i.e., queer criminology and victimology) as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. His scholarly publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Crime & Delinquency, Asian Journal of Criminology, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Journal of School Violence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Policing & Society etc.

Meet the Donor

We want to recognize and express our gratitude toward our generous donor, Dr. Ivan Sun, University of Delaware, for contributing to our mission and supporting junior scholars in the field of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award

Shujing Shi

University of Cambridge

Shujing Shi is a PhD candidate at the Instituteof Criminology, University of Cambridge. She holds an M.Sc. in Criminology fromthe University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Criminology from DurhamUniversity. Her PhD research focuses on organised crime and drug markets, withan emphasis on the group dynamics and operational mechanisms of organised drugtrafficking networks. In addition, her broader academic interests include drugpolicy, evidence-based policing and community corrections. 

Xinyi Situ

University of Maryland

Xinyi (Sammy) Situ has served on the ACCCJ Election Committee from 2021 to 2023.

Xinyi (Sammy) Situ is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests include urban mobility, neighborhood and policing, race/ethnicity, and juvenile delinquency.

Meet the Donor

We want to recognize and express our gratitude toward our generous donor, Dr. Hong Lu, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for contributing to our mission and recognizing students’ leadership and service to ACCCJ.

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