2026
Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award
Xiaojin Chen, Tulane University
Left-behind Children: Parenting, Caretaking, and Struggles
Peng Wang, The University of Hong Kong
Wanlin Lin, Sun Yat-sen University
Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China
Jianhong Liu Outstanding Paper Award
Zhang Yan, Australian National University
Dancing With Restorative Justice: Chinese Legal Professionals and Their Motivational Postures
Shuai Wei, University of Southampton
Su Jiang, Peking University
Fan Pan, The University of Hong Kong
Dissecting cross-border bride trafficking to China: a crime script analysis approach
Ivan Sun Young Scholar Outstanding Research Award
LO Tzu-Ying Michelle, St. John’s University
President’s Service Award
Honorable Mention: Vincent Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Dixin Li, University of Maryland
Guyu Sun, University of Maryland
Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award
Ken Chen, The University of Hong Kong
Qingyang Hong, University of Nevada
ACCCJ Student Travel Award
Wei-Gin Lee, George Mason University
Tzu-Hao Wu, Georgia State University
Wenyi Wang, University of Texas at Dallas
2025
Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award
Amy Adamczyk, City University of New York
Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion
Bin Liang, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
Jianhong Liu, Macau University of Science and Technology
Chinese Netizens’ Opinions on Death Sentences: An Empirical Examination
Jianhong Liu Outstanding Paper Award
Wanlin Lin, Sun Yat-sen University
Peng Wang, The University of Hong Kong
The Social Order of Illegal Markets in Cyberspace: Extralegal Governance and Online Gambling in China
Ivan Sun Young Scholar Outstanding Research Award
Xinting Wang, Henan University
Shuai Wei, University of Liverpool
President’s Service Award
Hong Lu, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Honorable Mentions:
Chenghui Zhang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Shuai Wei, University of Liverpool.
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Bo Zhang, Bangor University
Exploring Situational Triggers of Intimate Partner Femicide within the Ecological Framework: Evidence from Married Females in China
ACCCJ Student Travel Award
Guyu Sun, University of Maryland, College Park
Stephanie Ha, University of Delaware
Yi-Syuan (Ethan) Jian, University of Delaware
2024
Ivan Sun Young Scholar Outstanding Research Award
Kai Lin, University of Technology Sydney
ACCCJ Outstanding Paper Award
Wan Huang, East China University of Science and Technology
Xiaojin Chen, Tulane University
Yuning Wu, Wayne State University
“Education Fever and Adolescent Deviance in China”
Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award
Shujing Shi, University of Cambridge
Xinyi Situ, University of Maryland
ACCCJ Student Travel Award
Shujing Shi, University of Cambridge
Kehui Wu, University of Macau
Chia-Hung Lin, Sam Houston State University
*Rewards Not Given:
President’s Service Award
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award
2023
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Fan Pan, University of Hong Kong
The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime in China: A Socio-Spatial Perspective
2022
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Xiaoshuang “Iris” Luo, University of California, Irvine
An Empirical Test of Procedural Fairness, Legitimacy and Public Cooperation with the Police in China
2020
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Yunran Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Control, peer effects, and normalization of recreational drug use in China: Gender as a moderator
2019
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Shuai Wei, University of Cambridge
Gendered Justice in China: Victim-Offender Mediation as the “Different Voice” of Female Judges
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award Honorable Mention
Weidi Liu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Situational Action Theory and School Bullying: A Case in the Far East
2018
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Tobias Smith, University of California, Berkeley
Partial Disclosure: Secrecy and Transparency in Chinese Death Penalty Decisions
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award Honorable Mention
Xiaoshuang Luo, University of California, Irvine
Gender and Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization: A Comparison of American and Chinese College Students
2017
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Brandie Pugh & Luye Li, University of Delaware
Understanding of Why Women Stay in Physically Abusive Relationships: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American College Students
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Yan Zhang, The Australia National University
Police Discretion and Restorative Justice in China: Stories from the Street-level Police
*Two awards were given this year.
2016
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Lin Liu, University of Delaware
Police officers’ attitudes toward citizens in China
2015
Award was not given.
2014
Shanhe Jiang Outstanding Student Paper Award
Luye Li, University of Delaware
Tolerance of Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Students’ Attitudes