Subject: Vollmer Award
From: Marty Schwartz (schwartz@ohio.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2000 - 16:01:20 CST
Folks --
I am a member of the August Vollmer Award Committee of the ASC, which is
seeking nominations for the award. At last count, there was only one
nomination, and more are welcomed. Please send them to me ASAP, preferably
with a paragraph or two explaining why your nominee meets the award
criteria. I have attached here about as much of a description of the award
as you are going to get, and perhaps more helpfully a list of previous
winners. Committee chair Jim Fyfe has made a few comments on the winners
who are perhaps less well known than others (although, anyone know who
Patricia Wald is?).. If you note a slight conservative or establishment
bias to these previous choices, you win no prizes. You will note some
feminist and African-American support in recent years, however.
Marty Schwartz
Schwartz@ohio.edu
AUGUST VOLLMER AWARD, which recognizes outstanding contributions to applied
criminology (criminological practice or policy). The award may be given for a
single major effort or work, a series of contributions, or accumulated
contributions to practice of policy.
AUGUST VOLLMER AWARD
(established 1960)
1960 Marvin E. Wolfgang
1961 Sheldon/Eleanor Glueck
1962 James Bennett
1963 Austin MacCormick
1964 Hon. J. Adrien Robert
1965 no award given
1966 Judge George Edwards former Detroit Police Commissioner;
heroic (in my view) judge of the 6th Circuit
1967 Howard Leary NYC Police Commissioner who championed civilian review
(the Serpico scandals were happening
and being concealed on his watch when he got this award)
1968 Myrl Alexander
1969 Hon. Joseph Tydings Maryland Senator
1970 Milton Rector
1971 no award given
1972 Jerome Skolnick
1973 E. Preston Sharp
1974 Patrick Murphy NYPD Commissioner: the reformer who followed Leary
Sol Rubin
1975 Herbert Sturz Founder of Vera Institute
1976 Patricia Wald
1977 Richard A. McGee
1978 Judge David Bazelon DC Circuit Court
1979 Norval Morris
1980 Gerhard O.W. Mueller
1981 Vincent O'Leary
1982 Don M. Gottfredson
1983 no award given
1984 Benjamin Ward NYPD Commissioner
1985 John Keith Irwin
1986 Anthony G. Amsterdam NYU Law Professor
1987 Jerome G. Miller
1988 Lee Brown Houston Police Chief, now Mayor
1989 Allen Breed
1990 Daniel Glaser
1991 Caleb Foote UC Berkeley: bail scholar
1992 James K. Stewart NIJ Director
1993 Barry Krisberg NCCD Director
1994 Joan Petersilia
1995 Russell and Rebecca Dobash
1996 Elizabeth Stanko
1997 Hugo Adam Bedau
1998 Peter W. Greenwood
1999 J. David Hawkins
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