Two Criminology graduate students winners of JCJR Student Paper Competition

Amanda Couture and Marie Polgar, Master of Arts in Criminology students, were recently named winners of the Journal of Criminal Justice Research (JCJR) 2010 Student Paper Competition. Only two awards were provided for the Graduate Student category.

Couture's paper is titled Immigrant and Non-immigrant Dating Relationships: Recognizing Multiple Identities and Power in Abuse Perpetration while Polgar authored Representations and Misconceptions of Child Sexual Abuse in the Media.

The competition is open to domestic and international undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled at a college or university. Papers submitted for the competition are reviewed by the JCJR and judged on overall significance, research contribution, integration of theory, integration of scientific literature, methodological contribution and quality of writing.

Winning papers will be published on the JCJR Student Outreach programs webpage. Authors may submit their papers for official peer-review for publication consideration in future publications of the JCJR.

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