In early 2023 the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy editorial team established the Rosa del Olmo Prize to be awarded biennially for the article(s) that, in the editors’ opinion and based on the recommendations of a panel of experts, most contributes to innovative thinking in the development of criminology beyond Western scripts.
The International Journal for Crime, Justice, and Social Democracy congratulate:
KuoRay Mao and Zhong Zhao, who receive the Rosa del Olmo Prize for their article:
Authoritarian Environmentalism and Epistemological Violence: A Southern Green Criminology Analysis of the 2014 Lanzhou Water Crisis and the Belt and Road Initiative Expansion into the Global Water Sector, 12(4), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2948
The winner was announced with the release of the latest issue (Volume 14[4] 2025). A special introductory essay about the Prize and the winner is included in this issue https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.4375
A short list of eligible articles was compiled to include full articles published between July 2023 and July 2025 that best exemplified a review of criminology outside of traditional Global North perspectives (a total of 59 articles). Judges were selected from the current editorial board by Co-Chief Editor Dr David Goyes. The Journal thanks the judges for their perspectives in this valuable initiative:
Marya Al-Hindi (inaugural winner of the prize in 2023), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Avi Brisman, Eastern Kentucky University, United States
Laura Gutiérrez, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Annette Hübschle, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Omar Phoenix Khan, University of Bath, United Kingdom
All members of the judging panel were invited to nominate three eligible papers in order of merit.
The International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy is an open access, peer reviewed journal that seeks to publish critical research about common challenges confronting criminal justice systems around the world. The Journal publishes four issues per year, has no APCs and uses Creative Commons to licence articles – making criminology research accessible to all.
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John Scott and David Rodríguez Goyes (Chief Editors); Rowena Maguire (Editor); Avi Brisman (Book Editor); Marília de Nardin Budó (Book Editor), and Tracy Creagh (Journal Manager)
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