The Stockholm Prize in Criminology lauds Elijah Anderson , USA, for his observations and analyzes of mechanisms behind violence in socially, economically and ethnically segregated areas that have greatly contributed to our understanding of how different types of social interactions among young people lead to violence.
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology lauds Francis Cullen and Peggy Giordano , USA, for their theoretical and policy research showing the effectiveness of offender rehabilitation strategies.
The research conducted by Stockholm Criminology laureate, Elijah Anderson , has considerably improved our understanding of the dynamics of interactions among young men and women that lead to violence, even among good friends.
His years of immersion in street life in Chicago and Philadelphia provide a social microscope for understanding the consequences of prejudice and blocked opportunities through the eyes of people growing up in those areas.
His widely-acclaimed books have attracted a wide readership and substantial scholarly influence, as his work has become a key link in the chaining of understanding high rates of violence in specific neighborhoods. His analysis of the processes by which each man maintained his social status in the eyes of the others revealed a complex social order that was regulated in part by violence.
