Dr. Kutnjak Receives ACJS Award

January 12, 2022

Dr. Sanja Kutnjak has received the Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section for co-authoring the book Police Integrity in South Africa. The Outstanding Book award is awarded to authors whose published works impact the field of international or comparative crime or justice.

Dr. Kutnjak and Adri Sauerman will be presented the award at the ACJS Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

Congratulations, Dr. Kutnjak!

Sanja Kutnjak Ivković is Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. She holds a doctorate in criminology (Ph.D., University of Delaware) and a doctorate in law (S.J.D., Harvard University). Dr. Kutnjak Ivković is currently serving as Chair of the American Society of Criminology International Division. Dr. Kutnjak Ivković has served as Vice Chair (2009-2011) and Chair (2011-2013) of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section and is a co-founder and co-chair of the Law and Society Association Collaborative Research Network on Lay Participation. Dr. Kutnjak Ivković received the 2017 Mueller Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Criminal Justice, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section. Her research focuses on comparative and international criminology, criminal justice, and law. Dr. Kutnjak Ivković is the author of Reclaiming Justice: The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Local Courts (Oxford University Press, 2011; co-authored with John Hagan), Enhancing Police Integrity (Springer, 2006; co-authored with Carl Klockars and Maria R. Haberfeld), The Fallen Blue Knights: Controlling Police Corruption (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Lay Participation in Criminal Trials (Austin & Winfield, 1999). Dr. Kutnjak Ivković is also an editor of Measuring Police Integrity (Springer, 2015; co-edited with Maria H. Haberfeld) and Contours of Police Integrity (Sage, 2004; co-edited with Carl Klockars and Maria R. Haberfeld). Her book Reclaiming Justice: The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Local Courts, co-authored with John Hagan, won the 2014 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section Book Award. The Contours of Police Integrity book received the American Society of Criminology International Division Honorable Mention. Her work has appeared in leading academic and law journals such as the Law and Society Review; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; Criminology and Public Policy; Law and Policy; Stanford Journal of International Law; Cornell International Law Journal; Crime, Law, and Social Change; European Journal of Criminology; Policing and Society; Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management; Police Quarterly.