Bates College Department of Sociology Annual Sawyer F. Sylvester Award for Outstanding Crime and Law Paper.

Lucy Batres Rodriguez ’26	“Por mi familia: Crimmigration Policies and Family Dynamics Among Latinx Students at Bates College”
Chase Conrad ’26	“Consuming Crime: Media Engagement and the Formation of Justice Attitudes”
Bella Saul ’26	“Health and Disability Issues in Policing: Synthesizing the Literature”

Awarded 2025

Graham Spurrell ’26

“Criminalization of American Students via Protect Policy”

Awarded 2024

Lily Houser ’25

“An Integrated Biopsychosocial Strain Theory Approach to the Gender Crime Gap”

Awarded 2023

Becca Zimmerman ’23

“Diversity and inclusion training: The solution to the current bias in policing”

Awarded 2022

Alex Togneri-Jones ’22

“Biosocial Effects of Pollution on Desistance”

Awarded 2021

Mary Corcoran ’21

“Variation in School Resource Officer Roles: Does Racial Composition of the Student Body Impact SRO role?”

Awarded 2020

Madeline Clark ’20

“Power and Privilege: How Marginalization Impacts the Attainment of Prosocial Identities”

Awarded 2019

Abigail Nolan ’19

“‘Without Education in a Place That is So Literally Boxes In, It’s Easy to Simply Stagnate:’ Student-Inmate Attitudes Towards College Education in a Maine Prison”

Awarded 2018

Louisa Woodhouse ’19

“Mental Illness and Mass Shootings: The Development of Media Framing and Discussion”

Awarded 2017

Lisa Slivken ’18

“Experiences of Residential Rehabilitation among Female Drug Offenders and Sex Workers: A Qualitative Analysis”

Awarded 2016

Emma Bilodeau ’16	“Brown v. Board of Education Today: Failed Promises in a Re-Segredated America”
Ali Rabideau ’17	“Building Relationships, Building Trust: Crime Patterns and Police Responses in Communities Welcoming Refugees”