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Dr. Jaclyn Cwick receives the CSCE's Distinguished Early Career Scholar Award
Dr. Jacklyn Cwick, assistant professor of criminal justice, has received the Distinguished Early Career Scholar Award from GVSU’s Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence. Since joining the faculty in 2016, Dr. Cwick has publishing two peer-reviewed journal articles in top-tiered journals, produced two notable book chapters, a technical report, and presented at five national conferences, including the American Society of Criminology and the Western Society of Criminology.
Dr. Cwick is studying the impact of neighborhood characteristics on crime and recidivism. Her biggest contribution to the field, thus far, is demonstrating that deleterious effects of incarceration primarily working to further dismantle disadvantaged communities, contributing to harmful impacts to the neighborhood economy, education, job markets, marriage markets, family disruption, and reductions in child supervision. In addition, these consequences are also gendered and highly concentrated among women residents who make up the majority of those who are 'left behind,' while the majority of those who cycle in and out of prison are men.
Her colleague, Dr. Christopher Kierkus endorsed her nomination:
"[Dr. Cwick] is extraordinarily generous with her time, and expertise as a scholar, researcher, and teacher. Hence, while it is accurate to say that she has made important, significant, and well recognized, contributions to our discipline through her formal scholarly work, it is equally accurate to say that Jacki's efforts make her students and colleagues in the School of Criminal Justice (and beyond) better scholars and professionals. Consequently, her contributions as a new scholar go far beyond the formal manuscripts on which her name appears."
Interest Area(s)
Criminal Justice
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