Rosa del Olmo Prize

The Rosa del Olmo Prize is awarded biennially for the IJCJSD 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 prize commemorates the work of Venezuelan critical criminologist Rosa del Olmo (1937-2000), whose contributions are only recently being rediscovered by criminologists worldwide. Professor Rosa del Olmo was "a leading figure in the world of left-wing criminology. Pioneer of critical criminology in Latin America, feminist and inexhaustible social fighter and one of the most well-versed criminologists in the socio-political and economic analysis of drug trafficking" (Padilla, 2016). Among others, del Olmo published in 1975, Limitations for the prevention of violence: The Latin American reality and its criminological theory, which for Shank and Dod (1987: iii) was a significant paper in the development of 'Latin American Critical Criminology'. Around a decade later, del Olmo published her pathbreaking (1987) article, Aerobiology and the war on drugs, which appeared in a special issue of Crime and Social Justice (see South, N. (2023) Revisiting Rosa: Eco-bio-genocide, drug wars and southern green criminology). 

Prize inclusive of published articles 1st of July 2021 – 1st of July 2023 – announced late 2023

Rules for award of the prize

  1. The prize will be awarded to the paper judged by the panel to be the best published in the relevant volumes of the IJCJSD. It is awarded every two years. 
  2. Symposia or parts of symposia, replies or rejoinders, research notes and book reviews are excluded from consideration.
  3. The panel will comprise at least one editor, a review editor and four members of the International Editorial Board of the IJCJSD.  Members of these groups who are authors or co-authors of papers eligible for the award will not be members of the panel.
  4. The panel will meet to identify a list of eligible papers.
  5. All members of the panel will be invited to nominate, by a set date, three eligible papers in order of merit.  Papers will be awarded 3 points for each 1st preference, 2 points for each 2nd preference, and 1 point for each 3rd preference.
  6.  The five papers with the highest total points will be designated as a shortlist.  In the event of ties, the shortlist may be longer than five papers.
  7.  All members of the panel will then be invited to nominate, by a set date, the three best papers from the shortlist, in order of merit.
  8. The winner of the prize will be determined by calculating the number of points awarded to each shortlisted paper, where 3 points are given for each 1st preference, 2 for each 2nd preference, and 1 point for each third preference.  The paper scoring the most points wins the prize.  In the event of a tie on this calculation, the prize will be awarded to the tied paper receiving most 1st preferences.
  9. The winner of the prize will be announced in the relevant year in November.

 

References

del Olmo R (1975) Limitations for the prevention of violence: The Latin American reality and its criminological theory. Crime & Social Justice 3: 21-29.

del Olmo R (1987) Aerobiology and the war on drugs: A transnational crime. Crime & Social Justice 30: 28-44.

Shank G and Dod S (1987) Editorials: Overview of the issue. Crime & Social Justice 30: i–xxi.

South N (2023) Revisiting Rosa: Eco-bio-genocide, drug wars and southern green criminology. In D. R. Goyes (Ed.), Green Crime in the Global South. Essays on Southern Green Criminology (pp. 240-259). Palgrave.

Vázquez Padilla M O (2016) Rosa Del Olmo Pérez-Enciso. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/crimiparateorimaroctvazpa/posts/924384117669098/