The Stockholm Prize in Criminology
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is an international prize in the field of criminology. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in criminological research or for the application of research results by practitioners for the reduction of crime and the advancement of human rights.
Prize winners 2025
Frances Crook (Formerly CEO of the Howard League for Penal Reform and co-convenor of the Commission on Political Power, UK) and Bryan Stevenson (Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, USA) have been awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2025. The international jury's motivation for Frances Crook and Bryan Stevenson receiving the award is that they based on applied knowledge from criminology have succeeded in reducing the occurrence of disproportionate punishment, in the UK and in the USA.
Prize winners 2025, Bryan Stevenson and Frances Crook with H.M. Queen Silvia.
Learn more about the winners (Stockholm University press release)
About the prize
The objectives of The Stockholm Prize in Criminology are to promote the development of:
- improved knowledge on causes of crime on an individual and structural level
- more effective and humane public policies for dealing with criminal offenders
- greater knowledge of alternative crime prevention strategies inside and outside the judicial system
- policies for helping the victims of crime
- better ways to reduce the global problem of illegal or abusive practices that may occur in the administration of justice.
The prize is awarded to one recipient annually, with the possibility of being shared between co-recipients. The prize amounts to at least SEK 1,000,000. An independent international jury selects and appoints the prize recipient(s) from the nominations submitted.
About the jury
The jury consists of distinguished criminologists and practitioners of criminology, such as internationally recognized scholars, law enforcement officials and former prize recipients.
To read more about the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the prize winners, the jury, the board of the foundation and donors, please visit Stockholm University's website.