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Savolainen wins Outstanding Contribution Award for study of how employment affects recidivism among past criminal offenders

November 30, 2016

Jukka Savolainen and his colleague from University of Oslo, Torbjørn Skardhamar, received the 2016 Outstanding Contribution Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Developmental and Life Course Criminology for their article “Changes in criminal offending around the time of job entry: A study of employment and desistance.” The award was given at the annual meeting of the ASC, November 16-19, 2016, in New Orleans. *Photo (L to R) Savolainen and Skardhamar.*