An international competition was held in 2019 in conjunction with the 19th World Congress of Criminology. It was co-sponsored by the Education for Justice (E4J) Programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Society of Criminology. Ten papers were selected as winners by an international jury. Their authors received financial support to attend, be recognized and present their work at the Congress. This editorial piece presents details about the competition and the winning papers.
