Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award: James P. Dunlea.

Abstract

Presents James P. Dunlea as the 2021 winner of the American Psychological Association Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award. The award is given for an exceptional research paper titled, 'Children's and Adults' Understanding of Punishment and the Criminal Justice System.' This work suggests that children largely conceptualize incarceration as stemming from both internal and behavioral factors, whereas adults primarily attribute incarceration as stemming from behaviors. Neither children nor adults readily generated or agreed with societal explanations for incarceration. Importantly, a similar pattern emerged across groups of children with different experiences with the criminal justice system. The research for the paper was conducted at Columbia University with a faculty advisor, Larisa Heiphetz, PhD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).