The Journal of Crime & Justice Dissertation Prize is awarded yearly in December. Only publications that are available on the site are considered for the prize. At the start of November, the Executive Committee reviews the submissions made to the JCJD. Here, each Committee member votes for their 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice to receive the JCJD Dissertation Prize. In this system, the 1st choice is equivalent to 3 points, 2nd choice is equivalent to 2 points and 3rd choice is equivalent to 1 point. From this voting, the submissions are ranked based on points. The submission with the highest number of points is the winner of the prize. More details of the voting process can be found in Article VII of the Journal's constitution.