Dr. David Brotherton, professor of sociology, was recognized by the American Society of Criminology Division on Critical Criminology & Social Justice with a Lifetime Achievement Award. This award, the highest honor in Critical Criminology, is reserved for and honors those who have demonstrated sustained and distinguished scholarship, teaching and service in the field of critical criminology.

In naming Brotherton, the selection committee commented:

"(T)he most compelling elements of Dr. Brotherton’s career accomplishments reflect a critical criminology absolutely devoted to seeing the humanity in the people whose lives our research reflects, as well as the violations of humanity in the acts of the powerful who create conditions of despair and desperation. His research promises to remain the most influential and impactful argument for a critical perspective in gang studies for generations to come.” 

Brotherton’s recent scholarship includes co-authoring What’s Love Got To Do With It? Credible Messengers and the Power of Transformative Mentoring (forthcoming 2023) from Temple University Press, co-editing the Routledge International Handbook of Critical Gang Studies and co-editing Immigration Policy in the Age of Punishment: Detention, Deportation, Border Control from Columbia University Press. His current projects include the New York City Deportation Pipeline Study, funded by the National Science Foundation, and the Solroutes Project, funded by the European Research Council.

Brotherton’s other awards include the Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award, the Praxis Award for Contribution to Social Justice and the Critical Criminologist of the Year Award from the American Society of Criminology, Chancellor's Distinction for Faculty Research from CUNY and the Choices Award from the American Library Association, among others.

Brotherton will receive his award at a ceremony during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in November.