To encourage more talented people to enter the field of crime prevention and criminal policy research, the Academy for the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice held the 9th "Outstanding Thesis Award on Crime Prevention Research" final selection event on September 1st, 2022. This year, 20 Master's and Doctoral students have applied to participate in the competition, and the judges were Professor Hui-Ching WU from National Taiwan University, Professor Yu-Shun LIN from Central Police University, Professor Hung-Yi XIAO from Soochow University, and Associate Professor Po-Chi WANG from Ming Chuan University. Finally, a total of 9 students received awards. 2 Master's degree students who received the High Distinction Award and were rewarded individually with prize money of NTD 30,000 respectively.

To promote the quality and effectiveness of this award, in addition to inviting the finalists to present their papers in person, the applicants need to submit their condensed theses in advance which will be examined by external scholars according to the different attributes of criminal law and criminology. It is only after passing both reviews can the finalists enter the selection process. For those who pass the review, the Academy for the Judiciary will also publish their papers in the form of a collection of monographs. Winners’ Theses will also be made available on the "Criminal Policies and Crime Prevention Research Database" website platform of the Academy for the Judiciary for public viewing and free download.