At this past October's Criminal Justice Research Conference organized by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Dr. Joseph Jacoby earned the Simon Dinitz Award recognizing excellence and career achievement in the field of criminal justice research. Our Joe was recognized for his research at the interface of law and mental illness, in particular, his work on the harm mentally ill offenders both cause and suffer. Another branch of his research recognized by this award is his work on the social structure of the public's attitudes toward punishment and especially attitudes and knowledge about execution. In this photo, Joe is shown from left to right with Reginald R. Wilkinson, Ed.D., Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), Joe himself, Simon Dinitz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, the Ohio State University, and Ed Rhine, Deputy Director, ODRC, Office of Policy and Offender Reentry.