Posts by Cynthia Lum

Registration is now open for the CEBCP-NPI-CCJ collaborative webinar series:

The Spring 2026 Translational Criminology Magazine is now hot off the press. This issue showcases excellent examples of research use, translation, and institutionalization. For example, lessons, benefits, and challenges from research-practitioner partnerships are detailed by Jimmy Chapman and Sue-Ming Yang’s article on co-responders and Charles Hendrickson and Johanna Lacoe’s feature on early representation for charged…

Distinguished University Professor Cynthia Lum of George Mason University and Director of its Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy will deliver the 2026 Jerry Lee Lecture at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium on June 10, where the Stockholm Prize will be awarded. Lum will be discussing the “special sauce” behind institutionalizing evidence-based practices in policing, as revealed…

The International Police Executive Symposium will be held June 21-26 in Portugal. See below for more details:

The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and its faculty and graduate students are housed in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, boasting a top ten-ranked PHD program which is #1 in the state of Virginia. To learn more about our graduate programs, join us for an information session below or…

The Fall 2025 Translational Criminology Magazine has now been released!  Featuring: Reimagining American Policing: Making Communities Safer and Stronger JAMES J. NOLAN, NATASHA C. PRATT-HARRIS, KEVIN DANIELS, PAUL C. ARCHIBALD, HENRY H. BROWNSTEIN, KIMBERLY GLANVILLE, AND RAIANA DAVIS Ten Benchmarks for Evidence-Based Policing CYNTHIA LUM AND CHRISTOPHER S. KOPER The National Case Closed Project: Translating Effective…

The American Society of Evidence-Based Policing has opened its call for papers for its 2026 ASEBP Conference at American University (May 20–22, 2026). ASEBP is accepting lightning talks, thematic panels, individual papers, posters, and roundtables. The conference is a great chance for both practitioners and graduate students to present their work. Submit your abstract by…

PRESS RELEASE:  Crime Prevention for Social Impact and Social Justice The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 714 Special Editors: Brandon C. Welsh and Eric L. Piza

Hot Off the Press: The Spring 2025 Translational Criminology Magazine, highlighting our Congressional Briefing on Preventing Gun Violence is now available!

The 2025 CEBCP Congressional Briefing on “Preventing Gun Violence,” featuring many of the nation’s top experts on the topic, was held on February 25, 2025 at the Dirksen Senate Building. View videos from the briefing here.