Posts by Cynthia Lum

David Weisburd, Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, discusses how hot spots policing can reduce community violence in a special feature by Greg Berman for The Crime Report.

The U.S. justice system continues to grapple with racial and ethnic disparities in its outcomes. Findings from studies of juvenile justice, policing, pretrial and bail decisions, sentencing, and corrections consistently indicate inequities in the experiences of Black, Native American and Indigenous, and Hispanic American people in the criminal justice system compared to those of White…

David Wilson and Cynthia Lum have been named Fellows of the American Society of Criminology. Read more about this announcement here.

The Spring 2021 issue of Translational Criminology Magazine is now available! This issue features a special tribute to Professor Laurie O. Robinson upon her retirement from George Mason University. Read more about all of the special features below: WestEd-CEBCP 2021 Conversation Series: Mitigating Disparities in the Justice System BY ANTHONY PETROSINO, CYNTHIA LUM, AND ARENA C.…

The Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, which houses the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, has ranked 10th in doctoral programs in the United States, and #1 in Virginia. View the rankings here.

CEBCP Advisory Board Member, Professor Christy Visher of the University of Delaware is featured on Professor David Harris’ podcast, Criminal (In)justice. In Episode #132, Professor Visher discusses what we know from research about re-entry, reflecting on her path-breaking study “Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry.”

Watch George Mason University Provost Office Vision Series featuring CEBCP Director Cynthia Lum on GMU-TV  

Join the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and The WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center for An Important Online Conversation The criminal justice system in the United States has grappled for many decades with racial and ethnic disparities in its outcomes. Findings from studies of juvenile justice, policing, pretrial and bail decisions, sentencing, and corrections…

The Fall 2020 issue of Translational Criminology Magazine is now available! Get new ideas about how research is being translated and implemented in practice and hear from practitioners about what is happening in criminal justice today. Access all issues of TC Magazine here. Translational Criminology Magazine, Issue 19 (Fall 2020) Contents: From the Directors Perspectives from the Field…

The Editors in Chief for Criminology & Public Policy have released a call for papers for a Special Issue on the “George Floyd Protests and the Criminal Justice System: Examining the Etiology of and the System’s Responses to the Protests.”