A new study has been released by PNAS: Reforming the police through procedural justice training: A multicity randomized trial at crime hot spots. The study is by David Weisburd, Cody Telep, Heather Vovak, Taryn Zastrow, Anthony Braga, and Brandon Turchan. Cody Telep and Heather Vovak are George Mason University/CEBCP alums (PHD, Criminology, Law and Society)…

Call for Papers on Cybercrime and Cybersecurity:A Research-Informed Policy Agenda to cybercrime research Cybercrime (which includes computer hacking, social engineering, intellectual property theft, electronic fraud, online interpersonal violence, and Internet-facilitated sexual victimization) is a form of transnational crime and is currently a top national security threat. According to the United Nations, cybercrime affects more than…

Criminology & Public Policy is currently housed at the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University.

Congratulations to David Weisburd for receiving the Sir Robert Peel Award from Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology! Watch his award lecture below, courtesy of the Institute.

Criminal Justice Responses to the Opioid EpidemicCall for Papers for 2023 Special Issue of Criminology and Public Policy In recent years, many jurisdictions in the United States have experienced an unprecedented increase in drug overdoses and deaths arising from the increased use of illicit opioids and the misuse of prescription opioids. How has the criminal justice…

George Mason University’s Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP) has been awarded $1.48 million in federal funds to enhance research and practice in police encounters of individuals in mental health crises. Led by Sue-Ming Yang and Yasemin Irvin-Erickson, senior fellows in the CEBCP and professors of Criminology, Law and Society within Mason’s College of Humanities…

Read The George news coverage of his award here.

The Fall 2021 issue of Translational Criminology Magazine is now available!