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The CEBCP coordinates several special events each year to disseminate new research to the public, including symposia, congressional briefings, workshops, and lectures. All events are free and open to the public. Our next Congressional Briefing will be held at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday February 25, 2025 from 10am - 12noon. The topic will be "Preventing Gun Violence."
The CEBCP Symposium
The CEBCP coordinates a free and curated symposium to bring together practitioners and scholars, as well as members of our communities, to discuss a wide range of issues related to evidence-based crime policy.
LOOKING FORWARD: The next CEBCP Symposium is schedule to be held IN PERSON in June 2026.
- CEBCP 2024 Symposium, June 20, 2024.
- CEBCP 2022 Symposium, June 27, 2022.
- CEBCP 2021 Symposium, (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
- CEBCP 2020 Symposium, (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
- CEBCP 2019 Symposium, June 27, 2019
- CEBCP 2018 Symposium and 10th Birthday Celebration, June 21, 2018
- CEBCP 2017 Symposium, June 26, 2017
- CEBCP-Police Foundation 2015 Joint Symposium, August 17-18, 2015.
- SIPR-CEBCP 2nd Joint Symposium in Tulliallan, Scotland – October 20, 2014.
- CEBCP 2014 Symposium in partnership with the InterAmerican Development Bank – June 23-24, 2014.
- CEBCP-SIPR 2013 Joint Symposium – April 8-9, 2013 at George Mason University Arlington campus
- CEBCP 2012 Symposium – August 13-14, 2012 at George Mason University
- CEBCP-Campbell Collaboration 2011 Joint Symposium – August 15-16, 2011 at George Mason University
- CEBCP 2010 Symposium – August 9-11, 2010 at George Mason University
- CEBCP 2009 Inaugural Symposium – April 23, 2009 at George Mason University
Congressional Briefings
The CEBCP’s Congressional Briefings intend to bring leading scientific experts and the current state of evidence in key areas of criminology into the public realm. REGISTER NOW: Our next Congressional Briefing will be held at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday February 25, 2025 from 10am - 12noon. The topic will be "Preventing Gun Violence."
- Preventing Gun Violence - (February 25, 2025)
- Countering Mass Shootings in the U.S. – (September 17, 2019)
- Partnership with ASC DWC on Improving Justice for Women and Girls (October 11, 2018)
- Special Briefing on Progress since the 1967 Crime Commission – (April 24, 2018)
- Violence and Violence Prevention – (September 27, 2016)
- School Safety and Violence Prevention – (February 10, 2015)
- Pretrial Justice: Research Evidence and Future Prospects – (April 1, 2014)
- Moving Beyond Arrest: Research on policing and young people – (April, 2013)
- Reducing Gun Violence: Lessons from Research and Practice – (February, 2012)
- Juvenile Justice in the Age of the Second Chance Act – (October, 2010)
- Evidence-Based Crime Policy: What We Know, What We Need to Know – (October, 2009)
- Reducing Violent Crime at Places (February, 2009)
- Evidence-Based Counterterrorism Policy – (September, 2007)
Conversation Series:
- Mitigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities Conversation Series: Police Training (inaugural event - January 12, 2021)
- Mitigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities Conversation Series: Juvenile Justice (June 16, 2021)
- Mitigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities Conversation Series: Where do we go from here? (Final conversation at the CEBCP Symposium, June 27, 2022)
Other Special Events and Lectures:
- Cynthia Lum is interviewed for Jerry Ratcliffe's Reducing Crime Podcast, July 30, 2024.
- David Weisburd is interviewed for Jerry Ratcliffe's Reducing Crime Podcast, December 27, 2023.
- Lawrence Sherman, presents the Vollmer Award Address for Criminology & Public Policy, February 9, 2022. (Article) (Video)
- Cynthia Lum, Vision Series Lecture, George Mason University, February 22, 2021.
- Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong's Presentation on Mass Shootings in the U.S. at CINA Distinguished Speaker Series - April 22, 2020.
- Cynthia Lum's podcast on Evidence-Based Policing for Criminal (In)Justice (David Harris) - November 13, 2018
- Dan Nagin and Cynthia Lum’s interview on their presentation about “Reinventing the American Police” at the Vera Institute - August 11, 2015
- Cynthia Lum’s lecture on “The Impact of Technology on Modern Policing” (in receipt of the James Smart Medal in Edinburgh, Scotland) - October 22, 2014.
- Joint CEBCP and CJLM Event on Evidence-Based Policing Leadership Training for First and Second Line Supervisors – January 24, 2014.
- Christopher Koper’s presentation at Johns Hopkins University on his Assault Weapons Ban Report for the Department of Justice on January 24, 2013.
- John Paterson lecture on preventing youth violence, presented by the CEBCP and Police Foundation (December 2012).
- Jerry Lee Symposium 2012 – April 23 and 24, 2012 in Washington, DC and at the University of Maryland
- City of Seattle Council Briefing and Community Meetings – May 2 and 3, 2011. See more on our CEBCP in the News page.
- Jerry Lee Symposium 2011 – May 2 and 3, 2011 at the University of Maryland and in Washington, DC
- Stockholm Criminology Symposium – June 14-16, 2010 at the Stockholm City Conference Center. The CEBCP coordinated 14 special panels at this symposium
- Jerry Lee Symposium 2010 – April 19-20, 2010 at the University of Maryland and in Washington, DC
- Jerry Lee Symposium 2009 – April 27-28, 2009 at the University of Maryland and in Washington, DC.
- Senator Webb’s Symposium on Drugs in America on drug trafficking, policy, and sentencing (October 2008).