A New York Times article has cited the effectiveness of Professor David Weisburd's hot-spot policing strategy in reducing crime in the city and making New York "the safest city in America."

Residential halfway houses are a critical part of the community corrections system in many states and the federal government. Dr. Faye Taxman and her team conducted a study regarding the efficacy of these centers, and identified several improvements to advance practices of services available to offenders.

The Seattle Police Department re-deployed their entire patrol based on research both by Department of Criminology, Law and Society faculty members David Weisburd and Christopher Koper. Mayor Mike McGinn and others highlighted research findings in a video for the Seattle Channel.

Professors Faye Taxman and Danielle Rudes of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society published an op-ed in The Free Lance-Star in April titled "Far better ways to fight crime than imprisonment." The article discusses how the primary mechanism for crime fighting in the United States for the last 30 years has focused on building and expanding the capacity of our prison systems which translates into a runaway incarceration system that does not deter criminal behavior.

Recent research by David Weisburd, Cody Telep and Brian Lawton of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society is discussed in a New York Times article following the publication of a new report on NYPD "stop and frisk" tactics.

Laurie Robinson is one of the nation’s most influential players, both in government and in academe, in criminal justice. Now a professor in the criminology program at George Mason University in northern Virginia, she recently left her post as Assistant Attorney General for Justice Programs, the U.S. Justice Department agency that makes crime-fighting grants to states and localities and oversees the research and statistical arms of the department.

Maggie DeBoard, who earned her degree in criminal justice from George Mason University, will be named Herndon's new police chief on March 5, 2012.

Catherine Gallagher of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society writes an op-ed in the Washington Post opposing the proposed Montgomery County curfew.

Former Jersey City police chief Frank Gajewski was honored by his city's municipal council in light of his recent induction into the Center for Evidence-Based Policing's Hall of Fame at George Mason University. The center is run by David Weisburd and Cynthia Lum, faculty members of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society.