Criminology, Law and Society doctoral student Cody Telep will be joining the faculty at Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice as an assistant professor in the fall of 2013. Telep is expected to graduate next May after completing his dissertation on evidence-based policing.

Mason’s Department of Criminology, Law and Society has trained criminologists and police officers around the world, so it is no wonder that police departments turn to Mason when trying to improve their law enforcement activities through research.

Two college faculty members - the Department of Psychology's Eden King and the Department of Criminology, Law and Society's Cynthia Lum - have been recognized as Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creators for 2012. The award recognizes the very best of the university’s younger scholars.

Dr. Cynthia Lum from the Department of Criminology, Law and Society has been recognized with the 2012 Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award. This award is given to three Mason faculty members each year who show exceptional promise in their disciplines.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police awarded the Silver and Bronze Excellence in Law Enforcement Research Awards to projects involving faculty and students from the Department of Criminology, Law and Society.

The Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE) in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society announces several new projects which focus on translating and implementing evidence-based practices in court, probation, prisons, and jail settings.

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.

The Mason Staff Senate has announced that Cynthia Lum, associate professor and deputy director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, will receive the Fall 2012 Outstanding Supervisor Award (OSA).

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors today appointed alumnus, Police Chief David M. Rohrer, as deputy county executive. He will begin his new position Oct. 20.

Faculty from the Department of Criminology, Law and Society will embark on new research this year, including projects focused on drug hot spots, interventions for juvenile offending, and recidivism.