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Larry Guerin, an adjunct instructor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, was highlighted for his teaching in a recent story about a Mason alumnus. Mr. Guerin has taught courses on leadership, criminal investigations, fraud examination, applied criminal psychology, and white collar crime.

Join us on September 30 or October 27 to learn more about the rop-ranked PhD program in Criminology, Law and Society!

Kevin Petersen, a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, has received the 2022 Student Paper Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Experimental Criminology.

Christopher Koper, professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and senior fellow at Mason's Center for Evidence Based Crime Policy, has been named as the recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Division of Policing. 

Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Koper, who has received the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology Division of Policing.

Dr. Yang has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology. She will be recognized for her contributions to field of experimental criminology at the 2022 meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta.

The Department of Criminology, Law and Society invites applicants for a tenure-track Associate Professor position to start August 2023. Candidates with a research agenda in any area of criminology, criminal justice, or law and society will be considered; those with expertise in corrections are preferred. The review of applications begins October 1, 2022.

In an article about very small police departments in the United States, Distinguished Professor David Weisburd, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, and executive director, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, weighs their community-centered advantages against the scale of a larger force.