Wei-Gin Lee

Graduate Research Assistant

Cybercrime; Policing; Police retention and turnover; Quantitative methods; Victimization surveys; Crime prevention

Wei-Gin Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. He received his M.A. and B.A. in Criminology from Central Police University in Taiwan. He worked as a police lieutenant in Taiwan for nine years. His research interests include cybercrime, policing, police retention and turnover, quantitative methods, victimization surveys, and crime prevention. His dissertation is titled "Why officers leave policing: A study of a large agency’s loss of officers between 2018-2025" supervised by Prof. Cynthia Lum.

Selected Publications

*Journal Article

Lee, W.-G. “Exploring officers’ responses to cybercrime calls-for-service in the United States: A road map for the future.” International Journal of Police Science & Management, 28(2), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557261447747

Reynolds, D., Lee, J.R., Nevin, A.D., Lee, W.-G., & Quader, S. “The evolving landscape of identity theft victimization: Examining predictors and consequences of email and social media account misuse.” Victims & Offenders, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2026.2681824

Jian, Y. S., Wang, S. Y. K., Hsieh, M. L., Lee, W. -G., & Dobbs, R. R. “Crime reporting in Taiwan: Using fraud as an example.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 42(1), 84-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/10439862251387464

Lee, J. R., Nam, Y., Lee, W. -G., Holt, T. J., & Bossler, A. M. “Police capacity for cybercrime response: Assessing the impact of officers’ perceptions and agency-level factors on England and Wales constables’ capability responding to computer hacking offenses.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 101, 102541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102541

*Journal Article - Under Review

Ayerza, J. M., Lee, W.-G., O’Malley, R. L., & Lee, J. R. “Online dating dangers: Assessing the risks of dating app-facilitated harassment among sexual and gender minorities.” Archives of Sexual Behavior

Lum, C., Kimbrell, C.S., Koper, C.S., Khatchatourian, H., Baas, G., Goodier, H., & Lee, W.-G. “Robberies that are not investigated, and what can be done about them.” Police Quarterly

*Report

Lum, C., Koper, C.S., Kimbrell, C.S., Goodier, H., Khatchatourian, H., Baas, G., Lee, W.-G., & Lee, H. (2024). Improving Investigations, Clearances, and Victim Satisfaction in Robbery and Burglary Cases. Final Report to the National Institute of Justice. Fairfax, VA: Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University.

*Book Chapter
Lee, W. -G., H., Khatchatourian (2026). “Exploring Law Enforcement Responses to Cybercrime Calls-for-Service.” Crime online: Correlates, causes, and context. Carolina Academic Press.

Lee, J. R., Ayerza, J. M., Lee, W. -G., Jadidi, V., & Holt, T. J. (2024). Crime, Corrections, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Adaptations in the US Criminal Justice System.

Grants and Fellowships

9th Annual American Society of Evidence-Based Policing Conference Travel Funding Award awarded by Arnold Ventures, April 2025

2025 Doctoral Summit awarded by the Academy of Criminal Justice Science, March 2025

Student Scholarship Mini-Grant Travel Awards for People of Color and Women awarded by the Academy of Criminal Justice Science, March 2025

Graduate Student Travel Funding Award awarded by the George Mason University, 2022-2026

Travel Funding Award awarded by the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, 2022-2026

Courses Taught

Cybercrime and Online Deviance (asynchronous), George Mason University, summer 2026

Research Methods (hybrid), George Mason University, summer 2025

Education

PhD at George Mason University from August 2022 to May 2027(Exp.)

MA in Crime Prevention and Corrections at Central Police University in Taiwan from August 2019 to June 2021

BA in Crime Prevention and Corrections at Central Police University in Taiwan from August 2009 to June 2013

Recent Presentations

American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2026

Oral presentation: “Exploring officers’ responses to cybercrime calls-for-service in the U.S.”

American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2025

Oral presentation: “Exploring officers’ responses to cybercrime calls-for-service in the U.S.”

American Society of Evidence-Based Policing Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2025

Oral presentation: “Effectiveness of procedural justice training for police personnel: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.”

American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, SF, November 2024

Oral presentation: “Exploring Telefraud Issues: Using a National Representative Sample in Taiwan.”

American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023

Oral presentation: “Identifying Risk Factors and Preventive Actions for Identity Theft Victimization Using Routine Activity Theory.”

American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2022

Oral presentation: “The Empirical Study on Gender Differences in Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol in Taiwan.”