PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

PhD, Criminology, Law and Society

Clayton taught multiple courses in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and has co-authored multiple academic publications. He was awarded the Department's Service Award as a part of its student association's leadership team, and he received two university-level fellowships to fund his dissertation research.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

Currently, my academic interest and area of research revolve around wrongful convictions. Particularly, the aftermath of wrongful convictions and how these injustices negatively affect exonerees as they attempt to rebuild their lives post-release.

PhD, Criminology, Law and Society

Arden received both an MA and a PhD from George Mason. She is currently in the process of accepting a position as an Assistant Professor of Sociology.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

Sydney's dissertation examined how the Internet has influenced offline sex offending against youth, specifically the distance offenders travel to commit crimes in child sexual grooming cases.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

Taryn has presented work at professional conferences, co-authored grant reports, published peer-reviewed research, was active in the Student Police Research Group, and assisted with many events for the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

During her time at Mason, Foudray produced five peer-reviewed publications, including two first-authored publications, and nine reports to local agencies. She also completed an ambitious three-study doctoral dissertation involving secondary data analysis, primary qualitative data collection, and a pilot randomized controlled trial on strategies to address defendants’ substance use needs during the pretrial period.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

Sam already has ten peer-reviewed journal publications, with five of them as first author—including a sole-authored ‘theory’ piece in one of the leading psych-law journals. Sam also has four book chapter publications (two first-authored). Further, for her dissertation research, Sam was awarded an NSF dissertation grant, a very prestigious honor and a testament to her study ideas and rigorous design.

PhD Program in Criminology, Law and Society

As someone with research experience in policing and professional experience in the courts, it was difficult for me to limit my interests to any particular area of criminology. Mason's Criminology, Law and Society doctoral program encouraged me to pursue both.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

William D Johnson is a triple Mason grad (2012 BS in criminology, law and society, magna cum laude with honors in major; 2017 MA in criminology, law and society; 2022 PhD in criminology, law and society 2022). He has authored multiple academic journal articles, many grant reports, and several translational publications, as well as presenting at national academic conferences.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

The Criminology, Law and Society PhD program at Mason allowed me to learn from top academics in the field of criminology and join their research efforts, deepening my overall knowledge of the criminal justice and improving my quantitative and qualitative research skills.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

For her dissertation, Heather used advanced decision tree modeling with machine learning techniques in order to create a model to better predict whether specific crimes in which the offender is unknown might be committed by a juvenile.

PhD in Criminology, Law and Society

With support from the department, Amy was able to develop her own voice and vision as a scholar, and earn a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant.