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June 14-16, 2010
Stockholm Criminology Symposium
Dr. David Weisburd will be awarded the 2010 Stockholm Prize in Criminology on June 15. More information available HERE.

April 19-20, 2010
10th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention Symposium
A two day symposium will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park (April 19) and in Washington, DC (April 20) examining systematic evidence on what works in crime and justice. More information coming soon.

March 22-23, 2010
CEBCP/NPIA London Systematic Review Conference
The CEBCP Systematic Review Program and the National Policing Improvement Agency in the UK will be hosting a two day conference in London featuring presentations of preliminary results from the policing systematic reviews funded by NPIA and the CEBCP.

February 15, 2010
GMU Provost Vision Series Lecture
Dr. David Weisburd will present "Location, Location, Location: Hot Spots of Crime and Crime Prevention" as part of the George Mason University Office of the Provost Vision Series. The presentation will be held in the Center for the Arts Concert Hall on the Fairfax Campus at 7:00pm. Free tickets and more information are available HERE.

December 9, 2009
National Criminal Justice Association Advisory Council Meeting
Dr. Cynthia Lum will be presenting at the NCJA Advisory Council Meeting in Washington, DC on "Evidence-Based Strategic Leadership: Using Research to Guide Criminal Justice Policy at the State Level."

November 4-7, 2009
American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Events of relevance:

• Special panels on Crime and Place sponsored by the CPWG
• GMU Reception: Thursday, November 5, 7-9pm, Franklin 3, Marriott Downtown Hotel.
  
  

October 27, 2009
Congressional Briefing on Evidence-Based Crime Policy
The Center held a Congressional Briefing on October 27 in the Capitol Visitor Center featuring Drs. Todd Clear, Laura Dugan, Christopher Koper, Linda Merola, Alex Piquero, Faye Taxman, David Weisburd, James Willis, and David B. Wilson speaking about the evidence-base of eight major criminal justice issues. Summaries of the presentations are available here.

September 22-23, 2009
Dr. Cynthia Lum presented on "Evidence-Based Practices in Criminal Justice" at the National Academies, National Research Council Workship on Field Evaluations of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences. Click HERE for a copy of the presentation.

September 14-16, 2009
Dr. David Weisburd provided the keynote address at the Fourth Annual Randomised Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences Conference at York University.

September 12, 2009
Dr. Faye Taxman presented “Changing the Heart and Soul of America's Correctional Strategy” as a plenary at the International Community Correctional Association Annual Meeting.

September 4, 2009
Dr. Taxman presented "Supervision at the Crossroads", Padula, Italy, Working Group on Community Corrections.

July 18, 2009
Dr. Taxman presented “Treatment and Prisoner Reentry," as a plenary in the U.S. Embassy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

July 1-3, 2009
2nd International Conference on Evidence-Based Policing, Cambridge University, UK
Drs. Weisburd and Lum have presented their work at this conference held at Cambridge University and sponsored by the National Policing Improvement Agency (UK) and the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology at Cambridge. Dr. Weisburd presented his work on policing and terrorism and Dr. Lum discussed evidence-based policing in the U.S.

June 22-24, 2009
Dr. Weisburd presented two papers at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium in Sweden and was named the 2010 recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology.

June, 2009
Dr. Taxman presented “Coerced Treatment to Better Outcomes," for the PEW Foundation Initiative in
South Carolina.

April 27-28, 2009
9th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention Symposium
A two day symposium was held at the University of Maryland, College Park (April 27) and in Washington, DC (April 28) examining systematic evidence on what works in crime and justice
 
April 23, 2009
CEBCP Opening Year Celebration
The keynote address was delivered by Peter Neyroud, Chief Executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency and former Chief Constable of Thames Valley (UK)

April 22, 2009
Crime and Place Working Group Special Session on "Empirical Evidence on the Relevance of Place in Criminology" (Closed meeting)
A one-day special session held at George Mason University highlighted place-based research from leading crime and place scholars.

March 18, 2009
The Mathematics of the Geographic Profiling of Crime
The practice of criminal profiling in law enforcement has often lacked a sophistication that may result in less valid conclusions about criminal behavior.  Recently highlighted in Science News (January 31, 2009, v. 175), Dr. Michael O’Leary will discuss his use of mathematical tools, such as Bayesian statistical modeling, to better predict and profile criminal behavior, specifically how individuals select the places that they target, and how aspects of those places influence choices. This event will take place from 10:30-11:30am in Room B on the third floor of the Johnson Center on GMU's Fairfax Campus.

February 12, 2009
A Reform Agenda of Corrections
Dr. Todd Clear will present on the limits of traditional prison reduction strategies and the potential of "community justice" for reducing America's reliance on prisons.  This event will take place at 3:00pm in the Edwin Meese Room in Mason Hall on George

February 3, 2009
2nd Congressional Briefing on "Reducing Violent Crime at Places: The Research Evidence"
A group of scholars from GMU and across the U.S. presented briefs on cutting edge research regarding reducing violent crime at places. Briefs from our successful event are now available online.

December 5, 2008
The ADJ Department sponsored a special panel featuring three U.S. Ambassadors to Latin America.  Click here for more information.

December 3, 2008
Dr. Craig Henderson, from Sam Houston State University presented on Using RASCH Modeling to Understand Organizational Change in Justice Agencies.

November 18, 2008
Forum for New Ideas in Justice
Dr. David Weisburd gave a televised lecture at George Mason University entitled The Crucial Question for Crime: Not Who Done It but Where Done It?
Presentation Video (requires Quicktime)

November 17, 2008
Ideas in American Policing Lecture
Dr. Cynthia Lum delivered the Police Foundation's Lecture on Nov. 17th in Washington, DC on Translating Police Research into Practice.

November
American Society of Criminology Conference
Nov. 12: 7:00pm - CPWG Meeting (ASC place-based panels available here)
Nov. 13: 8:00am - Division of Corrections and Sentencing awards Faye Taxman 2008 Senior Scholar Award
Nov. 13: 2:00pm - Academy of Experimental Criminology awards David Weisburd 2008 Joan McCord Award
Nov. 13: 7:00pm - GMU reception 
Nov. 14: 12:00pm: ADJ-JLCP Graduate Program Exhibit

October 21, 2008
Addiction Health Services Research Conference
Dr. Faye Taxman will be presenting her and Dr. Lum's research on Pathways to Treatment.

October 15, 2008
Senator Webb (VA) Symposium on Drug Policy
Drs. Taxman and Lum served as panelists for Senator Webb's Symposium on Drug Policy, jointly sponsored by the Administration of Justice Department and the Senator's Office.

August 11-12, 2008
The Crime and Place Working Group (CPWG) completed its first successful working group meeting on August 11-12, 2008 at the Westin Embassy Row in Washington, DC.