Division of Experimental Criminology

Mailing Address for Memberships:
Division of Experimental Criminology
American Society of Criminology
1314 Kinnear Road, Suite 212
Columbus, OH 43212-1156

The Division of Experimental Criminology

The Academy of Experimental Criminology

The Division of Experimental Criminology (DEC) is one of 6 divisions in the American Society of Criminology. The DEC seeks to promote and improve the use and development of experimental evidence and methods in the advancement of criminological theory and evidence-based crime policy.

The DEC recognizes outstanding achievements in experimental criminology through the Jerry Lee Lifetime Achievement Award, the Award for Outstanding Experimental Field Trial, and the Student Paper Award.

The Academy of Experimental Criminology (AEC) was founded in 1998 in order to recognize criminologists who have successfully led randomized, controlled, field experiments in criminology.

The AEC recognizes outstanding achievements in experimental criminology through election of Fellows and Honorary Fellows as well as the Joan McCord Award and the Young Experimental Scholar Award.

Recent publications by DEC members related to experiments:

Ahlin, E. M., P. L. Zador, et al. (2011). First‐time DWI offenders are at risk of recidivating regardless of sanctions imposed. Journal of Criminal Justice 39(2), 137-142.

Amendola, K. L., Weisburd, D., Hamilton, E., Jones, G., Slipka, M., Heitmann, A., Shane, J., Ortiz, C., & Tarkghen, E. (2011). The Impact of Shift Length in Policing on Performance,
Health, Quality of Life, Sleep, Fatigue, and Extra-Duty Employment. Washington, DC: Police Foundation.

Feder, L., Holditch Niolon, P., Campbell, J., Wallinder, J., Nelson, R., and Larrouy, H. (2011). The Need for Experimental Methodology in Intimate Partner Violence: Finding Programs That Effectively Prevent IPV. Violence Against Women, 17(3), 340-358.

Gill,C.E. (2011). Missing links: how descriptive validity impacts the policy relevance of randomized controlled trials in criminology. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 7(3), 201-224.

Prendergast, Michael, Linda Frisman, Joann Y. Sachs, Michele Staton-Tindall, Lisa Greenwell, Hsiu-Ju Lin, et al. (2011). A multi-site, randomized study of strengths-based case management with substance-abusing parolees. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 7(3), 225–253.

DEC/AEC
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

November, 1, 2011: Former DEC Chair Larry Sherman presented on Professional Policing and Liberal Democracy at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

November 17, 2011: New officers (see left column) were elected at the DEC Business Meeting at the American Society of Criminology meeting in Washington, DC.

April 23-24, 2012: 12th Annual Jerry Lee Crime Prevention Symposium

May 15, 2012: Nominations for DEC Awards due. More information here.

November 14-17, 2012: ASC Meeting in Chicago

DEC/AEC Newsletters:

AEC/DEC (Vol. 6., No. 2) Oct. 2011

AEC/DEC (Vol. 6., No. 1) April 2011

AEC/DEC (Vol. 5., No. 2) Oct. 2010

AEC/DEC (Vol. 5., No. 1) April 2010

AEC (Vol 4., No. 1) June 2009

AEC (Vol. 3, No. 2) Oct. 2007

AEC (Vol. 3, No. 1) April 2007

AEC (Vol. 2, No. 2) Nov. 2006