Criminology Professor Cited for Contributions to Experimental Criminology
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The Academy of Experimental Criminology has named criminology professor Lawrence Sherman as the recipient of its 2006 Joan McCord Award. The committee cited Sherman’s pioneering work on long-term large-scale field experiments in policing, his contributions to turning research into public policy, his mentoring of younger colleagues and his work done in the “spirit” of Joan McCord. In particular, the committee noted Sherman’s advocacy of experimental designs, doggedness in publishing controversial findings and use of criminology history to promote “enlightened criminology” in the 21st century. McCord was a former president of the American Society of Criminology and professor of criminal justice at Temple University.
Lawrence Sherman, the Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations, is director of the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology and chair of the Department of Criminology. He is president of the International Society of Criminology as well as the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Sherman has collaborated with over 30 police agencies around the world, and his research has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and was the basis of a $400 million crime-prevention program in Great Britain. Currently, he is collaborating with the Australian Federal Police on an evaluation of victim-centered restorative justice programs for juvenile crime, and he serves as president of the International Society of Criminology in Paris.
The Academy of Experimental Criminology was founded in 1999 to increase awareness of randomized experiments in crime and justice and to aid in the improvement of experimental methods in criminology. The academy publishes the Journal of Experimental Criminology and recognizes criminologists who have successfully led controlled field experiments in criminology.
Sherman will deliver the McCord Memorial Lecture in Los Angeles at the November meeting of the American Society of Criminology.