David Weisburd

Who is David Weisburd?

David L. Weisburd, born in 1954, is an Israeli/American criminologist who is well known for his research on crime and place, policing and white collar crime. Weisburd was the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Stockholm Prize in Criminology. Weisburd holds joint tenured appointments as a Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. and Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice in the Institute of Criminology of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law, At George Mason University Weisburd was founder of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and is now its Executive Director. Weisburd also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Police Foundation in Washington DC, and Chair of its Research Advisory Committee. Weisburd was the founding Editor of the Journal of Experimental Criminology, and is now the General Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.