The Academy of Experimental Criminology (abbreviated AEC) is a learned society founded in 1998 in order to recognize scholars who have made influential researchers in the field of
experimental criminology. It does so by electing fellows annually, and by honoring criminologists with its
Joan McCord
Joan Fish McCord (August 4, 1930 – 2004) was an American professor of Criminology at Temple University and a recipient of the Herbert Bloch Award from the American Society of Criminology.
Early life
Joan McCord was born as Joan Fish on August ...
Award and Young Experimental Scholar Award. The Academy was co-founded by
David P. Farrington
David Philip Farrington (born 7 March 1944 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England) is a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and emeritus professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a Leverhulme Tru ...
, who served as its second president from 2001 to 2003. The other founder was
Lawrence W. Sherman
Lawrence W. Sherman (born October 25, 1949) is an American experimental criminologist and police educator who is the founder of evidence-based policing.
Sherman's use of randomized controlled experiments to study deterrence and crime prevention ...
, who served as its founding president from 1999 to 2001.
It sponsors the ''
Journal of Experimental Criminology'', which was established in 2005.
Presidents
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Lawrence W. Sherman
Lawrence W. Sherman (born October 25, 1949) is an American experimental criminologist and police educator who is the founder of evidence-based policing.
Sherman's use of randomized controlled experiments to study deterrence and crime prevention ...
(1999-2001)
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David P. Farrington
David Philip Farrington (born 7 March 1944 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England) is a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and emeritus professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a Leverhulme Tru ...
(2001-2003)
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Joan McCord
Joan Fish McCord (August 4, 1930 – 2004) was an American professor of Criminology at Temple University and a recipient of the Herbert Bloch Award from the American Society of Criminology.
Early life
Joan McCord was born as Joan Fish on August ...
(2003-2004)
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David Weisburd (2004-2007)
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Doris L. MacKenzie (2007-2009)
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Lorraine Mazerolle (2009-2011)
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Anthony Braga
Anthony Allan Braga (born 1969) is an American criminologist and the Jerry Lee Professor of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. Braga is also the Director of the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. He previous ...
(2011-2013)
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Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine (born 27 January 1954) is a British psychologist. He currently holds the chair of Richard Perry University Professor of Criminology & Psychiatry in the Department of Criminology of the School of Arts and Sciences and in the Departmen ...
(2013-2015)
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Peter W. Greenwood (2015-2017)
*Friedrich Losel (2017–2019)
*Heather Strang (2019-2022)
References
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Criminology organizations
Learned societies of the United States
Organizations established in 1998