John H. Laub (born 1953) is an

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criminologist and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of

Criminology Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

and Criminal Justice at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...

Education

Laub received his B.A. from

University of Illinois at Chicago Circle The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois sy ...

in 1975, where he majored in

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and minored in history. He went on to receive his M.A. and Ph.D. from the

State University of New York at Albany The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one ...

in 1976 and 1980, respectively.

Career

Laub joined the University of Maryland as a professor in 1998, and became a distinguished professor there in 2008. From July 22, 2010 to January 4, 2013, he was the director of the

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, a position to which he was appointed by President

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on July 16, 2010.

Honors and awards

In 2011, Laub and

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, with whom he frequently collaborates on research, jointly received that year's

Stockholm Prize in Criminology The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is an international prize in the field of criminology, established under the aegis of the Swedish Ministry of Justice. It has a permanent endowment in the trust of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation. ...

. Since 1996, he has been a fellow of the

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, and in 2002-2003 he served as its president. In 2005 he received the

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Award from the Society.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laub, John H. Living people American criminologists University of Maryland, College Park faculty University at Albany, SUNY alumni University of Illinois Chicago alumni 1953 births Presidents of the American Society of Criminology Winners of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology