As part of its science policy work, the ASA organized a congressional briefing in January to highlight the role of statistics and research in informing criminal justice policymaking. Moderated by Greg Ridgeway, the virtual event featured Nancy La Vigne, director of the National Institute of Justice, and Kevin Scott, acting director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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The United States Needs to Fill the Gaps in Its Crime Statistics
Janet L. Lauritsen says the US lacks sufficient data for many types of crime of great concern to society, and this is particularly the case for crimes falling under federal jurisdiction.
Sharon Lohr Shares Unique Path to Writing About Crime
Sharon Lohr first encountered statistics during her senior year and credits her undergraduate adviser, Thomas Jager, for steering her toward it in graduate school. In 2014, she became the first woman to give the Deming Lecture. Today, she is a freelance statistical consultant and writer, following a 25-year career in academia.
NIJ’s Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge: An Attempt to Encourage Data Scientists from Every Field to Think About Criminal Justice Problems
Earlier this summer, the US Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announced the winners of the Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge. Four of the winners were students.