
Gary LaFree
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Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Founding Director, START
University of Maryland
Joined March 2009
RT @MikkelDack: Co-authored a short piece for @ConversationUS on fighting domestic terrorism in America. Give it a read! Many thanks to our….
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Just took a look at new article by Rachel Ellis @RachelEllisPhD "Prisons as Porous Institutions" in Theory & Society. Important policy implications!
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Webinar on the future of international criminology with Amy Nivette, John Braithwaite, Katja Aas, John Hagan, Gary LaFree, Michael Gottfredson, Leandro Ayres Franca, Sappho Xenakis and Steve Messner. Nov 20, 9-11:30 EST. Register via Google DOC or EMAIL ASC.DIC@GMAIL.COM.
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Contrary to popular stereotypes, new research reveals tremendous diversity in bias crime offenders’ background characteristics and motivations – there is no singular type of hate crime offender. @RaD_UMD @START_UMD and @GTD_UMD
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CCJS at the University of Maryland is hosting a Virtual Open House on Fri, 10/30 from 12-1pm. This is a chance to learn more about the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice at UMD. @UMDCriminology To register for this event, visit
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CCJS Professor Min Xie discuss immigration, crime reporting by immigrant communities, and crime trends over time on @TheCrimAcademy Podcast. @UMDCriminology See here:
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We are happy to announce CCJS Professor @gregmidgette was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation grant as co-principal investigator for a project titled: Developing Advanced Analytics Tools for Discovery, Analysis, and Disruption of Narcotic Supply Chains. Go Greg!
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CCJS Distinguished University Professor John Laub will serve on the Research Advisory Committee to the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and will also serve on the University Library Council. His term is two years ending in May 2022. @UMDCriminology
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