Congrats to lab member Kyle Winnen, who was the recipient of the 2024 Gil Geis Award from the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at UC Irvine. This award recognizes excellence in research by a graduate student. Kyle received it for his three publications this year! Congrats Kyle!
Prof John Hipp gives inaugural Crime and place Webinar
Lab co-director Dr. John R. Hipp gave the inaugural Crime and Place in the making lecture . The talk was on “The Spatial Scale of Crime: Consequences for Ecological Studies of Crime“. The series of talks in this webinar series is a joint initiative between Network Safe places at KTH and American Society of Criminology’s Division of Communities and Places (DCP). Dr. Hipp’s talk was based in part on his book that received the 2023 James Short Senior Scholar Award for best book or paper published, from the Division of Communities and Place in the American Society of Criminology.
Graduate student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Award from ACCCJ
Congratulations to lab member Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, who received the Hong Lu Outstanding Student Service Award from the Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice (ACCCJ) in the United States at the 2023 annual American Society of Criminology meeting. This award is recognizes outstanding contributions and services to ACCCJ and is presented to a member who is a full-time graduate student. Great work by Iris, who is on the job market in Fall 2023. You can read more about this honor here.
Graduate Student Xiaoshuang Iris Luo wins Smith-Pontell Award
Congratulations to lab member Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, who received the Smith-Pontell Award from the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at UC Irvine in spring 2023! This award is for overall outstanding accomplishments as a graduate student. Great work by Iris, who will be on the job market in the Fall 2023.
Lab publication on Third Places and social cohesion
Third places like bodegas and barbershops promote community well-being. “Respondents in neighborhoods with more third places report higher levels of interaction with their neighbors and greater cohesion, an effect that is most prominent in low-income neighborhoods.” That was a key result in a paper led by ILSSC alum Seth Williams. He summarizes the results of this research on the Vital City website. Read the article here.
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