Dr. Young-An Kim successfully defended his dissertation, “Activity Nodes, Pathways, and Edges: Examining Physical Environments, Structural Characteristics and Crime Patterns in Street Segments” on April 23, 2018. Dr. Young-An Kim is the fourth graduate student to recieve their doctorate while working in the Irvine Laboratory for the Study of Space. CLS Dissertation Defense Flyer – Young-An Kim…Continue Reading Congratulations to Dr. Young-An Kim
First year ILSSC graduate student Navjyot Gill was honored with the Wendy Wayne Ethics Awards by California State University Bakersfield Kegley Institute of Ethics on March 21, 2018. Navjyot Gill was recognized for her leadership on raising awareness about discrimination, intolerance, helping to resolve bullying, and other conflicts among students. Read more here: http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/community-voices/michael-burroughs-wendy-wayne-would-be-proud-of-these-ethically/article_cf1fae0e-1b1d-11e8-a5d0-679cedd3ca3f.html…Continue Reading Graduate Student Navjyot Gill wins Community Ethics Awards
ILSSC is proud to release the Southern California Crime Report 2018. An annual report of standardized crime rates to facilitate comparisons between cities within the Southern California region. ILSSC researchers forecast a general decrease in both violent and property crime in the Southern California region in 2018. Read more about the Crime Report here. Download…Continue Reading Release of the Southern California Crime Report 2018
An annual report of standardized crime rates to facilitate comparisons between cities within the Southern California region. A novel approach was used for calculating changes in crime over time, which adjusts for the inherent problem of comparing changes in crime rates across cities of different sizes. Further information on the Southern California Crime Report …Continue Reading Southern California Crime Report
Dr. Charis Kubrin was honored with the Western Society of Criminology’s W.E. B. Dubois Award for her “significant contributions to advancing awareness of racial and ethnic issues in criminology and criminal justice” at the WSC 45th annual conference in Long Beach, CA on February 2, 2018….Continue Reading Dr. Kubrin wins Western Society of Criminology W.E.B. DuBois Award!