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Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 85-90

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From page 85...
... He previously served as head of the criminology departments at Cambridge, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Maryland, and as president of the American Society of Criminology, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the Academy of Experimental Criminology. He has designed or led over 50 randomized field experiments in police agencies on three continents, which formed the basis for his leadership of the global professional movement for evidence-based policing, notably through the U.K.
From page 86...
... She is currently the study director for the Committee on the Assessment of Health Outcomes by Birth Settings. In her time at the National Academies, she has directed studies and provided analytical and editorial assistance to projects covering a range of topics, including juvenile justice, policing, forensic science, illicit markets, science literacy, science communication, and human rights.
From page 87...
... The Politics of Crime Policy from the Age of Roosevelt to the Age of Reagan and with Bill McCarthy Mean Streets: Youth Crime and Homelessness. He has received the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, the Stockholm Prize in criminology, the Harry Kalven Prize from the Law & Society Association, and the Cesare Beccaria Gold Medal from the German Society of Criminology.
From page 88...
... She is the author of Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice, one of the leading volumes on the subject. She has trained thousands of police officers in the United States and around the world on evidence-based policing strategies and approaches, including for the State Department's International Law Enforcement Academy.
From page 89...
... Sarah Perumattam is a senior program assistant with the National ­Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on Law and Justice and Board on Children, Youth, and Families. Her undergraduate research focused on disaster relief and humanitarian response, culminating in her senior capstone project Improving HIV/AIDS Treatment in Humanitarian Response: Lessons Learned from Rwanda.
From page 90...
... She also previously worked at the United States Institute of Peace, where she organized and delivered a host of workshops and trainings on the subject of countering violent extremism with law enforcement, government, and civil society actors. Her research interests include international root causes of crime and violence, global prison and police systems, and identity sensitivity and appreciation.


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