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Congratulations to Jin R. Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, on his appointment to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Cybercrime Classification and Measurement. Under congressional mandate, the committee will conduct a consensus panel study to review current measurement and reporting of cybercrime, developing a taxonomy that can be used to measure cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crimes experienced by individuals and businesses. This study will build on the Modernizing Crime Statistics consensus study (NASEM, 2016, 2018) and a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (2023). Further, the study report will provide conclusions and recommendations for a taxonomy that can be used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to measure cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crimes in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), or any successor systems. Read more about Lee’s appointment.
Adjunct professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society, Craig Miles, has recently been appointed as Fairfax County Police Civilian Review Panel (PCRP) liaison. Established in 2016, the PCRP reviews completed cases from the Fairfax County Police Department, examining the legitimacy of the personnel involved and ensuring fairness within past cases. The skills he learned in his previous role working in the U.S. Department of Transportation in conjunction with his current role as a professor are instrumental to the achievement of the position. Congratulations, Craig! Read more.
Associate professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Italian program coordinator Kristina Marie Olson, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Dante Studies, the peer-reviewed and top tier journal of the Dante Society of America. Founded in 1882, the Dante Society of America is one of the oldest scholarly societies in North America with a mission to “encourage the study and appreciation of the time, life, works, and cultural legacy of Dante Alighieri.” In addition to this great achievement, Kristina will be the first woman editor of the journal since the society’s inception; the first volume under her editorship will be Volume 142. Congratulations, Kristina!
March 20, 2024