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Overview

Cynthia Lum is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences, particularly focusing on areas intersecting sociology, political science, and public safety. Their body of work engages primarily with numerous facets of crime, policing, and governance.

The main fields of study for this researcher include Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Health, Strategy and Management, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The primary topics covered in their research encompass Crime Patterns and Interventions, Policing Practices and Perceptions, Gun Ownership and Violence Research, Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Regulation and Compliance Studies, and Traffic and Road Safety.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Body-worn cameras' effects on police officers and citizen behavior: A systematic review" (2020), published in Campbell Systematic Reviews
  • "Can We Really Defund the Police? A Nine-Agency Study of Police Response to Calls for Service" (2021), published in Police Quarterly
  • "Examining the Empirical Realities of Proactive Policing Through Systematic Observations and Computer-Aided Dispatch Data" (2020), published in Police Quarterly
  • "The Supply and Demand Shifts in Policing at the Start of the Pandemic: A National Multi-Wave Survey of the Impacts of COVID-19 on American Law Enforcement" (2022), published in Police Quarterly
  • "Proactive policing in the United States: a national survey" (2020), published in Policing An International Journal

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Cynthia Lum include Christopher S. Koper, Xiaoyun Wu, Megan Stoltz, Michael Goodier, and William F. Johnson.

Research outputs are often published in journals such as Criminology & Public Policy, Police Quarterly, Policing An International Journal, Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice, and Campbell Systematic Reviews.

Best Publications

  • TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AT PLACES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STREET SEGMENTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE*

    David Weisburd;Shawn Bushway;Cynthia Lum;Sue-Ming Yang

  • Does Research Design Affect Study Outcomes in Criminal Justice

    David Weisburd;Cynthia M. Lum;Anthony Petrosino

  • Are counter-terrorism strategies effective? The results of the Campbell systematic review on counter-terrorism evaluation research

    Cynthia Lum;Leslie W. Kennedy;Alison Sherley

  • The Evidence-Based Policing Matrix

    Cynthia Lum;Christopher S. Koper;Cody W. Telep

  • DETERRENCE, CRIMINAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND POLICE

    Daniel S. Nagin;Robert M. Solow;Cynthia Lum

  • Research on body-worn cameras

    Cynthia Lum;Megan Stoltz;Christopher S. Koper;J. Amber Scherer

  • The Diffusion of Computerized Crime Mapping in Policing: Linking Research and Practice

    David Weisburd;Cynthia Lum

  • Body‐worn cameras’ effects on police officers and citizen behavior: A systematic review

    Cynthia Lum;Christopher S. Koper;David B. Wilson;Megan Stoltz

  • Receptivity to Research in Policing

    Cynthia Lum;Cody W. Telep;Christopher S. Koper;Julie Grieco

  • Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice

    Cynthia Lum

  • Understanding the Limits of Technology’s Impact on Police Effectiveness:

    Cynthia Lum;Christopher S. Koper;James Willis

  • The Receptivity of Officers to Empirical Research and Evidence-Based Policing: An Examination of Survey Data From Three Agencies

    Cody W. Telep;Cynthia Lum

  • Can We Really Defund the Police? A Nine-Agency Study of Police Response to Calls for Service:

    Cynthia Lum;Christopher S. Koper;Xiaoyun Wu

  • The Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorism Strategies

    Cynthia Lum;Leslie W. Kennedy;Alison J. Sherley

  • Reinventing American Policing

    Cynthia Lum;Daniel S. Nagin

  • When can we Conclude that Treatments or Programs “Don’t Work”?

    David Weisburd;Cynthia M. Lum;Sue-Ming Yang

  • Why do evaluation researchers in crime and justice choose non-experimental methods?

    Cynthia Lum;Sue-Ming Yang

  • Optimizing the Use of Technology in Policing: Results and Implications from a Multi-Site Study of the Social, Organizational, and Behavioural Aspects of Implementing Police Technologies

    Christopher S. Koper;Cynthia Lum;James J. Willis

  • License plate reader (LPR) police patrols in crime hot spots: an experimental evaluation in two adjacent jurisdictions

    Cynthia Lum;Julie Hibdon;Breanne Cave;Christopher S. Koper

  • Does Research Design Affect Study Outcomes in Criminal Justice?

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  • Place Matters: Criminology for the Twenty-First Century

    David Weisburd;John E. Eck;Anthony A. Braga;Anthony A. Braga;Cody W. Telep

  • The Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorism Strategies: A Systematic Review

    Cynthia Lum;Leslie W. Kennedy;Alison J. Sherley

  • Translational Criminology

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher S. Koper
Christopher S. Koper George Mason University
David Weisburd
David Weisburd Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Cody W. Telep
Cody W. Telep Arizona State University
Anthony A. Braga
Anthony A. Braga University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Geoffrey P. Alpert University of South Carolina
Jerry H. Ratcliffe
Jerry H. Ratcliffe Temple University
Leslie W. Kennedy
Leslie W. Kennedy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kate J. Bowers
Kate J. Bowers University College London
John E. Eck
John E. Eck University of Cincinnati
Shane D. Johnson
Shane D. Johnson University College London

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