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Committee on Law and Justice Statistics
Charge:
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To provide an interface for the Association with the legal, judicial, and criminal justice communities. As such, it will:
- Help to disseminate information about legal and justice statistics activities throughout the statistics community
- Promote the development of quality statistical activities in civil and criminal justice settings
- Enhance the communication and presentation of statistical evidence in legal settings
- Consider and report on relevant issues to guarantee the integrity of statistical programs maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice and other appropriate agencies and organizations
Composition: The committee has nine appointed members, three of whom are appointed/reappointed each year by the President Elect for three year terms, two liaisons appointed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and one liaison appointed by the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS).
Questions? Want to get involved? Contact Laura Dugan
Membership
Name |
Position/Term |
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Dugan, Laura University of Maryland Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice 2220 LeFrak Hall College Park, MD 20712 United States Phone: (301) 405-4070 Fax: (301) 405-4733 ldugan@umd.edu |
Chair (2011 - 2014) |
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Bura, Efstathia George Washington University Dept of Statistics 2140 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20052-0001 United States Phone: (202) 994-6358 Fax: (202) 994-6917 ebura@gwu.edu |
Member (2011 - 2013) |
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Cobb, George W. Mount Holyoke College Dept of Math Stats & Computer Science South Hadley, MA 01075 United States Phone: (413) 538-2401 Fax: (413) 538-3035 gcobb@mtholyoke.edu |
Member (2011 - 2013) |
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Dugan, Laura University of Maryland Dept. of Criminology & Criminal Justice 2220 LeFrak Hall College Park, MD 20712 United States Phone: (301) 405-4070 Fax: (301) 405-4733 ldugan@umd.edu |
Member (2009 - 2014) |
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Land, Kenneth C. Duke University Dept of Sociology Box 90088 Durham, NC 27708-0088 United States Phone: (919) 660-5615 kland@soc.duke.edu |
Member (2011 - 2014) |
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Loftin, Colin K. University At Albany SUNY 135 Western Avenue School of Criminal Justice Albany, NY 12222-0001 United States Phone: (518) 442-5216 Fax: (518) 442-5603 cloftin@albany.edu |
Member (2011 - 2013) |
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Maxwell, Christopher D. Michigan State University 509 E. Circle Dr., 203 Berkey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 United States Phone: (517) 432-3436 cmaxwell@msu.edu |
Member (2013 - 2015) |
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Nagin, Daniel S. dn03@andrew.cmu.edu |
Member (2012 - 2014) |
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Raghunathan, Trivellore E. University of Michigan 1415 Washington Heights Department of Biostatistics-SPH Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029 United States Phone: (734) 615-9832 Fax: (734) 764-8263 teraghu@umich.edu |
Member (2013 - 2015) |
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Wells, Martin T. Cornell Univ-Ithaca 1190 Comstock Hall Ithaca, NY 14850 United States Phone: (607) 255-8801 Fax: (607) 255-9801 mtw1@cornell.edu |
Member (2013 - 2015) |
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Rantala, Ramona R. Bureau of Justice Statistics 810 Seventh St NW Washington, DC 20531-0001 United States Phone: (202) 307-6170 Ramona.Rantala@usdoj.gov |
Bureau of Justice Statistics Liaison 2003 - 2014 |
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Smith, Katherine R. Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics 2121 Eisenhower Avenue Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 United States Phone: (703) 836-0404 kitty.smith@copafs.org |
COPAFS Liaison 2012 - 2013 |
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Lenth, Russell V. Univ of Iowa Dept of Stats & Actuarial Sci 241 Schaeffer Hall Iowa City, IA 52242 United States Phone: (319) 335-0712 russell-lenth@uiowa.edu |
Professional Issues & Visibility Council Liaison 2011 - 2015 |
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Morganstein, David R. Westat 1600 Research Blvd. Rockville, MD 20850-3195 United States Phone: (301) 251-8215 davidmorganstein@westat.com |
Professional Issues & Visibility Council Liaison 2013 - 2014 |
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Palmer, J. Lynn American Statistical Association 732 N Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314-1943 United States Phone: (703) 684-1221 palmer@amstat.org |
Staff Liaison 2013 - 2013 |
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