Should we rethink the police? Yes, but the more difficult question is, what kind of changes do we want? The police and science have made great strides in preventing crime.…
Rensselaer Student Awarded Fellowship To Support Research in Disrupting Human Trafficking Networks
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute mathematics student Daniel Kosmas has been awarded a National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship. The three-year award will support Kosmas’ research in disrupting human trafficking networks.…
Human Trafficking: A Three-Part Series
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InfraGardNCR, the FBI’s Washington field office, and FBIHQ’s Crimes Against Children & Human Trafficking Unit invite you to join us online for three consecutive Thursday mornings to learn about human…
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Crysta Price – “Finding Trafficking Networks in Commercial Sex Ads”
Crysta Price from HTI Labs and Creighton University discusses human trafficking, including a case walkthrough that describes how data analytics, AI, and collaboration with law enforcement agencies led to the…
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A Message on Diversity and Inclusion from CINA Director Jim Jones
Since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security established the CINA Center at George Mason University in 2017, we have worked hand in hand with many Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) to…
White Paper: The Effects of the COVID-19 Response on Criminal Network Activity and Investigations
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CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: “Enhancing Disclosures in Victims of Sex Trafficking: Science Guiding Solutions” with Jodi Quas
Jodi Quas (University of California, Irvine) presents “Enhancing Disclosures in Victims of Sex Trafficking: Science Guiding Solutions”. For other talks in this series, please visit the CINA at Mason youTube channel.
Science Committee Member David Weisburd quoted in article “Bloomberg said ‘stop and frisk’ decreased crime. Data suggests it wasn’t a major factor in cutting felonies.”
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg consistently credited his administration’s controversial stop-and-frisk program as essential to cutting crime, but declines in felonies both before and after his expansion of the…