Allison Redlich, CINA Science Committee and George Mason Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, was trained as an experimental psychologist. In graduate school, her research began with studying interview techniques focused on the most effective ways to interview children who were the victim of, or witness to, a crime. Her research then evolved into how…
Science Committee member David Weisburd comments on facial recognition
David Weisburd contributes to the conversation surrounding the use of facial recognition in law enforcement.
CINA co-hosts panel on Migration, Homeland Security and Gangs
A forum at George Mason University gathered a dozen academic, media and policy experts to discuss the complex nexus of migration, gangs, and the resulting challenges to homeland security. The four-hour forum, called “Migration, Homeland Security, and Gangs” drew an audience of more than 100 to the MIX on Mason’s Fairfax Campus on Oct. 24.…
First CINA Scholars recap prestigious DHS internship
In the past year, the Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA) Center of Excellence provided undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern with the Department of Homeland Security. This was accomplished through the CINA Scholars program, which matched graduate students with DHS units interested in the specific expertise of these students. This program allowed…
Science committee member Mary Ellen O’Toole discusses catching bombers on NPR
Mary Ellen O’Toole draws on her former FBI Profiling experience to discuss the tactics the FBI uses to catch bombers.
CINA Centers of Excellence Summit Recap
Summit brings government, academia together at Mason in the interest of homeland security June 12, 2018 / By: John Hollis George Mason University alumnus Christopher C. Krebs said he keeps two basic questions in mind when preparing to deal with critical homeland security issues. “So what, and what are we going to do about it?…
CINA leads Capitol Hill Briefing on DHS Centers of Excellence
Mason leads Congressional staff briefing on DHS Centers of Excellence August 8, 2018 / By: John Hollis George Mason University’s Anthony Stefanidis recently used his role as the director of Mason’s Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center (CINA), a Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence (COE), to lead a briefing of congressional staffers on Capitol Hill. Stefanidis, who…
CINA partners with Diné College to research mass shootings
A Psychology professor and two undergraduate Psychology students from Diné College on the Navajo Nation spent 10 weeks at George Mason studying the effects of mass shootings through social media.
CINA researcher Mary Ellen O’Toole featured on CBS News
CINA researcher Mary Ellen O’Toole provides her forensic expertise on Malibu State Park murder.