Lawrence W. Sherman

Lawrence W. Sherman
Lawrence W. Sherman
Born	October 25, 1949; Schenectady, New York
Alma mater	Denison University; Darwin College, Cambridge; University of Chicago; Yale University;
Organizations	Cambridge University; Academy of Experimental Criminology; International Society of Criminology; American Society of Criminology; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Society of Criminology; Society of Evidence-Based Policing;

Lawrence W. Sherman (born October 25, 1949) is an American experimental criminologist and police educator who is the founder of evidence-based policing.

Sherman's use of randomized controlled experiments to study deterrence and crime prevention has led him to examine such wide-ranging issues as domestic violence, saturation patrol, gun violence, crack houses, and reintegrative shaming. He has collaborated with over 30 police and justice agencies around the world, and been credited as a key founder of the field of experimental criminology.

Sherman holds the posts of director of the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology and Wolfson Professor of Criminology Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, where he is also Chair of the Cambridge Police Executive Program. He is also the director of the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing, and Editor-in-Chief of the Centre's Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing.

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