Daniel S. Lawrence, Phd Email & Phone Number

Daniel Lawrence, PhD, is a senior research scientist at CNA Corporation’s Center for Justice Research and Innovation. Dr. Lawrence’s objective is to produce high-quality empirical research using innovative approaches that are grounded in criminological theory. He has been on numerous criminal justice-related projects since 2008 in multiple roles, such as principal investigator, project manager, statistician, analyst, and data collector. His research interests are primarily in the law enforcement field, specifically on police technology (body-worn cameras, gunshot detection technology/ShotSpotter, public surveillance systems), police legitimacy and procedural justice, police screening and hiring practices, and community policing. Before coming to CNA, Dr. Lawrence worked at the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center and RTI International’s Policing Research Program, where he led multiple evaluations of policing technologies and practices. At the Center for Research in Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Lawrence was the project manager of the National Police Research Platform, a large-scale study to advance knowledge and practice in American policing. He also served as a research consultant for two Illinois criminal justice research agencies, performing analyses on criminal history record information for recidivism, disproportionate youth of color contact, and Illinois Senate bill impacts, among others.

Listed skills include Survey Design, Survey Research, Quantitative Research, Data Analysis, and 9 others.