David Weisburd is a Distinguished Professor at George Mason University (and Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy), and Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University. He also serves as Chief Science Adviser at the Police Foundation. Professor Weisburd is one of the leading international researchers in crime and justice. He is author or editor of more than thirty books and more than 250 scientific articles that cover a wide range of criminal justice research topics, including crime at place, violent crime, white collar crime, policing, illicit markets, terrorism, criminal justice statistics and social deviance. He has received many awards for his contributions to policing, criminology and crime prevention. These include: the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the Robert Boruch Award for distinctive contributions to research that influences public policy of the Campbell Collaboration; the Vollmer and Sutherland Awards from the American Society of Criminology, the Israel Prize (generally regarded as the State of Israel's highest civilian honor) and the Rothschild Prize for Social Science. He is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Experimental Criminology, and an elected member of the Israel Academy of Sciences.