معرفی
David B. Wilson is a Professor at George Mason University in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. His research focuses on crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, and correctional treatment programs, with a specialization in meta-analysis and quantitative research methods.
- Co-author of a widely used meta-analysis methods textbook
- Methods Editor for the Campbell Collaboration's Crime and Justice Group
- Associate Editor for Research Synthesis Methods
His recent work analyzes police patrol effectiveness, firearm legislation impacts on youth behavior, and restorative justice programs for juvenile justice. His methodological innovations include developing new effect size calculations for count data.
Scientific awards include the Marcia Guttentag Award for Early Promise as an Evaluator (1999), Frederick Mosteller Award for Distinctive Contributions to Systematic Reviewing, and Fellowship in the American Society of Criminology (2021).
- Supervised PhD dissertations on topics including IRAS-PAT implementation, pretrial process impacts, and school avoidance
- Teaches graduate courses in research methods, statistics, and meta-analysis
