Faye S. Taxman

Faye S. Taxman is University Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!). Her work bridges criminal justice and health services, focusing on evidence-based reforms in correctional systems and community supervision. She leads major national initiatives and maintains active collaborations with state and local justice agencies across the U.S.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of criminology, health policy, and implementation science. She specializes in implementation-effectiveness studies, intervention science, and re-engineering probation and parole to align with best practices. Her work emphasizes fairness in risk assessment, motivational interviewing in justice settings, and data-driven policy reform. She also conducts comparative studies and applies methods and data science to improve justice outcomes.

Dr. Taxman has authored over 220 articles and several influential books, including Implementing Evidence-Based Community Corrections and Addiction Treatment and Handbook on Moving Corrections and Sentencing Forward. Her publications span topics such as opioid treatment in justice populations, system-of-care models, and organizational change in criminal justice. The collective body of her work demonstrates a sustained focus on integrating health and justice systems to improve public safety and individual outcomes.

She has received numerous accolades, including:

• Distinguished Scholar, American Society of Criminology (twice)
• Rita Warren and Ted Palmer Differential Intervention Treatment Award
• Joan McCord Award (2017)
• Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (2018)
• Lifetime Achievement Award, ASC Division of Sentencing and Corrections (2019)

Dr. Taxman is Principal Investigator of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), a $141 million initiative advancing justice-health research. She also co-directs the Global Community Corrections Initiative with James Byrne (UMass Lowell), promoting international collaboration on community-based corrections reform. Her leadership in grants and academic initiatives underscores her role as a national leader in criminal justice innovation.

She leads the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!), a research hub dedicated to translating evidence into practice within correctional and community supervision settings. ACE! fosters partnerships between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to improve service delivery, treatment access, and system accountability.