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Alfred Blumstein, a professor in the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, was awarded this year’s Stockholm Prize in criminology last week.

The current director of the National Consortium on Violence Research, Blumstein won for his analyses of developmental and life-course criminology and for his influence on public policy in criminal justice over the past 40 years. He shares the prize with Terrie E. Moffitt of King’s College, London.

Blumstein is a former dean of the Heinz School and the J. Erik Jonsson university professor of urban systems and operations research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics and a Ph.D. in operations research from Cornell University. He was first exposed to criminology in 1966 when...

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