Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee
Born1936 (age 87–88)
Sharon, Pennsylvania
EducationYoungstown State University
Known forWBEB FM Radio, Criminology

Jerry Lee (born April 20, 1936, in Sharon, Pennsylvania) is a noted crime prevention philanthropist, proponent of evidence-based policy-making, and the former owner of the Philadelphia radio station WBEB-FM 101.1. Currently he is working on promoting the effectiveness of radio commercials, owns SpotQ Services, Inc.,[1] is the President of the Jerry Lee Foundation,[2] and is involved in continuing to encourage the adoption of evidence-based criminology.

Additionally, he was the original donor of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania (later the Jerry Lee Professor of Criminology[3]), the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology[4] at the University of Cambridge, and helped found many organizations/initiatives such as the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy.

  1. ^ "SpotQ | Home". SpotQ. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ "Home | Jerry Lee Foundation". jlfoundation. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  3. ^ "Jerry Lee | Penn Arts & Sciences Endowed Professors". web.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  4. ^ Payne, Mrs Faith (2021-11-02). "Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology". www.crim.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-17.