Nancy La Vigne | |
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| Director of the National Institute of Justice | |
| Assumed office March, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
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| Education | PhD: Rutgers, MPA: University of Texas at Austin, BA, Smith College |
Nancy La Vigne is a criminologist who is the director of the National Institute of Justice of the United States. She previously served as the vice president for Justice Policy, directing the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C. based think tank. Her work focuses on data-driven and research-informed improvements to policy and practice on a wide array of criminal justice topics and justice-involved populations.
La Vigne was honored with the Distinguished Public Service Award from the LBJ School of Public Affairs in 2018,[1] and in 2017, she received the Herbert Block Award, given by the American Society of Criminology.[2] In 2024, she delivered the Mastrofski Lecture at George Mason University's departments of criminology and law and society.[3]
- ^ "LBJ School honors alumnae Nancy La Vigne (MPAff '91) and Rachel Hoff (MGPS '14) | LBJ Washington Center | The University of Texas at Austin". dc.lbj.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Herbert Bloch Award Recipients". The American Society of Criminology. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "The 2024 Mastrofski Lecture featuring Dr. Nancy La Vigne". Criminology, Law and Society. Retrieved 2024-02-27.